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Sexual orientation
Part of sexology
Distinctions

Asexuality · Autosexuality · Bisexuality · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Pansexuality · Paraphilia · Pomosexual · Zoosexuality

Labels

Gay · Lesbian · Queer · Questioning

Methods

Kinsey scale · Klein Grid

Study

Biology · Demographics · Medicine

Animal

Homosexuality in animals

See also

Intersex · Transgender · Transsexual

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Autosexuality refers to sexual orientation and sexual behavior of attraction or romance that one holds exclusively, and expresses, towards oneself. Sexual orientation is believed to refer to "an enduring pattern of emotional romantic and/or sexual attractions to men women or both sexes Sexology is the study of sexual interests behavior and function Asexuality is a Sexual orientation that describes individuals who do not experience Sexual attraction. Bisexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of both sexes or to a bisexual orientation Heterosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the opposite sex or to a heterosexual orientation Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. Pansexuality or anthrosexuality ( anthro- literally meaning human human sexual (sometimes referred to as omnisexuality) is a Sexual orientation Pomosexual, or undefined sexual orientation, is a Neologism used to describe a person who shuns Sexual orientation labels (such as heterosexual and homosexual Zoophilia Zoosexuality is a term used to describe a Sexual orientation towards non-human animals In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women Queer has traditionally meant odd or unusual but is now also used to refer to anyone who is not heteronormative. Questioning is a term that can refer to a person who is questioning their Gender, Sexual identity or Sexual orientation. The Kinsey scale attempts to describe a person's sexual history or episodes of their sexual activity at a given time The Klein Sexual Orientation Grid attempts to further measure Sexual orientation by expanding upon the earlier Kinsey scale which categorizes sexual history from 0 Biology and sexual orientation is research into possible biological influences on the development of human Sexual orientation. Measurement difficulties Measuring the prevalence of various Sexual orientations is difficult because there is a lack of Reliable data. Intersexuality is the state of a living thing of a gonochoristic species whose Sex chromosomes, Genitalia, and/or Secondary sex characteristics Transgender (trænzˈdʒɛndɚ from ( Latin) derivatives Transsexualism is a condition in which a person identifies with a physical Sex different from the one with which they were born Sexual orientation is believed to refer to "an enduring pattern of emotional romantic and/or sexual attractions to men women or both sexes Human sexual behavior or different human sexual practices encompass a wide range of activities such as strategies to find or attract partners ( Mating and display Interpersonal attraction (known as biological attraction in animals is the attraction between people which leads to Friendships and romantic NOTICE TO WOULD-BE-ROMEOS*************** Concurrently, autoeroticism is sexual stimulation of one's self. Autoeroticism is the practice of stimulating oneself sexually

Autoerotic interests include autogynephilia, apotemnophilia, autoerotic asphyxia, and analloeroticism. Autogynephilia (ˌɔːtoʊˌɡaɪnəˈfɪliə (from Greek αὐτό (self γῦνή (woman and φῖλία (love &mdash "love of oneself Erotic asphyxiation refers to intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal

An association between autogynephilia and apotemnophilia has been hypothesized by sexology researchers. [1]


Reference

  1. ^ Lawrence, A. A. (2006). Clinical and theoretical parallels between desire for limb amputation and gender identity disorder. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35, 263–278.



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