Human Sexuality - Exam 2 (Chap 15)

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Sexual Orientation

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A person's erotic and emotional orientation toward members of his or her own gender or members of the other gender

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homosexual

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a person whose sexual orientation is toward members of the same gender

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heterosexual

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a person whose sexual orientation is toward members of the other gender

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bisexual

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a person whose sexual orientation is toward both men and women

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lesbian

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a woman whose sexual orientation is toward other women

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gay

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homosexual; especially male homosexuals

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straight

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heterosexual; that is, a person whose sexual orientation is toward members of the opposite gender

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homophobia

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a strong, irrational fear of homosexuals; negative attitudes and reactions to homosexuals

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antigay prejudice

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negative attitudes and behaviors toward gays and lesbians. also termed sexual prejudice

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heterosexism

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the belief that everyone is heterosexual and that heterosexuality is the norm; homosexuality is denigrated

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covert homosexual

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a homosexual who is "in the closet" who keeps his or her sexual orientation a secret

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overt homosexual

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a homosexual who is "out of the closet", who is open about his or her sexual orientation.

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coming out

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the process of acknowledging to oneself, and then to others, that one is gay or lesbian

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gay bar

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a cocktail lounge catering to lesbians or gays

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gay baths

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clubs where gay men can socialize; features include a swimming pool or whirlpool and access to casual sex

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medical model

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a theoretical model in psychology and psychiatry in which mental problems are thought of as sickness or mental illness; the problems in turn are often thought to be due to biological factors

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conversion or reparative therapy

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any one of number of treatments designed to turn LGBs into heterosexuals

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polymorphous perverse

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freud's term for the infant's indiscriminate, undifferentiated sexuality

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negative oedipus complex

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freud's term for the opposite of the Oedipus complex; in the negative Oedipus complex the child loves and sexually desires the parents of the same gender and identifies with the parent of the other gender

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Homoseductive Mother

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Irving Bieber's term for the mother who is seductive toward her son, traumatizing the boy and turning him into a homosexual

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Sexual Identity

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One's self-identity as homosexual, heterosexual, or bisexual

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Deprivation homosexuality

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Homosexual activity that occurs in certain situations, such as prisons, when people are deprived of their regular heterosexual activity