In Defense of a Multidimensional Approach to Sexual Identity

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ID3665182
AuthorsFrederick Suppe (University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume10
Issue3-4
Pages7-14
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_03
PMID6533178
OpenAlexW2032180399
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The papers in Bisexual and Homosexual Identities assert that standard notions of sexual identity are inadequate. Their criticisms rest on unarticulated views about the nature of science, which constitute positions in the Verstehen controversies. It is argued that social constructionist conceptualizations of sexual identity, which these papers propose as an alternative to earlier ones, are unidimensional and thus inadequate. Despite its limitations, Shively and De Cecco's (1977) model for components of sexual identity, if augmented by ideas of (1) psychobiologically mediated arousal cue-responses and (2) self-concepts, provides a more comprehensive and potentially richer conceptualization of sexual identity than social constructionist theories

Conceptualization · Epistemology · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Identity formation · Self-concept · Sexual arousal · Sexual behavior · Sexual identity · Social constructionism · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Strict constructionism · Verstehen · Computer Science · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology

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