chapter 11 Flashcards
affectional orientation
interaction between affect and cognition which produces attraction, erotic desire, and feelings of love for people (same gender/sex or other)
measures of sexual and affectional orientation
- kinsey scale (1-6, 1=het, 6=homo)
- Sexuality questionnaire/scale (encorporates 6 components: sexual attraction, sexual fantasies, sexual preference, propensity to fall in love romantically, being in love romantically, and extent to which one had male and/or female sexual partners)
ecological model of sexual identity dev
includes: environment/society, parents/family/peers/culture/spirituality, behaviour/affect/cognition, self/non/dominate culture, and consolidation of identity
generally speaking, who has the most, least and in between amount of sex: lesbians, gay men, and het ppl
most to least: gay, het, lesbian
on average, number of sexual partners for each: gay men, lesbian women, het men, het women
gay men= 42.8, lesbians= 9.4, het men=16.5, het women=4.6