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Socialization and Human Sexuality
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Socialization and Human Sexuality

Expression of sexual desire involves behaviors learned through socialization (i.e., from society), especially from religion, law, and the media.

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Sexual Behavior: Kinsey's Study

Alfred Kinsey produced the Kinsey Report, the largest documentation of sexuality in the United States at the time of its publication.

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Sexual Behavior Since Kinsey

The Kinsey Report helped spark the sexual revolution, in which social regulations regarding sexual activity were loosened.

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Sexual Orientation

Sexual orientation refers to enduring emotional, romantic and sexual attraction to the opposite sex, the same sex, both, or neither.

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Homophobia

Homophobia is the range of negative attitudes and feelings towards homosexuality or people who are perceived to be homosexual.

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The Movement for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights

The LGBT rights movement refers to the efforts of LGBT advocates to improve their legal and social status.

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Social Context and Sexual Behavior

Social context influences sexual behavior; sexuality is expressed and understood through socialized processes.

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