Exam 11: Sexual Orientation

Homosexual refers to anyone who has had sex with a same-sex person.

When gay people choose to live a life that is honest and open about their sexual orientation, all of the following have been found to be true except that they are ________.

Erin is like most people in most cultures in the way she takes heterosexuality for granted.This is referred to as ________.

________ developed the Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale that places each person on a scale of 0 to 6.

Ironically, "gay bashers" who clearly hold the strongest anti-gay feelings, may actually be resisting the strongest gay tendencies of all within themselves.

Sara's coming out process was like most.She started out feeling unsure of her sexual orientation, then acknowledged being a lesbian to herself, and finally became comfortable with her sexuality and became openly gay.

________ is not typically a single moment, a single decision, or a single act; it usually is a process that takes place gradually, over time, in a step-by-step fashion.

Discuss the process known as "coming out," including the dangers, pitfalls, and joys associated with it.

The 2003 U.S.Supreme Court decision which in effect negated all sodomy laws in the remaining 14 states was ________.

The research on the index/ring finger "ratio" has found ________.

Compared to other countries such as Canada, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain, the United States has moved swiftly to accept gay marriage.

Researchers have discovered a possible biological basis for sexual orientation that has become known as "the older brother effect," meaning ________.

Gary suffers from irrational anti-gay attitudes and behaviors.One motivation proposed to explain this is a psychological defense mechanism called a(n) ________.

________ or ________between members of the same sex carry with them all or many of the legal benefits of marriage, but are not legally or religiously identical to heterosexual marriage.

As a gay male, Craig finds that one advantage of going to college is that he will not experience a hostile campus environment.

According to the text, at this time about ________ of sexual orientation can be explained by genetic influences.

Because the first cases of AIDS in the U.S.were found among young gay men, the researchers originally referred to the illness as ________.

What we know from Simon LeVay's research on brain differences in heterosexual and homosexual men is that it opened the scientific door on the possibility that sexual orientation might be rooted in biological, rather than environmental causes.

Kinsey's sexual orientation rating system offers a dichotomous choice: heterosexual or homosexual.

Jen and Laurie are a lesbian couple.If they want to become pregnant they may do all of the following except ________.