Sexual Orientation as Destiny

Bibliographic Data

ID3611441
AuthorsJoseph Harry (0000-0003-0582-0705, Northern Illinois University, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume10
Issue3-4
Pages111-124
Publication date1985-03-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j082v10n03_14
PMID6533169
OpenAlexW1975004029
LanguageEN
Citations received12

The article argues that social constructionists are referring to labels applied to sexual orientation while essentialists are discussing sexual orientation itself. Although a review of the literature shows that various labels are applied to sexual orientation, these labels do not markedly affect its reality. Sexual orientation, defined as erotic attraction rather than sexual behavior, is established at an early age and largely immutable in adulthood

Affect (linguistics · Destiny (ISS module · Developmental psychology · Lesbian · Orientation (vector space · Psychoanalysis · Sexual attraction · Sexual behavior · Sexual orientation · Communication · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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