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Topic: Sexual identity

	Sexual identity is far from fixed in women who aren't exclusively heterosexual
		The women were drawn from community events and youth groups for sexual minorities, as well as from college classes on gender and sexuality.
		In the study, the women's sexual behavior was also somewhat variable--many reported having sexual relations with men and women--although their pattern of attraction to other women or men tended to remain stable over time.
		Sexual identity, attraction and behavior are certainly related, but they're often "discordant" for women, says Diamond, whose study appears in this month's issue of Developmental Psychology (Vol.
	www.apa.org /monitor/mar00/sexualid.html (414 words)

	OutProud - Adolescence, Sexual Orientation & Identity
		Sexual orientation is believed to be influenced by a variety of factors including genetics and hormones, as well as unknown environmental factors.
		Sexuality researcher Alfred C. Kinsey and his colleagues devised a seven-point scale to chart the full spectrum of human sexual behavior, with "0" representing those whose histories are exclusively heterosexual, and "6" for those who are exclusively homosexual in behavior.
		Sexual identity evolves through a multi-stage developmental process, which varies in intensity and duration depending on the individual.
	www.outproud.org /article_sexual_identity.html (5096 words)

	Sexual Identity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In fact, many people wonder about their sexual identities, and this wondering is a normal part of development.
		Whether your sexual orientation is heterosexual or homosexual, the decision to become sexually active is a choice that all people face.
		Many are afraid to tell friends, family, or co-workers about their sexual identity (or to "come out") for fear of retribution.
	www.loyola.edu /campuslife/healthservices/counselingcenter/sexid.html (810 words)

	Sexual Identity Not Pliable After All, Report Says [NY Times 1997-03-14] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A classic case of a gruesome surgical accident and its consequences that was long used as evidence of the pliability of sexual identity turns out, in follow-up, to suggest the opposite: that a sense of being male or female is innate, immune to the interventions of doctors, therapists and parents.
		Yet the debate remains as to how much of sexual identity is instilled by nature and how much by nurture, experts said, and the current paper does not settle that issue.
		But the scientists propose that many of these constructed females may be unhappy with their enforced identity, particularly if they have a Y chromosome -- the most overt mark of a male -- and were likely to have been exposed to male hormones in the womb.
	members.tripod.co.jp /tsnews/nyt970314.htm (1395 words)

	Feminism and Women's Studies: Sexual Identity and Gender Identity Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The existence and perpetuation of gender and sexual identities is based in the historic and continuing oppression (systematic mistreatment condoned by society as a whole) of people do not conform to certain aspects of society's gender roles.
		Sexual identity refers to how one thinks of oneself in terms of whom one is sexually and romantically attracted to, specifically whether one is attracted to members of the same gender as one's own or the other gender than one's own.
		The assumption that identifying as heterosexual and having sexual and romantic attractions only to members of the other sex (than oneself) is good and acceptable, and that other sexual identities and attractions are bad and unacceptable.
	feminism.eserver.org /sexual-gender-identity.txt (2486 words)

	97 Brooks
		We ground our analysis in the sexual life histories of ten women, looking not only at how social narratives organized and gave meaning to our experiences of sexual identity development, but also at the feelings and lived experiences that were not fully encompassed by dominant social narratives.
		Sexual identity was described as a public claim that was only sometimes correlated with actual sexual practices.
		Sexual identity claims such as "lesbian" or "straight" referred to an affinity with a cultural or social group rather than a description of actual sexual behavior.
	www.edst.educ.ubc.ca /aerc/1997/97brooks.html (2680 words)

	Rewriting the boundaries of social discourse: collaborative inquiry into women's sexual identity development - Brooks ...
		Our sexual identities situate those aspects we consider to be most intimate at the intersection between self and culture or public and private.
		Sexual identity seemed to be more a reflection of a cultural identification than sexual behaviour.
		We had assumed that one's sexual identity was a description of one's sexual behaviour and discovered as we listened to each woman's narrative history that although the two are related, they are not the same.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /educol/documents/000000208.htm (3074 words)

	Sexual Health - Orientation
		Sexual orientation is often presumed to be innate and unchangeable.
		It refers to a consistent pattern of sexual arousal toward persons of the same or a different gender, encompassing fantasy, conscious attractions, emotional and romantic feelings, and sexual behaviors.
		Sexual identity refers to how a person describes his or her sexuality and how that person expresses that self to others.
	www.pamf.org /teen/sex/orientation.html (492 words)

	Diversity - sexual identity - Who - The British Council United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In many organisations, people feel obliged to hide their sexual identity for fear of unequal treatment and even harassment, including verbal and physical abuse.
		Different perceptions of sexuality may also be manifested in terms an individual’s self-image and the extent to which a person identifies their physical or genetic sex.
		Individuals’ rights to assume gender roles congruent with their self perceived identity should be respected, rather than limited by what society deems to be acceptable "masculine" or "feminine" behaviour.
	www.britishcouncil.org /diversity/sexual_identity.htm (363 words)

	May 2003:Helping Adolescents Develop a Healthy Sexual Identity
		Sexual identity is not always fixed and stable but can be fluid, changing over the course of the teen years or even over a lifetime.
		Sexual identity is an inclusive category, which refers to how a person describes, expresses and feels about his or her sexual self.
		Sexual orientation, core gender identity and sex/gender roles are all important parts of sexual identity, but none of these by itself makes up the entire story.
	www.sfms.org /sfm/sfm503c.htm (1018 words)

	Intersections: Performing Sexual Identity: Naming and Resisting 'Gayness' in Modern Thailand
		The attempt to create a community based on shared sexual orientation is a unique historical and cultural undertaking, and one which has been crucial in Western countries, enabling gays and lesbians to become a political movement and demand their rights.
		The need to unravel sex, gender identity and gender roles, patterns of sexual behaviour and sexual meaning, and to move away from the confinement of binary gender categories is well-noted.
		In her study of gender and sexuality in Thailand, Rosalind Morris found herself 'astounded by the plasticity and heterogeneity of Thai gender and sexual identity.'[49] Living in Thailand, I myself took note of two young male shop assistants who were wearing a brush of eye shadow.
	wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au /intersections/issue2/Storer.html (7868 words)

	Sexual Identity and Torture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		People whose initial contact with a criminal justice system is unrelated to their sexual identity may also be ill-treated because of their real or perceived sexual identity.
		Homophobic violence in custody is often sexualized, with rape or the threat of rape used as a method of breaking down a person's pride or sexual identity, or of forcing a confession or the naming of other people under suspicion by authorities.
		As he sodomized [the man], the officer is alleged to have made remarks such as "I'm tired of you faggot..." [The claimant] contends that he was subjected to abuse--including racist and anti-gay names such as "faggot ass nigger" and "nigger fag"--from the moment he was arrested.
	www.resistinc.org /newsletter/issues/2001/06/rothschild.html (1114 words)

	"Sexual-Political Identity Groups in a Corner" "by Chris Long" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Have no doubt that the identity groups are furiously spinning, obscuring and issuing press releases and marching orders to the rank and file at the speed of light: their entire existence has become little more than a non-stop spin campaign of their own making.
		Not to mention the fact that sexual political identity groups are, by holding themselves apart as separate groups based upon sexual orientation, acting out in the same sexist manner they denounce when "straights" are involved.
		That many identity and political groups think of religion and the churches as disposable institutions because values and beliefs are at odds is the worst nightmare among the ironies of Democracy.
	www.chronwatch.com /editorial/2002-04-26cl.asp (700 words)

	Campaign - Mission
		Sexual identity has been defined for many of us as being either gay or straight and determined by the extent of our physical sexual contact with either women or men.
		For the last two aspects of sexual identity, the Kinsey scale is used, where 0 is exclusively heterosexual and 6 is exclusively homosexual.
		Although the instructions for the KSOG as the user to average her or his responses on each of the 21 separate items to arrive at a single “Kinsey” number, this scale clearly opens the door to a broad definition of what it means to be gay or straight.
	www.endhomophobia.org /BeyondGay.htm (1450 words)

	Public Affairs U8500
		The purpose of this course is to expose students to critical perspectives on identity, focusing in particular on gender, race, and sexual identity, and to explore the implications of these perspectives for how we understand and think about creating workplaces that are both more equitable and more productive.
		The purpose of these writings in the course is to provide a grounding, based in people's lived experiences as members of oppressed groups, for the theories introduced in the course.
		Sexual abuse, sexy dressing, and the eroticization of domination.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/gables/documents/syllabus.ely.html (1868 words)

	Journal of Sex Research: Step Children of Nature: Krafft-Ebing, Psychiatry, and the Making of Sexual Identity. - Review ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The use of such a term, he felt, was important to his clients because it emphasized what he believed was their psychological need for an identity which existed independently of conduct.
		This notion allowed Krafft-Ebing to differentiate along a rigid line between contrary sexual feeling, be it inborn or acquired, and "irregular" same-sex behavior of normal men which he condemned as immoral.
		In his work on sexuality, Krafft-Ebing hinted that the very boundary between the normal and the insane, which psychiatry had originally helped to institute, was fragile and permeable, an explanation which Oosterhuis believes is the key to modern psychiatry.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_dls/m2372/1_38/75820040/p1/article.jhtml (1292 words)

	Sexual Identity Questions and Answers
		7:1-3, then we would hardly ever hear of sexually transmitted diseases, in fact, many of these diseases would be eradicated from the face of the earth if every person stayed with just their marriage partner.
		Rather, the intent of this article is to focus on those that are CLEARLY born male or female and yet they struggle with their sexual identity.
		Your maleness or femaleness is determined by you sexual identity at birth and not by your thought process or by philosophies or teachings that persuade you otherwise.
	www.wolfeborobible.com /whoami.html (2097 words)

	Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation
		There is increasing evidence that sexual orientation has at least some biological basis, and most people report that their sexual orientation is not something they have chosen.
		Whereas a closeted individual may feel that they are drifting further and further apart from their family members or close friends because they are unable to share this important aspect of their lives, for many, coming out is a way for them to close the ever-widening gaps in their relationships.
		Parents might say that they feel as though they caused your sexual identity by doing something “wrong” in their parenting.
	www.uc.edu /psc/sh/SH_Sexual_Identity.htm (3067 words)

	Diversity - sexual identity - Who - The British Council United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Legislation relating to discrimination on the grounds of sexual or transgender discrimination is relatively recent at the European level.
		The government plans to introduce new legislation protecting employees from unfair treatment based on their sexual identity by 2003.
		This is the first time European law has enshrined the right of lesbian and gay employees to be protected from discrimination in the workplace, although there is no legal requirement to provide spousal benefits for same sex partners.
	www.britishcouncil.org /diversity/sexual_identity_legislation.htm (913 words)

	Sexual Identity
		Our overarching commitment is to defend the rights of people worldwide to define their own sexuality and gender identities.
		We provide outreach and support to queer teens just coming to terms with their sexual orientation and to those contemplating coming out.
		If one has chosen that they cannot help there sexual orientation but have decided to live an alternative life, this is where they should go.
	www.heartsandminds.org /self/links/sexualidentity.htm (1637 words)

	Wired News: Sexual Identity Wired by Genetics
		10:18 AM Oct. 20, 2003 PT Sexual identity is wired into the genes, which discounts the concept that homosexuality and transgender sexuality are a choice, University of California researchers reported.
		"Sexual identity is rooted in every person's biology before birth and springs from a variation in our individual genome," a UCLA genetics professor, said in a statement.
		Since the 1970s, scientists have believed that estrogen and testosterone were wholly responsible for sexually organizing the brain.
	www.wired.com /news/medtech/0,1286,60894,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_4 (857 words)

	Behavior OnLine Forums - Art therapy and sexual identity
		The underlying assumption is that sexual identity can be formed and that art therapy has or should have a role in such formation.
		There are also reports of individuals who seem to move back and forth on a spectrum of sexual identities.
		I have not yet read anything to suggest that art therapy has been used to help a client “form” their sexual identity.
	www.behavior.net /bolforums/printthread.php?t=378 (621 words)

	FS: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Issues
		In Minnesota, of 36,254 respondents in the seventh to twelfth grades, 1.1 percent of students described themselves as “bisexual,” “mostly homosexual,” or “100 percent homosexual.” Same-gender sexual attraction and anticipated future same-gender sexual experience was reported by 5.1 percent, and same-gender sexual fantasy was reported by 2.8 percent of respondents.
		Among sexually experienced respondents, bisexual/lesbian women were significantly more likely to engage daily or several times a week in penile-vaginal intercourse (22 percent) than their heterosexual peers (15 percent) or those unsure of their sexual orientation (17 percent)
		Among sexually experienced respondents, 44 percent of those unsure of their sexual orientation reported no use of contraception as compared to 30 percent of bisexual/lesbian respondents and 23 percent of heterosexual respondents
	www.siecus.org /pubs/fact/fact0013.html (3447 words)

	Kids-in-Crisis - Sexual Identity Resources
		A bisexual is an individual who is sexually attracted to and by members of both sexes.
		A bisexual may be either a boy or a girl and their interests may be stronger for one sex or the other.
		A heterosexual is one who tends to direct their sexual desire towards members of the opposite sex.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Bluffs/5400/sexualid.html (668 words)

	Firms expand gender identity, sexual orientation rules - 12/03/04
		And now this year, the company specifically bans discrimination based on gender and toward those who are transitioning from one sex to another, and includes workers who might be chided for not acting male or female enough.
		In adopting it, Citigroup joins a growing number of corporations in expanding the reach of protections against discrimination related to sexual identity.
		The first company to include gender identity or expression in its corporate policy was Lucent Technologies Inc. in 1997.
	www.detnews.com /2004/careers/0412/03/C02-23082.htm (481 words)

	Why We're Gendered Beings...Theological Refelections on Sexual Identity by Gary W. Deddo, Ph.D. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is no wonder then that when sexual involvement is used as an illustration, the heterosexual marital relationship is the sole image used to speak of Gods relation with his people throughout Scripture.
		Relations between persons of the same gender cannot image in their sexual attraction or in any sexual behavior [8] the differentiation essential to the marital relations of a man and woman.
		Homosexuality then de-sexualizes and depersonalizes the partner by regarding their gender as morally and spiritual irrelevant.[9] The sexual dimension of the relationship is rendered a spiritually meaningless act.[10] The act is referred to as sexual only because the organs used are called sex organs.
	www.trinitystudycenter.com /topical/gender.shtml (6369 words)

	U-WIRE.com/'Sexual identity' could be added to Northwestern U. policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Without hate crime protection from the state, some students are starting to lobby NU to add "sexual identity and expression" to its nondiscrimination policy.
		Adding "sexual identity and expression" would cover transgendered students as well as those who may not identify themselves as transgendered but defy the stereotypes of their sex.
		She added that many students don't realize the issue of "sexual identity and expression" affects more than transgendered people.
	www.uwire.com /content/topnews092204002.html (571 words)

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