chapter 9 - sexual orientation

Question 1

sexual orientation

Answer 1

whom a person
1. engages in sexual behavior with
2. feels sexual desire or attraction for
3. falls in love with/feels romantic connection
4. how the person self-identifies

Question 2

sexual fluidity

Answer 2

a person’s ability to have flexible sexual preferences

Question 3

bisexuality

Answer 3

• people who have emotional, romantic, and/or physical attraction to more than one sex
• not a phase although some have a transitional

Question 4

conversion therapy

Answer 4

• APA concludes that there is insufficient evidence to support the use of psychological
  interventions to change sexual orientation
• Few have interest in change
• Tendency to be related to social pressure or prejudice
• Historical roots:
• *Masters & Johnson “reversed” sexual orientation by involving the individuals in pleasurable sexual
  experiences with the opposite sex

Question 5

history

Answer 5

• Stonewall Riots
• Decriminalization of private sexual behavior
• US Supreme Court 2003
• Marriage Equality - Massacheusetts 2004
• US Supreme Court 2015
• 27/195 countries allow gay marriage