Sociology Learners

What is Sexual Orientation?

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"d39b46b3f7ef22b4a3a221038394de7c" data-index&equals;"1" style&equals;"float&colon; left&semi; margin&colon; 10px 10px 10px 0&semi;">&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- Sociology Learners 336 X 280 Post Top --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;inline-block&semi;width&colon;336px&semi;height&colon;280px" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7649183549375766" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1656902389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine;&lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Sexual orientation refers to the emotional and sexual attraction towards male and female &lpar;male or female&rpar;&period; There are four categories of sexual orientation&comma; which are as follow heterosexuality&comma; homosexuality&comma; bisexuality and asexuality&period; People who are sexually and emotionally attracted toward opposite sex comes under the category of heterosexuality and formally known as&comma; heterosexual and informally straight&period; People who are attracted towards same sex are categorized as homosexual and informally as gay and lesbian&period; Males are called informally gay and females are called lesbian&period; Those people who are attracted towards both male and female comes under the category of bisexuality and called as bisexual&period; Asexual people do not have feelings and sexual attraction towards both male and female&period; In USA and most countries of the world heterosexuality is considered as normative behavior&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">According to American psychological association&comma; people discover their sexual orientation during middle childhood and early adolescence&period; It is not necessary to have intimate relationship to discover sexual orientation&period; The discovery of sexual orientation can be based on feelings and emotions&period; People of different sexual orientation may have different experiences in the discovery and acceptance of their sexual orientation&period; Some people discover and accept their sexual orientation in early puberty though&comma; others may discover their sexual orientation at same age but hesitate to accept it&comma; if it is not considered normative like homosexuality and bisexuality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">There is no scientific evidence regarding different sexual orientation&period; Studies have been conducted&comma; to identify hormonal&comma; genetic&comma; social and cultural influence on sexual orientation though&comma; no evidence has been found yet to link sexual orientation with the mentioned factors&period; However&comma; another study has been conducted to identify &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;discrimination against homosexuality and bisexuality” at school and workplace&period; Study results suggest that&comma; 4 per 1000 people discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation at workplace&comma; military and school&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;--CusAds0-->&NewLine;<div style&equals;"font-size&colon; 0px&semi; height&colon; 0px&semi; line-height&colon; 0px&semi; margin&colon; 0&semi; padding&colon; 0&semi; clear&colon; both&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

Exit mobile version