HLTH 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Kinsey Scale, Pansexuality, Heterosexism

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Health
• Course: HLTH 251
• Professor: Karyn Fulcher

Document Summary

Sexual orientation: sexual orientation: de nitions and measurement, why are there di erent sexual orientations, heterosexism, sexual orientation across the life cycle. The ksog gives a set of numbers that can be compared: many of the things that we use to measure sexuality do not necessarily equate to each other. Identity: attraction, behaviour, we know the most about this one, far more people have experienced same-sex attraction or behaviour than those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, or queer. Genetics: the closer genetic relatedness in siblings, the more likely they shared sexual orientation: identical twins are more likely to have the same sexual orientation, same sexual o. Women who are treated with estrogen appear to have female children who are slightly more likely to identify as lesbian or bisexual, however this is still unproven. Birth order: sex and number of siblings may have an impact. Typically, gay men tend to be younger siblings of brother.