sexual orientation

Examples of sexual orientation in the following topics:

• Sexual Orientation

  • Sexual orientation, or a person's emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex (male or female), influences their sexual motivation.
  • One of these factors that influences motivation - grounded in biology, psychology, and society - is sexual orientation.
  • A person's sexual orientation is their emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex (male or female).
  • People can be celibate and still recognize their sexual orientation.
  • While research has examined the possible genetic, hormonal, developmental, social, and cultural influences on sexual orientation, there has been no evidence that links sexual orientation to one factor (APA, 2008).

• Sexual Orientation

  • A person's sexual orientation is their emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex or gender.
  • A person's sexual orientation is their emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex or gender.
  • Sexual orientation can be defined in many ways.
  • Research has examined possible genetic, hormonal, developmental, social, and cultural influences on sexual orientation, but there has been no evidence that links sexual orientation to one factor (APA, 2008).
  • Open identification of one's sexual orientation may be hindered by homophobia and heterosexism.

• Human Sexuality and Culture

  • "Human sexuality" refers to people's sexual interest in and attraction to others; it is the capacity to have erotic or sexual feelings and experiences.
  • It is also distinct from—although it shapes—sexual orientation, or one's emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex or gender.
  • Each society, however, interprets sexuality and sexual activity in different ways.
  • This supervision placed more regulations on sexuality and sexual behaviors.
  • With the advent of patriarchal societies, gender roles around sexuality became much more stringent, and sexual norms began focusing on sexual possessiveness and the control of female sexuality.

• Defining Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

  • "Human sexuality" refers to people's sexual interest in and attraction to others, as well as their capacity to have erotic experiences and responses.
  • People's sexual orientation is their emotional and sexual attraction to particular sexes or genders, which often shapes their sexuality.
  • The biological and physical aspects of sexuality largely concern the human reproductive functions, including the human sexual-response cycle and the basic biological drive that exists in all species.
  • Social aspects deal with the effects of human society on one's sexuality, while spirituality concerns an individual's spiritual connection with others through sexuality.
  • Sexuality also impacts and is impacted by cultural, political, legal, philosophical, moral, ethical, and religious aspects of life.

• Gender as a Spectrum and Transgender Identities

  • Transgender is independent of sexual orientation; transgender people may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, asexual, or any other kind of sexuality, just like cisgender people do.

• Cultural Influences on Sexual Motivation

  • Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
  • Different cultures vary in regard to these norms, including how they understand and perceive sexuality; how they influence the artistic expression of sexual beauty ; how they understand gender norms related to sexuality; and how they interpret and/or judge particular sexual behaviors, such as homosexuality .
  • This supervision placed more regulations on sexuality and sexual behaviors.
  • With the advent of patriarchal societies, gender roles around sexuality became much more stringent, and sexual norms began focusing on sexual possessiveness and the control of female sexuality.
  • Media serves to perpetuate a number of social scripts about sexual relationships and the sexual roles of men and women, many of which have been shown to have both empowering and problematic effects on people's (and especially women's) developing sexual identities and sexual attitudes.

• Sexual Dysfunction and Disease

  • "Human sexuality" refers to people's sexual interest in and attraction to others, and the capacity to have erotic or sexual feelings and experiences.
  • Sexuality has biological, emotional, and sociocultural aspects, all of which can influence various sexual disorders and diseases.
  • Sexual desire disorders, or decreased libido, are characterized by a lack or absence of desire for sexual activity or of sexual fantasies.
  • The condition may have started after a period of normal sexual functioning or the person may always have had low or no sexual desire.
  • In the revisions to the DSM-5, sexual desire and arousal disorders in females were combined into female sexual interest/arousal disorder.

• Biological Influences on Sexual Motivation

  • Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
  • Based on the pleasure model of sexual motivation, the increased sexual pleasure that occurs following oxytocin release may encourage motivation to engage in future sexual activities.
  • The relationship between hormones and female sexual motivation is not as well understood, largely due to the overemphasis on male sexuality in Western research.
  • Sexual motivation can be measured using a variety of different techniques, including self-report measures such as the Sexual Desire Inventory.
  • Sexual motivation can also be implicitly examined through frequency of sexual behavior.

• Neo-Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality

  • Many criticized his theories for being overly focused on sexuality; over the years since his work, many other theorists have adapted and built on his ideas to form new theories of personality.
  • These theorists, referred to as Neo-Freudians, generally agreed with Freud that childhood experiences are important, but they lessened his emphasis on sex and sexuality.
  • He also believed in the importance of social connections, seeing childhood development as emerging through social development rather than via the sexual stages outlined by Freud.
  • Erik Erikson is influential for having proposed the psychosocial theory of development, which suggests that an individual’s personality develops throughout the lifespan based on a series of social relationships—a departure from Freud’s more biology-oriented view.

• Biology of Sexual Behavior

  • The biology of human sexuality includes the reproductive system and the sexual response cycle, as well as the factors that affect them.
  • The biological aspects of human sexuality include the reproductive system, the sexual response cycle, and the neurological and hormonal factors that affect these processes.
  • Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
  • The sexual response cycle is a model that describes the physiological responses that take place during sexual activity.
  • It controls nerves and muscles used during sexual behavior.