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Sexual Orientation and Choice [PDF]

Journal of Social Ontology, 2017
Is there a choice in sexual orientation? [Wilkerson, William S. (2009): “Is It a Choice? Sexual Orientation as Interpretation”. In: Journal of Social Philosophy 40. No. 1, p.
Ayala Saray
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The effect of sexual orientation, gender identity, and marital intention on HIV prevention outcomes among MSM students in Southeast China [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Yet studies fail to consider how a lack of concordance among sexual orientation, gender identity, and intent to marry or date a woman hinders the improvement of HIV prevention outcomes.
Lin Chen, Xin Zhou, Jun Jiang, Yun Xu, Jiezhe Yang, Wei Cheng, Xiaohong Pan, Chengliang Chai   +7 more
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Is everyone a mix of straight and gay? A social pressure theory of sexual orientation, with supporting data from a large global sample

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Sigmund Freud, Alfred Kinsey, E.O. Wilson, and others have suggested that social pressure suppresses natural tendencies for humans to express bisexuality, the apparent norm for one of our two closest genetic relatives, the bonobo.
Robert Epstein, Hongyu Wang, Vanessa R. Zankich   +2 more
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SEXUAL ORIENTATION MYTHS: DOES THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AFFECT SEXUAL ORIENTATION MYTHS?

International Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 2021
Sexual myths differ from one culture to the next, and one society to the next and they can even differ regionally within the same culture. The aim of this study is to determine the sexual orientation myths of university students studying theology. The
Hacer ÜNVER, İpek TURAN
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Transgender transitioning and change of self-reported sexual orientation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Sexual orientation is usually considered to be determined in early life and stable in the course of adulthood. In contrast, some transgender individuals report a change in sexual orientation.
Matthias K Auer, Johannes Fuss, Nina Höhne, Günter K Stalla, Caroline Sievers   +4 more
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Perceived sexual orientation based on vocal and facial stimuli is linked to self-rated sexual orientation in Czech men. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Previous research has shown that lay people can accurately assess male sexual orientation based on limited information, such as face, voice, or behavioral display. Gender-atypical traits are thought to serve as cues to sexual orientation. We investigated
Jaroslava Varella Valentova, Jan Havlíček   +1 more
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Pansexuality: A Closer Look at Sexual Orientation

Philosophies, 2023
‘What is ‘sexual orientation’ for?’ is a question we need to answer when addressing a seemingly more basic one, ‘what is sexual orientation?’. The concept of sexual orientation is grounded in the concepts of sex and/or gender since it refers to the sex ...
Arina Pismenny
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Exposure to continuous or fluid theories of sexual orientation leads some heterosexuals to embrace less-exclusive heterosexual orientations

Scientific Reports, 2021
We examined whether heterosexual individuals’ self-reported sexual orientation could be influenced experimentally by manipulating their knowledge of the nature of sexual orientation.
James S. Morandini, Liam Dacosta, Ilan Dar-Nimrod   +2 more
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Gender Differences in the Association Between Sexual Orientation and Risky Sexual Behavior Among College Students With Sexual Experience in Sichuan Province, Chinese

Sexual Medicine, 2022
Background: Limited information is available regarding risky sexual behavior among college students with different sexual orientations. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the gender differences in the association between sexual orientation and ...
Yajie Li, MD, Dinglun Zhou, MD, PhD, Yingxue Dai, MD, PhD, Jianxin Zhang, MD   +3 more
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Sexual orientation in transgender adults in the United States

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Sexual orientation refers to a person’s enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to other people. Sexual orientation measures do not typically consider desires for, or sexual behavior with, transgender people.
Sari L. Reisner, Soon Kyu Choi, Jody L. Herman, Walter Bockting, Evan A. Krueger, Ilan H. Meyer   +5 more
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