Sexual Orientation Vs Transexuality

We often think of our teenage years as carefree and happy, but have you really ever tried to recall how it really felt? Your body was going through so many changes, as were your moods and feelings. And what about those of the opposite sex? They seemed to be going 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 is attracted to members of the same sex, then that person is a homosexual. Some people are attracted to both males and females and are considered bisexual, others aren’t attracted to anyone and consider themselves asexual. A person’s sexual orientation becomes apparent in early childhood and isn’t modified by age. Bailey and Pillard have studied the rate of similar sexuality in monozygotic twins and have shown
Sexual orientation describes who you are attracted to, while sexual identity is how you define yourself. Some identify as male, others as female, still others as transexual. (Pinel, 2014, pg. 338) Transexuals are people who feel that they were born in the wrong body. For instance, a male that has always felt he was a girl ever since he could remember. Can you imagine how disoriented and confined he must feel? Some transsexuals opt for reassignment surgery, but the process is long, painful and expensive. To make things more confusing, sexual orientation and sexual identity are mutually exclusive. An example would be a female who identifies as a male, but is attracted to