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Sexual Interests
An inclination to behave sexually
Gay
Emotional and sexual attractions between persons of the same sex. See homosexuality.
Queer
A reclaimed self-affirming umbrella term used by some gay men, lesbian women, and transgendered person.
Sexual interests
An inclination to behave sexually
Sexual Orientation
The pattern of sexual and emotional attraction based on the gender of one's partner
Heterosexuality
Emotional and sexual attraction between members of other sex
Homosexuality
Emotional and sexual attraction between members of the same sex.
Asexuality
A state of having no sexual attraction to anyone or low or absent interest in sexual activity
Gender
The socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a society considers appropriate for men and women
Gender Normative
People whose sex assignment at birth corresponds to their gender identity and expression.
Cisgender
People whose sex assignment at birth corresponds to their gender identity and expression.
Transgender
An umbrella term for those whose gender expression or identity is not congruent with the sex assigned at birth and whose gender is not validated by the dominant culture.
Transsexuality
A phenomenon in which a person is intent to live through actions, dress, hormone therapy, and/or surgery as a gender other than that assigned at birth. Most (but not all) transsexuals engage in some process of altering either primary or secondary sexual characteristics through hormone treatment or surgery or both.
Transvestism
Cross- dressing in clothing of the other sex.
Two- spirit
In many cultures, a man who assumes female dress, gender role, and status.
Normal Sexual Behavior
Behavior that conforms to a groups typical patterns of behavior.
Reproduction
The biological process by which individuals are reproduced.
Mangaia
circumcision at age 12-13; given instructions on how to please a woman; young boy has sex with an experienced older woman; girls are taught by experienced women how to thrust their hips
The Dani
Express no concern about improving sexual techniques or enhancing erotic pleasure. Extrarelational sex and jealousy are rare. As their only sexual concern is reproduction, sexual intercourse is performed quickly, ending with male ejaculation. Female orgasm appears to be unknown to them. Following childbirth, both mothers and fathers go through 5 years of sexual abstinence. The Dani are an extreme example of a case in which culture, rather than biology, shapes sexual attractions.
Ancient Greece
Greeks accepted same-sex relationships as naturally as Americans today accept heterosexuality. For the Greeks, same-sex relationships between men represented the highest form of love. The male-male relationship was based on love and reciprocity; sexuality was only one component of it. In this relationship, the code of conduct called for the older man to initiate the relationship
The Sambians
Sambians believe that a boy can grow into a man only by the ingestion of semen, which is, they say, like mother's milk. At age 7 or 8, boys begin their sexual activities with older boys; as they get older, they seek multiple partners to accelerate their growth into manhood. At adolescence, their role changes, and they must provide semen to boys to enable them to develop. At first, they worry about their own loss of semen, but they are taught to drink tree sap, which they believe magically replenishes their supply.
Two- spirited person
Visionaries, healers, medicine people, nannies of orphans, and caregivers