Sexual Orientation Summary

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Although the topic of sexual orientation is complex that can be hard to understand, I think Kathleen, Sydney, and Yazmin all did a great job today. I like how they work as a team instead of working individually, and their way of facilitating class discussions created more social connections between peers and encouraged everyone to participate. Kathleen started the presentation by discussing the general terms and the consequences that related to the broad topic of sexual orientation. Then Yazmin focused on more theoretical perspectives to explain the difference between homosexuality and heterosexuality (e.g., kin selection hypothesis, balance selection hypothesis). Lastly, Sydney focused on psychoanalytic effects and used Freud’s bisexuality

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