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| Under normal circumstances, when a person is gay, he or she can hardly make use of any laws to protect them from being discriminated at their work place. However, of late, people's view on sexual orientation is changing, and gays and lesbians are finding that employers are taking steps to ensure that no discrimination occurs on account of sexual orientation. More... |
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Different Types Of Sexual Orientation
Usually when a person enters his or her teenage years, they begin to get sexually aware. They start experiencing sexual feelings due to the physical and hormonal changes in the body. The changes affect not just the body, but also the mind and bring about sexual feelings, which can be quite intense. It is during these years, that teenagers begin pondering about their sexual orientation.
They try to understand who they are and who they feel sexually attracted to. Understanding these feelings is important for any teenager as it clear their sexual orientation, which is nothing but the gender a person is attracted to. There are different types of sexual orientation and they are as follows:More...
Sexual Orientation And The Brain
Researchers have found that when gay men smell a chemical from testosterone, a reaction occurs in the region of the brain that controls sexual urges. A similar kind of reaction also occurs in heterosexual women, but the reaction is not seen in heterosexual men.
From the findings of this research, researchers have concluded that sexual orientation is not a learned behavior. Rather there is a biological connection to a person's sexual orientation. More...
Sexual Orientation Vs Gender Identification
When you look at sexual orientation and gender identification, a lot of people tend to confuse the two as they think that they are one and the same. However, there is a difference between the two. In order to understand sexual orientation and gender identification, one first has to understand that what is gender.
Every person is born with a biological sex that makes the person a male, female or inter-sex. This is known as gender. Based on the person's biological sex, he or she is accorded his biological, legal as well as social statuses in the society. Sexual orientation is quite different from gender. The former describes whether a person is sexually attracted to people from the same gender or opposite gender. More...
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