SOCL 3501 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mental Disorder, Heterosexism, Promiscuity
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We could ask what sex are you attracted to, same sex feeling, same sex behavior and self-identification. There are different aspects of social orientation: same sex in america study. Self-identification: men have done same sex sexual acts, but don"t identify as homosexual. It"s a stigmatizing identity so they are reluctant and there is some under reporting. You can engage in homosexual behavior but identify as heterosexual. We tend to think sexual orientation is fixed and it doesn"t fluctuate: coming out process, this involves people publicly identifying themselves as gays or lesbians. Before coming out many do not privately identify themselves as gay. Troiden presented a detailed analysis of how most gays acquire their gay identity: four stages: I never felts as if i fit in. : the gays felt that they were different from their. : about 17 years of age, the gays began to feel that they might be gay but refused to define themselves as such.
