3. Sexual Orientation
A person's sexual development
happens at the moment they're
born, despite many people's belief
that sexual development happens
during adolescence, and continues
to develop through a person's life.
Psychologist Erik Erikson called this theory the:
Eight Stages of Man.
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4. Erik Erikson's
Erikson's theory is that
our social and
emotional
development is
based on each stage
in life, and whether or
not something
happens affects how
we develop on a
psychosocial level.
5. So the question is:
People either believe sexual orientation
is biological or developed throughout
time.
Are people born Ga
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8. Theories (cont.)
Studies show that gay men have a similar brain
structure of a straight women, as lesbians have
similar brain structure as straight men.
10. Theories (cont.)
The fraternal birth order
hypothesis suggests that the
more older brothers a boy
has, the higher chances the
youngest is gay.
As women have baby boys,
their bodies produce
antibodies that attack future
male fetuses which may
affect the brain and cause it
to be more female, although
biologically male.
14. Developmental Theories
Behaviorist theories would suggest that sexual
orientation is a learned behavior brought
about over time due to the rewarding of some
behaviors, and the punishing of others. We
can also call it the Constructionist theories.
+ positive reinforcement
+ punishment reinforcement
15. Freud’s psychoanalytic view
Children are born with psychic energy.
Innately bisexual result from their experience
with their parents.
Oedipus complex.
Homosexuality is the result of being disturbed by
the sight of the opposite-sex genitalia.
17. Queer theory
Suggests that all sexualities are constructs
created by certain social forces and institutions,
such as science, religion, and politics.
