QUESTION: DISUSS THE FACTORS THAT ACCCOUNT FOR SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH RELEVANT REFERENCES. LECTURER: DR S ATINDANBILA Factors That Account For Sexual Orientation In Individuals Sexual orientation refers to one’s degree of emotional and erotic attraction to members of the same or opposite gender. Those who are erotically attracted to members of the opposite sex are heterosexuals while those who are erotically attracted to members
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childhood experiences play any role in the formation of a person’s fundamental heterosexual or homosexual orientation. It would appear that sexual orientation is biological in nature‚ determined by a complex interplay of genetic factors and the early uterine environment. Sexual orientation is therefore not a choice.” Was stated by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2007. “Sexual orientation probably is not determined by any one factor but by a combination of genetic‚ hormonal‚ and environmental
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Changing Trends in Sexual Orientation According to Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary‚ sexual orientation refers to the inclination of an individual with respect to heterosexual‚ homosexual‚ and bisexual behavior. The famous Kinsey Reports by Alfred Kinsey (1948) claims that about 10% of American adults are homosexual. This astonishing figure is often presented as fact but is often criticized to be highly overestimated by academia. (Refer to Appendix 1 for figures presented by other institutes).
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Origins of sexual orientation have been attempted to be described with biological and environmental theories‚ though none is sufficient to explain the cause. Sexual orientation has been attributed to differences in structure and function of brain‚ specifically in hypothalamus of straight and gay men (LeVay‚ 1991). Though the research doesn’t establish hypothalamus as the cause of sexual orientation‚ it does indicate the presence of biological factor causing the sexual orientation. Several other studies
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through something similar‚ yet altogether different. Some of the teenagers you knew were also having to deal with having a different sexual orientation than their other friends and wondering why. Inertia paper‚ I will be discussing some theories on sexual orientation‚ and how orientation is separate and different from sexual orientation. Sexual orientation refers to whom a person is sexually attracted. If a person is attracted to members of the opposite sex‚ he or she is heterosexual. If a person
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origin of sexual orientation‚ people have presented a variety of arguments for possible causes‚ ranging from genetic predisposition to individual choices about lifestyle to environmental factors. People’s views regarding gay civil rights do not necessarily indicate which of these possible causes they believe is the "right" one. The fundamental question remains‚ however‚ “why are we having this debate in the first place?” Questions about the biological basis of sexual orientation became an issue about
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to try to change people’s sexual orientation‚ such as homosexuality or bisexuality‚ through means of punishment or suppression? Why or why not? One area that interests me in psychology is Clinical and Counselling Psychology. I want to be able to talk and help people who are different from me‚ how and why they think the way‚ they do. Therefore‚ I think it is not ethical for agencies or any other body to try to change any individual from his or her sexual orientation either by punishment or by suppression
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The topic of sexual orientation is a private and touchy subject because in relation to gender it is not an easy thing to identify. Alfred Kinsley’s conclusion that very few individuals can be classified as exclusively heterosexual or exclusively homosexual‚ is accurate with today’s society and the way people identify their attraction. There are three basic types of sexual orientation that people recognize: Monosexual‚ polysexual‚ and asexual. Monosexual refers to the well-known labels gay (men attracted
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reasons for regarding sexual orientation as something chosen and reasons for regarding sexual orientation as something fixed and merely discovered. The author included a definition in the beginning of the text "Sexual orientation" is usually understood to refer to one’s persistently recurring sexual desires for members of the sex that attracts one. In this respect‚ it differs from "sexual identity‚" which refers to self-consciously living as a person with a sexual orientation. Although many people identify
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The importance of one’s sexual orientation in today’s society is quite prevalent. As human beings‚ we demand that everything in our lives be categorized and placed into its own spot in our mind. These different categories we use may include age‚ race‚ height‚ personality‚ and sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is one’s sexual identity in relation to which gender they are attracted to. In today’s society‚ as well as that of the past‚ many individuals believe this information is fairly important
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