DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
ADULTHOOD PHYSICAL COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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Question
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Sexuality is a spectrum
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People are either gay or straight
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There is no difference between sex and gender
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All trans people are gay
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Kinsey team interviewed thousands of people about their sexual histories. Research showed that sexual behavior, thoughts, and feelings towards the same or opposite sex were not always consistent across time.
Detailed explanation-2: -10% of males were more or less exclusively homosexual and 8% of males were exclusively homosexual for at least three years between the ages of 16 and 55. For females, Kinsey reported a range of 2-6% for more or less exclusively homosexual experience/response.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kinsey scale The scale ranges from 0 to 6, with 0 being completely heterosexual and 6 completely homosexual. An additional category, X, was mentioned to describe those who had “no socio-sexual contacts or reactions, ” which has been cited by scholars to mean asexuality.
Detailed explanation-4: -Alfred Kinsey’s studies of sexual behavior revealed that there was tremendous consistency between public standards of sexual behavior and actual sexual behavior.