Exam 14: Sexual Orientation and Identity: Gay, Lesbian, BI, Straight, or Asexual

What year did China remove homosexuality from its list of psychiatric illnesses?

What percentage of the population are asexual?

Data from 2009 indicate that about _____ of all Canadians approve of same-sex marriages.

Bill is a Christian man who is sexually and emotionally attracted to men.Bill believes that his thoughts and desires about men are wrong.Bill's family is Christian and believe that homosexuality is a sin.Given these beliefs,Bill entered reparative therapy through a church group to make himself attracted to the proper sex-women.Through therapy,what will likely occur?

Sexual orientation is defined as

According to a 2013 Pew research study which percentage of Canadians felt society should accept homosexuality?

When Brandy went away to University,she met many new friends - male and female.After getting to know them better,she was shocked to learn that a couple of them new were gay and lesbian.What is Brandy's shock an example of?

Research shows us that

Which of the following is associated with better mental health in LGB youth?

Describe how learning theory would account for the development of heterosexual orientation versus homosexual orientation versus bisexual orientation.

How are gays and lesbians similar,yet different than other minority groups? How do the similarities and differences affect the behaviour of gays and lesbians? Give an example.

Sexual orientation refers to one's self identity as gay,heterosexual,bisexual,asexual,or some other term.

Gay and lesbian lifestyle differs from the heterosexual lifestyle on the prevalence of committed relationships-few gay and lesbian people enter into committed relationships.

Which term describes the process of acknowledging to oneself,and then to others,that one is gay or lesbian?

Canadian studies on violence against gay,lesbian,and bisexual people have found that about _______ percentage have experienced verbal abuse

Is homosexuality a sin? An illness? A normative alternative? Explain your answer.

According to Reiss,which of the following is not characteristic of societies that produce the highest incidence of homosexuality?

Compare the various reasons/causes given in explanation of why people become homosexual.Does this help answer the question of why people become heterosexual? Why or why not?

The proportion of exclusively gay men and lesbian women in a society is rather small,less than three percent,but if we include those who are bisexual and have experienced a same-sex relationship,then the proportion will equal about ten percent.

_________ is a strong,irrational fear of homosexuals;________ refers to negative attitudes and behaviours toward homosexuals.