Chapter 6: Sexual Orientation and Heterosexism

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Involves physical identity, gender identity, social; sex role identity, and sexual orientation identity

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Sexual identity

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Biological sex of individuals

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Physical identity

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Belief a person has about his or her gender

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Gender identity

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Gender roles people adopt or adhere to on the basis of cultural norms for feminine and masculine behavior

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Social sex role identity

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Involving a person’s sexual and emotional attraction to members of the other and/or the same sex

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Sexual orientation identity

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Consists of sexual behavior, emotions, sexual fantasies, sexual attractions, social preference, living life as a heterosexual, bisexual, or gay or lesbian, and self-identification

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Sexual orientation

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Aesthetic, romantic, or sexual attraction to members of the opposite gender

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Heterosexuality

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Refers to an individual or a group of people who have same-sex feelings and behaviors and who identify with the gay community

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Homosexuality

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Aesthetic, romantic, or sexual attraction to members of either the same or the opposite gender

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Bisexuality

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Refers to an individual who is questioning his or her sexual orientation and/or gender identity

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Questioning

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A broad term that includes anyone who does not identify as heterosexual

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Queer

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An individual whose sexual and/or affectional attractions are not limited to what is based on gender identity or biological sex

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Pansexual

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Someone who identifies as primarily heterosexual, but may engage in limited situational same-sex sexual behavior yet does not identify as bisexual

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Heteroflexible

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Allows the LGB or questioning client to use a broader spectrum of emotional language to explore or accurately represent his or her experience of attraction

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Affectional orientation

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The oppression of LGBTQI individuals that involves prejudice and discriminatory behavior

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Heterosexism

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The internalization of society’s negative attitudes toward non heterosexuals

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Internalized heterosexism

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Fear and hatred of people who are LGBTQI

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Homophobia

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System of heterosexism confers unearned advantages onto heterosexual people

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Heterosexual privilege

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A federal statute that prohibits sex discrimination, including sexual harassment

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Title IX

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The process of disclosing one’s sexual orientation to others or the self-realization of an LGBTQI identity

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Coming out

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A cognitive bias that influences how we conclude who or what is responsible for an event

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Attribution bias

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Stress associated with being a member of an oppressed group

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Minority stress

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The institutional enforcement of heterosexuality as superior while denigrating homosexuality

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Institutional heterosexism

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Psychological approaches that aim to alter sexual orientation from LGB to heterosexual

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Reparative therapy

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Attempts to convert individuals from LGB to heterosexual

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Conversion therapy

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Any methodological attempts to change sexual orientation

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Sexual orientation change efforts

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Paying attention to the power dynamics in language

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Discourse

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Pertains to the role we take in a particular dialogue

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Positioning

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Removing the hegemonic discourse that is so prevalent in our culture

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Deconstruction