PSYC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sexual Orientation, Group For The Study Of Reactive Motion, Human Female Sexuality
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Sexual experimentation and sexual orientation are two different things. Kinsey continuum: 7-point scale from exclusively heterosexual behavior to exclusively homosexual behavior: first scale to suggest sexual orientation is a continuous variable. I (cid:272)a(cid:374) o(cid:374)l(cid:455) a(cid:374)s(cid:449)er this s(cid:272)ale (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) ho(cid:449) i"(cid:373) feeli(cid:374)g right (cid:374)o(cid:449) Klein sexual orientation gird (ksog)- e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)ded ki(cid:374)se(cid:455)"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)uu(cid:373: 7 dimensions: attraction, behavior, fantasy, emotional preference, sexual preference, self-identification, lifestyle, each dimension is measured for the past, present, and ideal. Kinsey statics (1948): 37% men, 13% women at least one adult homosexual experience. These numbers are high compared to other data: 4% men, 3% women lifelong homosexual. Laumann et al. statstics (1994: 4% of women had sex with a woman as an adult; <2% in past year, 5% of men has sex with a man as an adult; 2% in past year. Same-sex behavior has remained constant in the us over the years: most current estimates = 3-4% of males; 1. 5-2% of females; 2-5% bisexual.
