Sexual orientation
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asexual, gender preference, transgender, transsexual, transsexualism
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Broader Terms
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Narrower Terms
bisexual, heterosexual, homosexual
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Scope Note
direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes; involves feelings, and sense of identity.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- From twin studies, we already know that half or more of the variability in sexual orientation is not inherited.
- Changing sexual orientation is not possible in all, or essentially all, cases.
- [7][8] Measuring an individual's sexual orientation Sexual orientation is difficult to measure accurately because of the pressures upon people even today to report that they are exclusively heterosexual and the internal confusion with which many struggle with over their sexual orientation.
- They feel that hiding or minimizing their sexual orientation is "living a lie.
- Last but not least, what do you HONESTLY think your sexual orientation is? Well, I guess it would have to be heterosexual.
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