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17 Cards in this Set
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sexual orientation
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who are we best emotionally, romantically and sexually attracted to
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asexual
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not attracted to men or women 1- 3.6 % of pop.
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term lesbian
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derived from greek poet who lived on island of lesbo who wrote poetry to other woman
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Sexual Fluidity
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variability in same sex and other sex attraction and involvement through the lifespan more common in woman
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women and bisexualism
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women are more likely than men to be bisexual
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high sex drive in women
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correlates with higher attraction for men and women
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heterosexism
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belief that everyone is heterosexual
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homophobia
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irrational fear n negative attitudes towards homo
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homonegativity
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anti gay
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attitudes to bisexual
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suspicious by both gay and straight people
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stages of coming out
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Stages of identity development
1. Identity confusion 2. Identity comparison 3. Identity tolerance 4. Identity acceptance 5. Identity pride 6. Identity synthesis |
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genetic factors
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twin studies
chromosomes 7,8,10 |
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pre natal factors
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stress during mother's pregnancy produce homosexual male offspring
2D:4D more likely to be lefthanded antibodies antigen attack after male fetuses |
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brain factors
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hypothalamus difference shown in some studies but not all
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hormone factors
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no differences
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learning theories
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mixed evidence genrally not supported that early traumatizing experience will result in homosexuality
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sociological theories
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labelling, self fulfilling prophecy. everyone calls me a fag. iam
higher incidence of homosexuality in male dominated society with strict gender roles higher incidences in permissive societies when openly accepted 1st nations have 3 genders |
