• In women, it is hypothesized that high levels of exposure to testosterone in key regions may increase likelihood of same sex attraction. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are many different sexual identities, such as heterosexual (attraction to the opposite sex), homosexual (attraction to the same sex), bisexual (attraction to both sexes), and asexual (attraction to neither sex). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Well, I think it's hard to disagree with much that Prof King said in his CT article: Same sex attraction does seem to be generally caused by an interaction of genetic / womb environment with the environmental conditions in early childhood. (thinkinganglicans.org.uk)
  • No specific biological or psychosocial factors have been identified that determine why some individuals develop sexual attraction toward members of the same sex. (medscape.com)
  • For decades, researchers have asked the question of whether biological or social factors play the greater role in development of sexual attraction, without reaching a consensus. (medscape.com)
  • When asked by the interviewer if God opposes "a man loving a man or a woman loving a woman," Dieser replied that "same-sex attraction and lovemaking is not an aberration, but a variant of human sexuality. (lifesitenews.com)
  • The Catholic Church has infallibly taught since its beginning that homosexual acts are gravely sinful and that same-sex attraction is disordered. (lifesitenews.com)
  • The second theory, one that is held by a minority of therapists and researchers, is that sexual abuse may at times be a confusing or causal mechanism in same-sex attraction, behavior, or identity. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • and people who do not adopt such labels but nevertheless experience same-sex attraction or engage in same-sex sexual behavior. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Homosexuality as a separate, exclusive clearly demarcated orientation and identity will then begin to fade (as will its mirror opposite, heterosexuality). (theweeflea.com)
  • Sexual desire is the natural inclination toward sexual intercourse with the opposite sex so as to reproduce. (lifesitenews.com)
  • Homosexual acts not only exclude the possibility of procreation, but they are also contrary to the order of nature as they depart from the inclination toward the opposite sex. (lifesitenews.com)
  • Men and women with "unknown fathers" were significantly less likely to marry a person of the opposite sex than were their peers with known fathers. (blogspot.com)
  • Animals have also been often seen displaying bisexual behaviour - interacting with both opposite and same sex. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • This suggests a more biological purpose, in which it's proposed that this may increase an animal's chance of successful breeding later with the opposite sex. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • The female fish found the males more attractive after the male had a same-sex interaction in the same way they did with opposite sex interaction. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Throckmorton seeks to support those whose religious beliefs and values are not consistent with accepting the identity, or sexual expression of a gay person - yet without trying to change them into an opposite-sex attracted person. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
  • The norm is that they are brought up by parents of the opposite sex. (blogspot.com)
  • If they're concerned about abuse, why not pair up children who identify themselves as gay/lesbian with a gay mentor of the opposite sex? (metafilter.com)
  • According to the ICD-10 [ 1 ], transsexualism involves a desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by the wish to make one's body as congruent as possible with one's preferred sex through surgery and hormonal treatment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Surveys based on the Child Behaviour Checklist [ 4 ] report that 2-5% of children aged up to seven, as reported by their parents, "behaves like opposite sex" and 1-2% "wishes to be of opposite sex", but cultural issues likely play a major role in whether a child's behavior is perceived as gender atypical. (biomedcentral.com)
  • sexual orientation identity can change throughout an individual's life, and may or may not align with biological sex, sexual behavior or actual sexual orientation. (wikipedia.org)
  • While direct effects are hard to measure for ethical reasons, animal experiments where scientists manipulate exposure to sex hormones during gestation can also induce life long male-typical behavior and mounting in female animals, and female-typical behavior in male animals. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are wide variations in people's sexual behavior, including interest in sex and the frequency of or need for sexual release throughout life. (msdmanuals.com)
  • rjw] Despite many attempts, there has been no clear demonstration that parental behavior, even a parent's homosexuality, affects children's sexual orientation. (cmu.edu)
  • A major study is about to be published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal, Archives of Sexual Behavior, which provides striking new evidence for the influence of childhood family factors on sexual-orientation development. (blogspot.com)
  • I have witnessed an evolution in his thinking to where I now think it is now accurate to say that Dr. Throckmorton, though still religiously conservative and not inclined to find same-sex behavior to be pleasing to God, no longer believes that efforts to change the sexual attractions of same-sex attracted men are likely to be effective. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
  • What is the impact factor of Archives of Sexual Behavior? (countryofpapers.com)
  • Still to this day, only one HIV prevention intervention aimed at changing behavior toward safer sex practices specifically designed for black gay men has undergone a randomly controlled trial to evaluate its effectiveness. (gaycitynews.com)
  • However, Peterson's work demonstrated that group level interventions can change black, gay men's behavior and called attention to the importance of addressing psychosocial factors in trying to do so. (gaycitynews.com)
  • Effeminate behavior present in boys from childhood : Ten additional years of follow-up. (dragonbleutv.com)
  • Early effeminate behavior in boys : Outcome and significance for homosexuality. (dragonbleutv.com)
  • While homosexuality has been legal in China for more than two decades, in 2016, the China Television Drama Production Industry Association and the China Alliance of Radio, Film and Television introduced guidelines banning "abnormal sexual relationships and sexual behavior. (yahoo.com)
  • If the long-overdue national debate on homosexuality took place, the poverty of the anti-homosexual case would become readily apparent. (cmu.edu)
  • While minor differences in the brain structures and brain activity between homosexual and heterosexual individuals have been identified by researchers, such neurobiological findings do not demonstrate whether these differences are innate or are the result of environmental and psychological factors. (theweeflea.com)
  • Moreover, Dieser's assertions that homosexuality is a "variant of human sexuality" appears to hinge on the claim that people are "born" with homosexual inclinations and that they are therefore "natural. (lifesitenews.com)
  • homosexual marriage rates were 36% and 26% higher among men and women, respectively, who experienced parental divorce after less than six years of marriage, than among peers whose parents remained married for all 18 years of childhood and adolescence. (blogspot.com)
  • A highly organized, aggressive effort has been mounted in society, in churches, and the highest levels of government to silence all public opposition to homosexuality, to homosexual marriages, gays㡷 adoption of children, or the mainstreaming of this God-condemned rebellion against Holy Writ. (godsaidmansaid.com)
  • en] Homophobic stigmas and the discrimination of homosexual people are still worrying in today's society. (uni.lu)
  • Given the immense health risks of male homosexual sex, shouldn't the federal government do a comprehensive study on the matter, tax sodomitic establishments like bathhouses, and educate the public and especially young people about the dangers of 'gay' sex? (wnd.com)
  • I believe that homosexuality is a learned behaviour-thus entirely determined by one's environment-and no one is born gay. (craigrowland.com)
  • the gender of one's anatomic sex (der ived from Docter 1988, p. 201). (researchgate.net)
  • The first factor in the making of a potential Pakistani Muslim suicide bomber is abandonment by one's family. (icsahome.com)
  • While there is evidence that biological factors such as genes and hormones are associated with sexual behaviors and attractions, there are no compelling causal biological explanations for human sexual orientation. (theweeflea.com)
  • According to the treatment model developed in the Netherlands (Dutch model), early treatment may include delaying puberty after its first stages with GnRh analogues, and administering cross-sex hormones from about age 16 [ 9 , 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • If heterosexuality and homosexuality are, indeed, genetically predetermined (and therefore mutually exclusive and unchangeable), how do we explain bisexuality or people who, suddenly in mid-life, switch from heterosexuality to homosexuality (or vice versa)? (spiked-online.com)
  • Furthermore, a biological explanation of homosexuality simultaneously explains heterosexuality. (cmu.edu)
  • In this highly significant quote Peter Tatchell argues for the end of homosexuality and heterosexuality altogether. (theweeflea.com)
  • In my opinion, the likeliest scenario is one where a genetic predisposition weakens male heterosexuality but is not enough, in itself, to cause exclusive male homosexuality. (blogspot.com)
  • Today, most studies regarding the prevalence of homosexuality involve adult subjects (5-10%), but these figures also appear to be consistent with the available data concerning adolescents. (medscape.com)
  • These figures suggests that most adolescents who might be experiencing same-sex attractions are reluctant to label themselves as GLB. (medscape.com)
  • Longitudinal studies of adolescents suggest that sexual orientation may be quite fluid over the life course for some people, with one study estimating that as many as 80% of male adolescents who report same-sex attractions no longer do so as adults (although the extent to which this figure reflects actual changes in same-sex attractions and not just artifacts of the survey process has been contested by some researchers). (theweeflea.com)
  • Sex ratio in children and adolescents referred to the gender identity development service in the UK (2009-2016). (dragonbleutv.com)
  • Increasing numbers of adolescents present in adolescent gender identity services, desiring sex reassignment (SR). The aim of this study is to describe the adolescent applicants for legal and medical sex reassignment during the first two years of adolescent gender identity team in Finland, in terms of sociodemographic, psychiatric and gender identity related factors and adolescent development. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Adult men who have sex with women play a major role in HIV transmission. (nih.gov)
  • Tragically, an adult man CHOSE homosexuality for them. (americansfortruth.com)
  • We support repealing criminal laws against adult consensual same sex sexual conduct, implementing laws to protect against violence and discrimination, promoting campaigns that address homophobia and transphobia, and ensuring that adequate health services are provided to all. (aidspan.org)
  • Deaths attributable to HIV have led to an enormous burden on adult and childhood mortality in developing areas of the globe, such as sub-Saharan Africa. (wnd.com)
  • There is no substantial evidence which suggests parenting or early childhood experiences influence sexual orientation, but research has linked childhood gender nonconformity and homosexuality. (wikipedia.org)
  • The American Psychological Association states that "sexual orientation is not a choice that can be changed at will, and that sexual orientation is most likely the result of a complex interaction of environmental, cognitive and biological factors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Does physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect in childhood increase the likelihood of same-sex sexual relationships and cohabitation? (nih.gov)
  • Existing cross-sectional research suggests associations between physical and sexual abuse in childhood and same-sex sexual orientation in adulthood. (nih.gov)
  • A total of 8% of the overall sample reported any same-sex relationship (cohabitation or sexual partners). (nih.gov)
  • Childhood physical abuse and neglect were not significantly associated with same-sex cohabitation or sexual partners. (nih.gov)
  • These prospective findings provide tentative evidence of a link between childhood sexual abuse and same-sex sexual partnerships among men, although further research is needed to explore this relationship and to examine potential underlying mechanisms. (nih.gov)
  • The earliest was derived by Derrick Sherwin Bailey, who suggested that the Hebrew phrase "to know" (here translated, "have sex with") should not be understood euphemistically as a sexual reference, but instead simply as, "to get acquainted with. (ac3.org)
  • Sexual dysfunction encompasses a variety of disorders that affect Sex drive (libido) The ability to achieve. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Overview of Sexual Function and Dysfunction in Women Sexual dysfunction in women includes pain during intercourse, involuntary painful contractions (spasms) of the muscles around the vagina (vaginismus), lack of interest in sex (low libido), and. (msdmanuals.com)
  • According to gay gene theory, genetic factors are responsible for sexual orientation, with our genetic inheritance programming us to desire one sex rather than the other. (spiked-online.com)
  • Many studies suggest social factors are also important influences in the formation of sexual orientation. (spiked-online.com)
  • Research over the last decade has solidified the finding that sexual minorities are far more likely to have faced adverse experiences during childhood-experiences that they ought to be able to explore in therapy. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • As the literature has expanded past the particular category of childhood sexual abuse, however, it has become a well-replicated finding that almost all categories of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are elevated for sexual minorities, and in particular for those who identify as bisexual. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • What is particularly relevant for considering bans on treatments of sexual minorities, however, is that some of these adverse childhood experiences cannot be associated with the prevailing minority-stress theory. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • 2022). The Role of Perpetrator Tactics on Physical and Mental Health Outcomes Associated With Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Sex-Specific Analysis. (usf.edu)
  • Persons born in large cities were significantly more likely to marry a same-sex partner -- suggesting that cultural factors might also affect the development of sexual orientation. (blogspot.com)
  • Becoming Who I Am: Young Men on Being Gay by Ritch C. Savin-Williams is a collection of interviews and transcripts from teens and young gay men covering a wide range of topics from first sexual memories, first arousal, puberty, porn, sex with boys and/or girls, coming out and so on. (craigrowland.com)
  • Chromosomal mutations could also be a biological factor for the lack of sexual desire in an individual. (emory.edu)
  • Ugandan Health Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda told the BBC on 26 February that all Ugandans will remain at "complete liberty to get full treatment and to give full disclosure to their doctors and nurses" even under the new law, insisting that sexual orientation would not be a factor in access to services. (aidspan.org)
  • Further investigations inherent in these associations are necessary, since other factors may interact to violence, drug use and risk behaviors in sexual minorities. (imed.pub)
  • Sex reassignment with hormonal and/or surgical treatments has been reported to improve social, psychological and sexual well-being and functioning. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Men who experienced parental death during childhood or adolescence "had significantly lower heterosexual marriage rates than peers whose parents were both alive on their 18th birthday. (blogspot.com)
  • Male homosexuality is attested in earlier time periods but usually in a facultative form, i.e., older heterosexual men having sex with boys or with males of servile status. (blogspot.com)
  • This is not the first time that Dieser expressed his view that homosexuality is "willed by God. (lifesitenews.com)
  • A very small minority of deeply religious - and otherwise totally compassionate - people still hold on to the view that homosexuality is a moral equivalent of paedophilia. (blogspot.com)
  • Misunderstanding them, the advocates often suggest that the search for a biological cause is motivated by an assumption that homosexuality is an illness. (cmu.edu)
  • He seems to accept that while genetic factors may establish a predisposition towards homosexuality, a predisposition is not the same as a causation. (spiked-online.com)
  • The current study seeks to investigate kindergarten children's attitudes towards homosexuality and how they are influenced by their peer-groups and authorities. (uni.lu)
  • Groups have been formed and children of the same ingroup showed equal attitudes towards homosexuality. (uni.lu)
  • The present study contributed to the gap in research regarding kindergarten children's attitudes towards homosexuality. (uni.lu)
  • Various terms are used to talk about sex and gender. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Sex and gender are not the same thing. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Gender Incongruence and Gender Dysphoria Gender incongruence is a marked and persistent experience of incompatibility between a person's gender identity and the gender expected based on sex at birth. (msdmanuals.com)
  • More ironic yet, and tragically so, is the fact that the studies indicate that, for the majority of children for whom their gender dysphoria remits, roughly half are same-sex-attracted . (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Although it is the disastrous consequences of a conversion therapy ban for gender identity that have generated the most concern, there is also an important argument to be made against bans from the standpoint of compassionate counseling for those who have faced childhood trauma. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Firstly, biological factors and early childhood influences determine whether and to what degree a gender-variant identity develops. (researchgate.net)
  • Secondly, personality and environment factors determine whether defense mechanisms are used to repress the gender variance. (researchgate.net)
  • Influence of gender constancy and social power on sex-linked modeling. (uni.lu)
  • This approach is recommended when childhood gender dysphoria exacerbates in puberty, no (primary) severe psychopathology is present, and the young person has appropriate developmental support and support for the process from her/his primary caregivers (parents). (biomedcentral.com)
  • It is not known whether this represents a true increase in gender dysphoria, lowered thresholds for seeking help for it or perhaps cultural developments that promote the conceptualization of developmental challenges as being rooted in sex and gender. (biomedcentral.com)
  • She did not explicitly ask for childhood experiences, I believe, as Lawrence originally seemed to share Blanchard's belief that autogynephilia (crossdreaming) appears at puberty. (crossdreamers.com)
  • These biological factors are believed to impact the two key determinants of HIV transmission risk: the HIV viral load in the PLHIV's blood and genital secretions, and the number and density of HIV-susceptible cells in the sex partner (generally within their penile, vaginal, or anal mucosa) who is a person not living with HIV (non-PLHIV) [ 13 , 14 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In other words, though hostile antagonism toward homosexuals still exists in many corners of our society, almost no one would deny that the predominant national policy in our culture today is that homosexuality is normal, healthy, and amoral. (ac3.org)
  • It has found that homosexuals often act differently from heterosexuals in early childhood, before they have even heard of sex. (cmu.edu)
  • Homophobes sometimes justify their prejudice against homosexuals by alleging that homosexuality is contagious -- that young homosexuals become that way because of older homosexuals and that homosexuality is a social corruption. (cmu.edu)
  • The belief is that proto-homosexuals face adverse childhood effects simply because they don't adhere to norms, and are singled out within families for a wide range of abuses, both subtle and overt. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Dieser said that he used to think that homosexuality was a "limitation in male or female identity," that "young people" have changed his mind, and that he learned that his old views are not "theologically binding. (lifesitenews.com)
  • What causes exclusive male homosexuality? (blogspot.com)
  • These residual causes might account for a baseline of exclusive male homosexuality that has always been with us, perhaps less than 1% of all men. (blogspot.com)
  • All these factors had an effect on children's psyches, though it is often difficult to decipher the true experiences of non-elite Roman children due to the complete lack of child narratives and a literary bias towards the elite. (brynmawr.edu)
  • During a July 10, 2011, appearance on NBC's Meet the Press , host David Gregory asked Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty about the origins of homosexuality. (politifact.com)
  • Based on the available evidence, the proposed theory suggests that certain psychodynamic factors may contribute to the development of personality traits that are common among suicide bombers. (icsahome.com)
  • This fact leads to the stunning conclusion that a ban on conversion therapy for transgender youth assures the worst kind of conversion therapy for same-sex-attracted youth-a kind of gay eugenics . (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • the structure and content of women's and men's social representations about violence involved violence as a common element, but there were nuances as to where it occurred and the types of violence that each sex is subject to. (bvsalud.org)
  • Last week, a team of scientists at the University of Padova in Italy made headlines around the world when they claimed to have discovered that homosexuality in males may be caused in part by genes that can increase fertility in females (1). (spiked-online.com)
  • It is a normal part of human experience and is determined by several different factors, including genetic makeup, childhood upbringing, influences of those around us, and societal attitudes. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Throckmorton also tries to cast doubt on the idea that a negative relationship with the father influences the development of homosexuality, but the arguments he uses are naive. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
  • Research on lesbian and gay adults began with Evelyn Hooker's landmark study (1957) and culminated with thedeclassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973 (Gonsiorek, 1991). (artscolumbia.org)
  • the fact that the State endorses the adoption of children by gay parents is urely a crcucial factor in this debate. (blogspot.com)
  • In contrast, research on social factors has been fruitless. (cmu.edu)
  • Social and economic factors such as poverty, unemployment, racism and lack of access to care are issues that affect the health and well being of black gay men. (gaycitynews.com)
  • and explore whether childhood was a social or psychological category to the Romans. (brynmawr.edu)
  • la representación social de mujeres y hombres sobre la violencia tiene, en su estructura y contenido, la violencia como elemento común, sin embargo, existen matices en cuanto al lugar de ocurrencia y los tipos de violencia a los que es sometido cada sexo. (bvsalud.org)
  • An environmental assault such as a traumatic childhood experience (e.g. rape) could be a possible reason for a transition to asexuality. (emory.edu)
  • Undisputed answers as to the exact biological reasons why individuals can be sexually attracted to people of the same sex as themselves, to persons of the other sex, or to people regardless of their sex, are few and far between. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • This study prospectively examined whether abuse and/or neglect in childhood were associated with increased likelihood of same-sex partnerships in adulthood. (nih.gov)
  • The study also sought to better understand the lives of Black MSM and how factors in their lives relate to HIV risk. (hptn.org)
  • In this study, we investigate within-racial group patterns of HIV/STI infection between Black MSM and Black men who only have sex with women (MSW). (biomedcentral.com)
  • To better define risk factors associated with HBV transmission, we conducted a case-control study among patients admitted with acute hepatitis to an infectious disease hospital in Cairo. (who.int)
  • I highly recommend visiting a sex-positive therapist, specifically a sex therapist, for a professional consult and to sort this stuff out if you or a loved one have a fetish or paraphilia. (thefrisky.com)
  • Largely overlooked was the fact that such an esteemed scientist was giving credibility to the flawed theories which claim a genetic causation of homosexuality. (spiked-online.com)
  • I suspect it's recent, essentially since the late 19th century, and due either to a pathogen that is co-evolving with its host population or to a recent environmental factor that humans have not yet overcome through natural selection. (blogspot.com)
  • The rates of same-sex marriage "were elevated among women who experienced maternal death during adolescence, women with short duration of parental marriage, and women with long duration of mother-absent cohabitation with father. (blogspot.com)
  • To determine the feasibility and acceptability of a multifaceted intervention among Black men who have sex with men (MSM), to prepare for a community-level randomized trial to test the efficacy of the intervention in reducing HIV incidence among Black MSM. (hptn.org)
  • Although younger people are often reluctant to view older people as sexually interested, most older people remain interested in sex and report satisfying sex lives well into old age. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Men who have had sex with men since 1977 have an HIV prevalence 60 times higher than the general population and 800 times higher than first-time blood donors," LaBarbera wrote, citing a federal report that touched on the issue. (wnd.com)
  • Out of Anne Lawrence's 58 autogynephilia narratives, the following report childhood transgender issues: 1, 3, 4? (crossdreamers.com)
  • The « sissy boy syndrome » and the development of homosexuality. (dragonbleutv.com)
  • The rationale with GnRh analogue treatment is to prevent the undesired development of secondary sex characteristics and thereby facilitating later transition to the desired role, and postponing complicated and irreversible treatment decisions to a more mature age. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This last concern relates to the irony that helping children become comfortable with their natal sex would be banned in favor of experimental drug treatments and surgeries that lead to sterilization and have not been shown to alleviate psychological distress long-term . (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Homosexuality is harmful to children and other living things. (americansfortruth.com)
  • Following the introduction and an investigation into the reality of childhood in Roman antiquity, the chapters are set out in the form of a life cycle, much in the way that Beryl Rawson organized her Children and Childhood in Roman Italy (Oxford, 2003). (brynmawr.edu)
  • Laes begins with early childhood (0-7 years) and then delves into the lives of school children (7-15 years), before investigating child labor and the perceptions of pedophilia and pederasty in the Roman empire. (brynmawr.edu)
  • Laes has a strong and interesting examination of the way ancient authors depicted early childhood and the delineation of life stages, and concludes that such ancient testimonies "would appear to be indicative of a society that appreciated children" (95). (brynmawr.edu)
  • Perhaps not 'born that way' in the sense of genetics, but if, say, early childhood trauma/abuse resulted in the same then saying whether it's innate or not is a matter of semantics. (vigilantcitizenforums.com)
  • Their gayness is but a symptom of this childhood trauma. (craigrowland.com)
  • Dr. Patrobas Mufubenga, a malaria expert with the Malaria and Childhood Illness NGO Network (MACIS), has served on the delegation since May 2013. (aidspan.org)
  • Sex refers to a person's anatomy and is often captured in the phrase "assigned at birth. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In case you're unaware entirely, Phil Robertson, the father of the family starring in the A&E show Duck Dynasty , said (in a nutshell) in an interview with GQ magazine that he believes homosexuality is wrong because the Bible teaches that it's wrong. (morgangfarris.com)
  • It's a public health question," Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, told WND. (wnd.com)
  • 2023). Sanctioning Sex Work: Examining Generational Differences and Attitudinal Correlates in Policy Preferences for Legalization. (usf.edu)
  • Findings on women who marry homosexually were less pronounced, but were still associated with a childhood marked by a broken family. (blogspot.com)
  • According to the American Family Association of Pennsylvania, men who have sex with men account for more than half of the many thousands of new HIV infections in the U.S. each year, and the rate for infection for that "MSM" population is "more than 44 times that of other men and more than 40 times that of women. (wnd.com)
  • Concern, cynicism, and the coronavirus: Assessing the influence of instrumental and normative factors on individual defiance of COVID-19 Mitigation Guidelines. (usf.edu)
  • If Throckmorton makes such weak arguments, it is reasonable to conclude that he simply doesn't like Nicolosi's theories on homosexuality and therefore wants them to be wrong. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
  • Overcoming homophobia will result in more people having gay sex but fewer people claiming gay identity. (theweeflea.com)
  • Homosexuality is not, it suggested, the special sin of a unique class people but a temptation to which any mortal might succumb. (theweeflea.com)
  • With the strictures on queerness removed, and same-sex relationships normalised and accepted, more people will have gay sex but, paradoxically, less of them will identify as gay. (theweeflea.com)
  • When homosexuality is disparaged and victimised, gay people understandably feel they have to affirm their desires and lifestyle. (theweeflea.com)
  • Brooklyn's People of Color in Crisis and the University of Rochester adapted the intervention to take into account the cultural factors that confront black, gay men. (gaycitynews.com)
  • In at least one species - sheep - individual animals have been known to form lasting preferences for same-sex partners. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • For instance he writes, "the father-son relationship problems could have derived from the fact that the son disclosed homosexuality. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
  • Also, possible is the fact that the father perceived some difference in the son (related to developing homosexuality) which led to a rocky relationship. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
  • Everyone gets aroused by a confluence of factors - maybe it's the sexy passage of the book you just read, plus the cute way your boyfriend's hair is ruffled, plus the fact you're already kinda horny because you haven't had the Big O in a week. (thefrisky.com)
  • Chapter Three introduces the reader to early childhood in antiquity, a time that, as previously mentioned, was risky. (brynmawr.edu)
  • Over the last two years, we have studied the rates of homosexuality in identical and non-identical twin brothers of gay men, as well as adoptive brothers of gay men. (cmu.edu)
  • Health status was a medical factor that influenced the Somatic Complaintsscale, patients who had lesions or comorbidities had significantly higher raw scores. (bvsalud.org)
  • This paper details AC3's position on a particularly controversial cultural issue of our day: homosexuality. (ac3.org)
  • These include the relationship between a child and its parents, formative childhood experiences, family expectations, cultural mores and peer pressure. (spiked-online.com)
  • While I believe that there is validity to this theory, the recent research demonstrates that it cannot explain all the disparity in negative childhood experiences. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • 2021). Psychological Profiling and Sex Offenders: A Review of the Research and Recommendations for Police Investigations. (usf.edu)
  • 2023). On the Illegality of Sex Work and the Impact on Victimization, Health, and Human Trafficking: Is Criminalization a Cure or Disease? (usf.edu)