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    SEXUALITY WIKI

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    Sexual orientation

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    Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of


    romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of
    these) to persons of the "opposite" sex or gender, the
    same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than
    one gender. These attractions are generally
    subsumed under heterosexuality, homosexuality, and
    bisexuality,[1][2] while asexuality (the lack of sexual
    attraction to others) is sometimes identified as the
    fourth category.[3][4][5][6] These categories are aspects
    of the more nuanced nature of sexual identity.[1] For
    example, people may use other labels, such as
    pansexual or polysexual,[7] or none at all.[1] According
    to the American Psychological Association, sexual
    orientation "also refers to a person's sense of identity
    based on those attractions, related behaviors, and
    membership in a community of others who share
    those attractions".[1][8]

    The term sexual preference largely overlaps with


    sexual orientation, but is generally distinguished in
    psychological research.[9] A person who identifies as
    bisexual, for example, may sexually prefer one sex
    over the other.[10] Sexual preference may also suggest
    a degree of voluntary choice,[9][11][12] whereas the
    scientific consensus is that sexual orientation is not a
    choice.[13][14][15]

    There is no consensus among scientists about why a


    person develops a particular sexual orientation.[1]
    Many scientists think that nature and nurture – a
    combination of genetic, hormonal, and environmental
    influences – factor into the cause of sexual
    orientation.[1][16] They favor biologically-based
    theories,[16] which point to genetic factors, the early
    uterine environment, both, or the inclusion of genetic
    and social factors.[14][17] There is no substantive
    evidence which suggests parenting or early childhood
    experiences play a role when it comes to sexual
    orientation;[14] when it comes to same-sex sexual
    behavior, shared or familial environment plays no role
    for men and a minor role for women.[17] Research over
    several decades has demonstrated that sexual
    orientation ranges along a continuum, from exclusive
    attraction to the "opposite" sex to exclusive attraction
    to the same sex.[1]

    Sexual orientation is reported primarily within biology


    and psychology (including sexology), but it is also a
    subject area in anthropology, history (including social
    constructionism), and law,[18] and there are other
    explanations that relate to sexual orientation and
    culture.

    ==References++

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Sexual orientation,


    homosexuality and bisexuality. American
    Psychological Association. Archived from the
    original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved on August
    10, 2013.
    2. ↑ Sexual Orientation. American Psychiatric
    Association. Archived from the original on July
    22, 2011. Retrieved on January 1, 2013.
    3. ↑ Asexuality: Classification and Characterization
    (August 2004)
    http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/publications/PD
    F/PrauseGrahamPDF.pdf
    4. ↑ Asexuality gets more attention, but is it a
    sexual orientation? (November 2005)
    5. ↑ Sex and Society Marshall Cavendish
    http://books.google.com/books?
    id=aVDZchwkIMEC&pg=PA82
    6. ↑ Toward a conceptual understanding of
    asexuality http://cat.inist.fr/?
    aModele=a!cheN&cpsidt=18172400
    7. ↑ Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals
    Across the Lifespan Columbia University Press
    http://books.google.com/books?
    id=1pCKkZmBU1EC&pg=PA9
    8. ↑ Page 30 Case No. S147999 in the Supreme
    Court of the State of California, In re Marriage
    Cases Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding
    No. 4365(...) - APA California Amicus Brief — As
    Filed (PDF) 33 n. 60 (p. 55 per Adobe Acrobat
    Reader);citation per id., Brief, p. 6 n. 4 (p. 28 per
    Adobe Acrobat Reader).. Retrieved on March 13,
    2013.
    9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Avoiding Heterosexual Bias in
    Language", American Psychological Association.
    Retrieved on July 19, 2011. 
    10. ↑ Sexual identity development among lesbian,
    gay, and bisexual youths: Consistency and
    change over time
    11. ↑ The republic of choice: law, authority, and
    culture Harvard University Press
    http://books.google.com/books?
    id=Z6iYwTFY5mIC&lpg=PA92
    12. ↑ Sexual revolutions: psychoanalysis, history
    and the father Taylor & Francis
    http://books.google.com/books?
    id=d3s_vH5YV-gC&lpg=PA49
    13. ↑ Sexual orientation and adolescents (June
    2004)
    http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/11
    3/6/1827.long
    14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Submission to the Church of
    England’s Listening Exercise on Human
    Sexuality. The Royal College of Psychiatrists.

    Retrieved on 13 June 2013. Cite error:

    Invalid <ref> tag; name "rcp2007"


    defined multiple times with di!erent
    content
    15. ↑ Sexual Hormones and the Brain: An Essential
    Alliance for Sexual Identity and Sexual
    Orientation (authors are of Netherlands Institute
    for Neuroscience, of Royal Netherlands
    Academy of Arts and Sciences) (author contact
    is 2d author) (vol. 17 is Sandro Loche, Marco
    Cappa, Lucia Ghizzoni, Mohamad Maghnie, &
    Martin O. Savage, eds., Pediatric
    Neuroendocrinology).
    16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Sexual orientation and adolescents
    (June 2004)
    http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/11
    3/6/1827.long
    17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Template:Cite doi
    18. ↑ Controlling Desires: Sexual Orientation
    Conversion and the Limits of Knowledge and
    Law (1999) http://www-
    bcf.usc.edu/~usclrev/pdf/072502.pdf

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