scholarly journals The Sexual Orientation/Identity Distinction

Hypatia ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Matthew Andler
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
Sexual Orientation Identity ◽  
The Social

Abstract In this article I explicate the sexual orientation/identity distinction: sexual orientation is “natural,” involving dispositions to sexual behavior, while sexual identity is the “social meaning” of sexual orientation, and argue that the sexual orientation/identity distinction is indispensable to normative explanations regarding LGBTQIA+ oppression and resistance.

scholarly journals Understanding Sexual Orientation Identity, Sexual/Romantic Attraction, and Sexual Behavior beyond Western Societies: The Case of Japan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daiki Hiramori ◽  
Saori Kamano
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sex Behavior ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Asexual Population ◽  
Romantic Attraction ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Sexual Orientation Identity ◽  
The Impact

As a growing amount of research examines the impact of sexuality on various demographic outcomes, it becomes important to understand the complex intersections of sexual orientation identity, sexual/romantic attraction, and sexual behavior. However, most previous studies use data from Western countries that have particular histories of sexuality, limiting the generalizability of the findings beyond Western societies. We describe dimensions of sexuality in Japan, where there has not been any religious authority condemning same-sex behavior and any law prohibiting same-sex relations except for a decade in the late 19th century. We use data from the “Survey on Diversity of Work and Life, and Coexistence among the Residents of Osaka City,” the first population-based survey with detailed questions about multiple aspects of sexuality in Japan, to conduct descriptive analysis. More women identify as bisexual or asexual than lesbian. Among the respondents who selected “Don’t want to decide, haven’t decided”—a category originally created for queer/questioning respondents—as their sexual orientation, the proportion of those who indicated exclusive heterosexuality is higher than expected, raising the possibility that some heterosexual respondents with no heterosexual identity may have mistakenly chosen this category. The data suggest that the population of heterosexual-identified men who have sex with men is small. The prevalence of the asexual population differs by whether sexual orientation identity or sexual/romantic attraction is used to capture this population. Our analysis extends the demography of sexuality by examining unique non-Western data and putting in context the previous findings observed in Western countries.

scholarly journals BDSM as sexual orientation: A comparison to lesbian, gay, and bisexual sexuality

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 56-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tess Gemberling ◽  
Robert Cramer ◽  
Rowland Miller
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Sexual Attraction ◽  
Power Dynamic ◽  
Common Framework ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Sex Positive

One less common and more stigmatized form of sexuality is BDSM, which is an umbrella term for consensual practices that involve, but are not limited to, bondage and discipline (B&D), dominance and submission (D&s), and sadomasochism (S&M). Focusing on one of many different conceptualizations, BDSM is comprised of a power dynamic between partners enacted through various activities (for an inclusive list, see Sandnabba et al., 1999; Weinberg et al., 1984). However, beyond being recently accepted as nonpathological, research has yet to reach consensus on BDSM’s nature and development. Specifically, although theories describing its origin abound, it remains unclear whether BDSM is best conceptualized as a sexual behavior, sexual attraction, sexual identity, and/or sexual orientation for those who practice for sexual purposes. Accordingly, the present paper outlines a common framework of sexuality while presenting an alternative yet complementary theory: Consistent with a sex-positive framework, BDSM may be best conceptualized as another form of sexual orientation for a percentage of practitioners.

BSW Perceptions of Tolerance for LGB Worker Stigma: An Exploratory Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-132
Author(s):  
Trevor Gates ◽  
Bryan Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Orientation Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes

Stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors affect many workplaces, and the social service workplace is no exception. Although professional social work values promote affirmative work with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people, the social service workplace is not universally supportive of LGB workers. This exploratory, cross-sectional study of baccalaureate social workers (N=78) in a southwestern state in the United States examines perceptions of organizational tolerance of stigmatizing behaviors and attitudes toward LGB workers and whether those baccalaureate social workers' perceptions differed by other characteristics, including sex, race and ethnicity, social class, and sexual orientation identity. The study found that these baccalaureate social workers perceived low to moderate organizational tolerance of stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors toward LGB workers. Their perceptions differed by sex, social class, and sexual orientation identity but not by race and ethnicity. Implications for policy, as well as baccalaureate social work practice and education, are explored.

scholarly journals Inclusión LGBTI en Colombia: reflexión jurídica y social

2018 ◽  
pp. 137-161
Author(s):  
María Susana Marlés Herrera ◽  
Nahím Numa Sanjuán ◽  
Sergio Alonso Jácome Jácome ◽  
Ludy Alexandra Montañez Gélvez ◽  
Wilkar Simón Mendoza Chacón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Social Sector ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Qualitative Design ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Many ◽  
Constitutional Jurisprudence

Este documento promueve la reflexión acerca de la importancia de coexistir en una sociedad libre, equitativa, digna e igualitaria ante la norma. La investigación que lo consolidó tiene un diseño cualitativo, un método hermenéutico y se soportó en el paradigma sociojurídico. Asimismo, delibera sobre la imperiosa necesidad de generar hoy en día interlocución múltiple en el escenario social, bajo una perspectiva que permita observar con flexibilidad sus variadas aristas. El razonamiento desde los derechos permite aunar esfuerzos para el reconocimiento total del conglomerado humano, aún más cuando se trata de la población lgbti (lesbianas, gais, bisexuales, transexuales e intersexuales), no con un interés puramente legal, sino desde la reivindicación de derechos, que son cercenados por su exclusión en la llamada hetero-normatividad. En razón a lo anterior, el documento invita a la inclusión social de la colectividad diversa sexual, con base en un acercamiento respetuoso a los avances internacionales desde los Principios de Yogyakarta, como también desde la jurisprudencia constitucional colombiana, en algunos de los muchos aspectos que conlleva la reivindicación de los derechos en procura de la seguridad jurídica de un importante sector de la población. Abstract: This text promotes understanding about the importance of coexisting in a free, equitable, worthy and before-the-law equalitarian society from evident concepts. The research that allowed it has a qualitative design, a hermeneutic method and was based on the socio-juridical paradigm. Likewise, it deliberates about the imperative necessity of generating today a multiple interlocution into the social background, under a perspective that allows to observe with flexibility its variable edges. Reasoning, from rights, joins efforts in order to get a recognition of the whole human conglomerate, even more when referring to lgbti (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals and intersexual) population, not only with a purely legal interest, but from re vindication of rights, which are curtailed because of its exclusion in the so-called hetero-normativity. Therefore there exist a reflection in this manuscript, which invites to social inclusion of the sexually diverse collectivity, basing on a respectful rapprochement to the international advances from Yogyakarta Principles, as well as from the Colombian constitutional jurisprudence, in some of the many aspects that vindication of rights involves, in pursuit of the legal certainty of an important social sector. Keywords: Gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation, international normativity, constitutional precedent.

Clinical application in sexual orientation

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayana Musfirah Binti Mustamam ◽  
Jivanishenthiran A/L Rajathurai ◽  
Putri Milenia Gusdian ◽  
Zaireen Zulaika Binti Nasir Khan
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Clinical Application ◽  
Sexual Attraction ◽  
Sexual Preference ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
The Social ◽  
Opposite Sex

When we talk about sexual orientation the first think that come into our mind is on the individual’s sexual identity in relation to the gender. But, we should know that sexual orientation and sexual identity are different. Sexual orientation is also generally defined in terms of several groups, such as heterosexuals, where there is psychological, romantic or sexual attraction towards the opposite sex, homosexuals like gay or lesbian with a psychological, social or sexual preference towards the same sex. This paper is one of the assignments in the Multicultural Counseling's subject, which discusses several cases that discuss about client's sexual orientation, then the causes and impacts of the social environment on their sexual orientation. As we know, this problem is a thing that not consider in majority of environment. Also, we convey how future counselors should respond and behave when dealing with sexual orientation clients.Keywords: sexual orientation; sexual identity; future counselor

scholarly journals Methodological Issues in Identifying Sexuality for Research

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Lee Ridner ◽  
Robert Topp ◽  
Karen L. Frost
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Complex Concept

Sexuality is a complex concept that can be measured based on various aspects. Depending on the variable of interest, investigators may wish to focus on sexual behavior (activity), sexual orientation (attraction to a particular gender), or sexual identity (self-identification with a particular group of people). Further complicating the process is the fact that these aspects of sexuality are not always congruent with one another. Lesbian, gay, and bisexuals (LGB) are sexual minorities that have been identified as one of several groups that experience health disparities. For researchers working with the LGB population, properly identifying and defining which aspect of sexuality is of interest to the investigator is paramount in obtaining accurate outcomes.

scholarly journals Differential Alcohol Use Disparities by Sexual Identity and Behavior Among High School Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Phillips II ◽  
Xinzi Wang ◽  
Megan M Ruprecht ◽  
Dylan Felt ◽  
David McCuskey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
School Students ◽  
Orientation Measurement ◽  
State And Local ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract Aims Sexual minority youth (SMY) use alcohol at disproportionate rates compared to their heterosexual peers. However, sexual orientation is multidimensional. Analyzing alcohol use disparities only by one dimension of sexual orientation may result in critical disparities being obscured. Methods Data from state and local versions of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey were pooled (2009–2017), resulting in a large, diverse sample (n = 201,671). Multivariable logistic regression models were used to analyze associations between sexual identity/sexual behavior and three alcohol use outcomes among sexually active youth: age at first drink, binge drinking and current drinking. Results SMY, when categorized by sexual identity and sexual behavior, reported greater alcohol use than their heterosexual peers, though the magnitude of these disparities varied by subgroup. Both those who identified as bisexual and those who reported sexual behavior with both males and females reported the greatest levels of alcohol use. Decomposition analysis revealed that youth whose reported sexual behavior was not aligned with stereotypical behavioral expectations based on their sexual identity had higher odds of current drinking and drinking before 13 years as compared to other youth. Conclusions Results highlight the need to incorporate multiple methods of sexual orientation measurement into substance use research. Interventions based solely on identity, rather than both identity and behavior, may not be sufficient; targeted research into the causes of alcohol use disparities is needed, especially for bisexual youth, youth whose sexual behavior and sexual identity are not stereotypically aligned, and youth who report a sexual identity of ‘not sure.’

"I Too Could Be Gay If I Wanted"

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Herrero-Brasas
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Social Rejection ◽  
Religious Attitudes ◽  
Queer People ◽  
The Social

An important factor in the social rejection and marginalization of queer people is misplaced empathy. When it comes to sexual identity, putting oneself in someone else's shoes, if bringing into those shoes a radically non-queer emotional experience, will only lead to further lack of understanding and misconceptions. The religious studies classroom provides a privileged setting for exposing that wrong kind of empathy and help the students reflect about the ways in which negative religious attitudes to queerness may be tainted with it.

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