Sexual Orientation
- 15 July 2003
- book chapter
- Published by Wiley
Abstract
Sexual orientation describes what is erotically attractive to an individual and is usually consistent with sexual identity, which refers to an individual's labelling of self as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual; both are typically not consolidated until adolescence or later.Keywords
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