Ch 6 Soc 430
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- sexual identity
- a set of sexual practices and attitudes that lead to the formation in a person's mind of an identity as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual
- social constructionist perspective
- (on sexuality) the belief that human sexuality is entirely socially constructed
- integrative perspective
- (on sexuality) the belief that human sexuality is determined by both social and biological factors
- passionate love
- the sexually charged attraction that occurs at the start of many love relationships
- companionate love
- the affection and partnership felt in a love relationship of long duration
- extramarital sex
- sexual activity by a married person with someone other than his or her spouse
- sexual monogamy
- the state of having just one sex partner
- nonmarital birth ratio
- the proportion of all births that occur to unmarried women
- selection effect
- the principle that whenever individuals sort, or "select", themselves into groups nonrandomly, some of the differences among the groups reflect preexisting differences among the individuals
- Kinsey Report
- a 1948 book by zoology professor Alfred Kinsey detailing the results of thousands of interviews with men about their sexual behavior
- Stonewall riot
- the 1969 riot to which many writers date the emergence of the gay political movement
- AIDS
- a disease, caused by the HIV, that leaves the body unable to fight against disease
- HIV
- the virus that causes AIDS