2. DEFINITION OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION
A person's emotional, romantic, and sexual
attraction to individuals of a particular gender
(male or female).
3. SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Involves a person's feelings and sense of identity
It may or may not present in the person's
appearance or behavior
People may have attractions to people of the
same or opposite sex, but may choose not to act
on these feelings
4. SEXUAL ORIENTATION’S CATEGORIES
Divided into three main categories
1. HETEROSEXUAL ORIENTATION
2. HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATION
3. BISEXUAL ORIENTATION
5. HETEROSEXUAL ORIENTATION
The romantic, sexual and emotional attraction to
persons of opposite sex or gender in the gender
binary.
Usually, applied to human and also observed in
mammals.
6. HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATION
Having emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions
to members of one’s own sex.
GAY- male attracted to another male
LESBIAN- female attracted to another female
9. WHAT CAUSES A PERSON TO HAVE
PARTICULAR SEXUAL ORIENTATION?
No consensus among scientists about the exact
reasons that an individual develops a
heterosexual, bisexual or homosexual orientation.
Nature and nurture both play complex roles as
most people experience little or no sense of
choice about their sexual orientation.
10. HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
Are often more flexible with regard to gender
roles
Mostly, face same challenges as heterosexual
couples in creating satisfying relationships
Additional challenge of social acceptance, antigay
discrimination and prejudice
11. Lesbians more likely to be monogamous than
gay men and value emotional intimacy more
Lesbian sexual interactions tend to have more
characteristics associated with greater sexual
enjoyment than heterosexual women’s sexual
interactions
13. HOMOPHOBIA
Homophobia encompasses a range of negative
attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or
people who are identified or perceived as being
lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT)
Homophobia is observable in critical and hostile
behavior such as discrimination and violence on the
basis of sexual orientation that are non heterosexual.
14. DISCIMINATION TOWARDS HOMOSEXUAL
PEOPLE
Been treated as mentally ill and subjected to
conversion therapies, including electroshock
treatment
Been targeted by discriminatory laws, including
criminal prohibition of same-sex practices
Not been permitted (until recently) to participate
openly in the Armed Forces
Faced discrimination in employment and housing; and
Been the victims of hate-motivated crimes, anti-gay
and anti-lesbian violence, and verbal harassment
15. HOMOSEXUAL FAMILIES
Children from previous heterosexual marriage,
artificial insemination and through surrogate mothers.
Adoption
( Research done specifically on children raised by
homosexual parents shows that there are no
differences that suggest any disadvantage
between them and children raised by
heterosexual parents )
16.
17. Views Toward Homosexuality
Different people have different prospective toward
homosexuality
Several countries allow same sex marriage
( Netherlands, US, Belgium , Spain, Canada,
South Africa , Norway, Portugal, Sweden )