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	Brain differences in sheep linked to sexual partner preference
		A total of 27 sheep were studied: nine rams that preferred to mate with males, eight rams that preferred to mate with females, and ten ewes.
		Research was focused on the preoptic hypothalamus, a region of the brain known to be involved in sexual behaviors and partner preferences; researchers identified a group of neurons there called the sexually dimorphic nucleus.
		The sexually dimorphic nucleus was measured by examining the extent and level of expression of aromatase, a key enzyme in a hormonal pathway that is involved in the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2002-11/ohs-bdi103102.php (521 words)

	APA Style \| Removing Bias in Language: Sexuality
		Referring to sexual and intimate emotional partners by both male and female pronouns (e.g., "the adolescent males were asked about the age at which they first had a male or female sexual partner").
		Using sexual terminology that is relevant to lesbians and gay men as well as bisexual and heterosexual people (e.g., "when did you first engage in sexual activity?" rather than "when did you first have sexual intercourse?").
		Avoiding the assumption that pregnancy may result from sexual activity (e.g., "it is recommended that women attending the clinic who currently are engaging in sexual activity with men be given oral contraceptives" instead of "it is recommended that women who attend the clinic be given oral contraceptives").
	www.apastyle.org /sexuality.html (2181 words)

	Sexual selection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sexual selection is a theory proposed by Charles Darwin that states that the frequency of traits can increase or decrease depending on the attractiveness or fertility of the bearer.
		Sexual preference creates a specialized tendency towards homogamy that provides a system by which a group constantly invaded by the diffusion of unfavourable genes may suppress ill effects.
		Because traits held to be due to sexual selection often conflict with the survival fitness of the individual, the question then arises as to why, in nature, in which survival of the fittest is considered the rule of thumb, such apparent liabilities are allowed to persist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sexual_selection (3601 words)

	Homosexuality and Bisexuality
		"Sexual orientation" is a term used to refer to a person's emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction to individuals of a particular gender (male or female).
		Sexual orientation involves a person's feelings and sense of identity; it may or may not be evident in the person's appearance or behavior.
		Some people who are homosexual or bisexual may hide their sexual orientation and/or live as heterosexuals to avoid the prejudice that exists against people who are homosexual and bisexual or to avoid their own moral dilemmas felt when their sexual orientation is incompatible with their personal beliefs.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/46/2953_531.htm (499 words)

	SEXUAL SELECTION IN BIRDS
		Møller (1994) defined sexual selection as occurring "as a result of a non-random association between a (secondary sexual) character and a component of mating success." This association will cause the character to be selected in a population, regardless of whether it is otherwise useful to an individual.
		In their model, females choose the preferred red-winged flbirds because their male offspring will later be preferred, either because they out compete other males in a dominance hierarchy or are simply more attractive to females.
		Preference for handicaps and assessment of fluctuating asymmetries are two of the mechanisms that females employ to assess the quality of their mates.
	oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~jm703496/es-ssbrd.html (4992 words)

	Sexual preference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was used in the 20th century by gay rights advocates who sought to promote the view that each person should have the right to seek out the partner they prefer, whether of the opposite sex, the same sex, or both sexes.
		Later, gay rights advocates preferred the term sexual orientation to avoid the connotation that homosexuality and heterosexuality were matters of "preference" or lifestyle choices, since they viewed them as inherent and unchangeable (Since it became commonly, yet not universally, believed among them that homosexuality was something one is born with).
		"Sexual orientation" is the term recommended by the Associated Press stylebook when used in print.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sexual_preference (218 words)

	LGBT Health Terminology - LGBT Health Channel
		Sexual orientation is preferred to sexual preference by some people, because preference implies that attraction is a choice instead of an innate characteristic.
		For others, sexual preference is acceptable or preferred, because it implies that primary sexual attraction is a choice, which may be fueled by sociopolitical reasons.
		Regardless, sexual orientation is a component of character and is different than sexual behavior, as some people are psychologically attracted to both sexes but have sex with only one.
	www.lgbthealthchannel.com /terminology.shtml (801 words)

	Feminism and Women's Studies: Sexual Identity and Gender Identity Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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.
		Sexual preference emphasizes that some people feel that one does or should have some control or influence over the development of one's sexual and romantic attractions or sexual one's orientation.
	feminism.eserver.org /sexual-gender-identity.txt (2486 words)

	Sexual Rights are Human Rights: A MADRE Position Paper \| MADRE: An International Women's Human Rights Organization
		MADRE understands that sexual rights—including the right to exercise and express sexuality freely and safely; be protected from sexual violence and discrimination; be in charge of decisions about one’s own body; have access to information and services necessary for sexual health; and experience sexual pleasure—are human rights.
		The sexual rights of women, young people, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people are especially vulnerable—and, as emphasized by the recent murder of Sierra Leone’s lesbian rights activist Fannyann Eddy, those working actively to secure sexual rights are particularly at risk.
		When sexual rights are on the agenda, fundamentalist governments ally with the Vatican and the Christian Right, which suddenly assert “respect for cultural difference” as a pretense for disregarding international human rights standards.
	www.madre.org /articles/int/b10/sexualrights.html (1056 words)

	Being Bisexual
		Because biological, social, and cultural factors are different for each person, everyone's sexuality is highly individual, whether they are bisexual, gay or lesbian, heterosexual, or asexual.
		Since we are generally socialized as heterosexuals, bisexuality is a stage that many people experience as part of the process of acknowledging their sexual preference.
		The orientation which once proposed a serious challenge to the gender polarity involved in sexuality is now coming of age while disputing former boundaries and causing the more established views on sexual preference to redefine themselves.
	www.romanceopedia.com /A-BeingBisexual.html (1110 words)

	Sex_Pref
		The comment above is an example of the typical misconception that gender identity is the same as, or at least similar to, sexual preference.
		The concern about one's sexual orientation is a constant concern to transsexual, both pre-op and during the early post-op years.
		I also met a married female to male transsexual who's spouse (husband if you prefer) was supportive and assisting in the transition.
	www.moss-fritch.com /sexpref.htm (325 words)

	Savage & Understanding Sexual Preference
		The sexual reproductive process of humans has been considered a bad topic as it causes embarrassment to those who view it with a special sense of purpose.
		The topic of sexual preference is for the contentment and feeling of 'normal', that matches the image or concept the 'self' has arrived at, through repetition of input.
		There is a cause of sexual preference, and it is active in every condition of the brain.
	www.rense.com /general38/sav.htm (3102 words)

	Crosswalk.com - Sexual 'Preference or Orientation' Clause Upheld at ATT
		Past proposals to remove the "sexual preference or orientation" language in ATT's policy have failed, but not by such a large margin.
		ATT decided to place "sexual preference or orientation" in its Equal Opportunity Statement because of its long-standing policy against non-discrimination in the workplace, said company spokeswoman Cindy Neale.
		Strobhar said this makes the sexual preference clause contradictory, because even though it seeks to prevent discrimination, the company is discriminating against heterosexual couples by virtue of excluding them from receiving corporate benefits.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/1204608.html (721 words)

	frontline: assault on gay america: a 'gay gene?': is homosexuality inherited?
		Although his data showed that human sexual preference "is amenable to study at the biological level," he noted that it was impossible to be certain whether the anatomical differences between the brains of gay and straight men were a cause or a consequence of their preference.[8]
		He found that the incidence of homosexual preference in these family members was strikingly higher (13.5 percent) than the rate of homosexuality among the whole sample (2 percent).
		The standard measure of heritability is the sum of all genetic influences, and it ignores potentially complex interactions--for example, the influence of the family milieu on the behavioral expression of a gene influencing sexual preference.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/genetics/nyreview.html (5586 words)

	Bem's Theory of Sexual Orientation: Implications for Treatment and Prevention
		He rejects biological explanations---instead attempting to understand the development of sexual preference within the context of the "optimal level of arousal" theory of human motivation.
		As applied to sexual preference, the theory contends that human beings are sexually attracted to those whom they have perceived as dissimilar, yet not too dissimilar to themselves.
		According to his theory, both homosexuality and heterosexuality are acquired constructions, and as such, neither is "natural." Sexual preference is determined not by our genes, but by the way we interact with others, he believes, and the way we feel about ourselves in the context of same-sex and opposite-sex peers.
	www.leaderu.com /orgs/narth/bem.html (2217 words)

	This Just In: The Guy that Outed Lance Bass is a Doo-doo Poo-poo Head ! - Associated Content
		The reality is that gay people who make their sexual preference the focus of their lives, are a blight on human existence.
		While some would argue that Lance Bass’s sexual preference is news on the basis of his celebrity, the fact is that this IS INDEED 2006, and as such, Lance Bass’s sexual preference (or anybody's sexual preference for that matter) should be of no more interest to society than whether Lance Bass prefers broccoli or cauliflower.
		I would caution you to look at the true meaning of the words "sexual preference" and perhaps use a term like "sexual orientation" or something similar since "preference" indicates there is a choice.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/48495/this_just_in_the_guy_that_outed_lance.html (625 words)

	AIDS is the Problem, Not Sexual Preference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Vasallo notes that “sexuality is very complex, as are the issue sexual preferences and orientation.
		We are traditionally familiar with heterosexuality, or sexual relations between a man and a woman, but we know that there was homosexuality since ancient times, among Greece and Rome’s upper classes.
		In this case, she found a friend that she felt attracted to, had sexual relations, and later the friend became her preference.
	www.trabajadores.co.cu /2006/mayo/22_ingles/textos_y_fotos/aids.htm (1366 words)

	Sexual and Affectional Orientation and Identity Scales (Bisexual Resource Center Pamphlet)
		These aspects of sexual orientation may be represented either as cards which form a deck, or as slabs which form a block (see Figure 3).
		On the Kinsey scale, sexual behavior is represented as a continuum from exclusively heterosexual to exclusively homosexual (see Figure 1.) To make it easier to quantify behavior for research purposes, the scale has 7 equal, numbered intervals, but it is a contimuum and in-between points (such as 1.5 or 2.67) may be used.
		Conversely, the fact that someone else has the same sexual identity does not mean that that person's sexual behavior is the same as their own.
	www.biresource.org /pamphlets/scales.html (1778 words)

	Wrong Criterion, Judge on Performance, Not Sexual Preference
		Col Peck's statement regarding his son's sexual preference is a classic example of the hyperbole surrounding the debate over homosexuals openly serving in the military.
		Those who would commit criminal violence against another person because of his sexual orientation (or any reason) shouldn't be in the military.
		Current policy allows far greater opportunity for disruption than there would be if individuals declared their sexual preference in the same manner one declares religious, political, or racial preferences.
	www.majorcox.com /columns/homosex.htm (745 words)

	Neuropolitics.org
		Changes in male sexual preference favor the switch to both heterosexuality and bisexuality in both the Under-25 and 25-34 age cohorts.
		The fact that the Under-25 females seem to be expressing greater preference for bisexuality may be indicative of the fact that high testosterone levels in females correlate with non-heterosexual behavior, which is implicated by a number of other studies.
		Testosterone depletion does not seem to be as active in male sexual preference changes, but as males age, our results indicate that if their sexual preference changes, they are more likely to favor non-heterosexuality.
	neuropolitics.org /Default-Oct06p2.asp (573 words)

	sexual preference is not a choice - SciForums.com
		The making of the sexual body in the womb is a complicated, many-stepped affair, in which there are many possible outcomes.
		One can be genetically pre-disposed to homosexual preferences, but the evironment also has to be right in order for these preferences to be expressed.
		It is a person's free will choice to decide whether or not to act on their sexual preference, not a choice on whether or not they are physically attracted.
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=6501 (1703 words)

	Sexual Preference In Women Linked To Difference In The Inner Ear
		Echo-like sounds made by the inner ears of homosexual and bisexual women are weaker than the same sounds made by heterosexual women, according to a new report.
		"The finding suggests that the inner ears and some unknown brain structures responsible for sexual preference are masculinized in homosexual and bisexual women because men also exhibit weaker echo-like sounds in their inner ears," says Dennis McFadden of the University of Texas, lead author of the study.
		McFadden's study, funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, is published in the March 3 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1998-03/SfN-SPIW-030398.php (454 words)

	frontline: assault on gay america: who's gay? what's straight?: how do you define sexual orientation?
		One of earliest and most important sexual orientation classification schemes was proposed by [Karl Heinrich] Ulrichs in a series of pamphlets he published privately in the 1860s.
		Today's preferred terms and the term "sexual orientation" itself have a wide variety' of definitions in the literature but these generally comprise one or both of two components: a "psychological" component and a "behavioral" component.
		Psychological components of definitions may include the terms "sexual passion," "sexual urge," "sexual feelings," "sexual attraction," "sexual interest," "sexual arousal," "sexual desire," "affectional preference," "sexual instinct," "sexual orientation identity," and "sexual preference." Each of these terms may have a distinct meaning and not necessarily be indicative of the same phenomenon.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/context/defining.html (1226 words)

	Employment Protection Based Upon Sexual Preference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Legislation has been introduced now for two Sessions that seeks to expand employment protection based upon sexual preference, by adding homosexuals as a protected class as it relates to hiring and firing.
		The legislation 's advocates simply state the bill protects a class of people that have been discriminated against because of their sexual orientation, and should have the same rights in hiring, firing and lodging which is enjoyed by other classes.
		Small business can ill afford to defend themselves against such difficult circumstances when the claimant is self-proclaimed about their orientation, and therefore, will simply seek to settle out of court.
	www.nfib.com /object/IO_19411.html (387 words)

	When it comes to sexual preference, the nose knows
		But when confronted by a chemical from testosterone, portions of the brains active in sexual activity were activated in straight women and in gay men, but not in straight men, the researchers found.
		The response in gay men and straight women was concentrated in the hypothalamus with a maximum in the preoptic area that is active in hormonal and sensory responses necessary for sexual behavior, the researchers said.
		Gay men preferred odors from gay men, while odors from gay men were the least preferred by heterosexual men and women and by lesbians in the study.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /national/223618_gay10.html (800 words)

	Miniature Horse Homosexuality bisexuality - Equine Sexual preference
		While scientific studies are non-conclusive, it appears that horses have distinct sexual preferences and that horse homosexuality and bisexuality is more related to environment than to genetics.
		It is well-documented in horse breeding that stallions have very clear sexual preferences for their partners.
		Many breeding stallions have color preferences for their mare's, and colored blankets must be used.
	www.mini-horse.org /health_care_homo.html (165 words)

	Sexual Preference
		The following is a transcription of a panel with the title ''Sexual Preference: The importance of genders for readers and writers'' held at ConFuse 93.
		MA: The title of this discussion is ''Sexual Preference: The Importance of genders for readers and writers'' so I think it is a topic that can lead to many different discussions so let's see where we end up.
		This was an anecdote about sexual preference and gender roles in science fiction which I hope have evolved a little bit since then.
	www.lysator.liu.se /lsff/mb-nr24/Sexual_Preference.html (6122 words)

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