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EQ: What are the origins of Sexual Orientation

EQ: What are the origins of Sexual Orientation. Bell ringer. What percentage of men and women do you think are gay and lesbian? Write statement and answer yes/no to the following questions and explain why you think this

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EQ: What are the origins of Sexual Orientation

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  1. EQ: What are the origins of Sexual Orientation

  2. Bell ringer • What percentage of men and women do you think are gay and lesbian? Write statement and answer yes/no to the following questions and explain why you think this • Homosexuality is linked with problems in a child’s relationship with parents? • Homosexuality involves a fear or hatred of the other sex • Sexual orientation is linked to level of hormones in the body

  3. Sexual orientation • Enduring sexual attraction towards members of the same sex or the other sex

  4. Statistics • People usually guess 20-25% men and women are homosexual • 4% of men and 2% of women are homosexual

  5. Mental illness??? • American psychiatric assoc. dropped homosexuality from list of mental illnesses in 1973 • World Health organization-1993 • Japan-1995 • China-2001

  6. Why are people LBGT? • All BR questions-not causes • Biological (nature) correlates most-tentative findings Brain differences: • Hypothalamic cell cluster larger in straight men • Anterior commissure is larger in gay men

  7. Genetic influences: • Homosexuality higher among identical twins than fraternal Prenatal hormonal influences • Atypical exposure of prenatal hormones

  8. Have attitudes toward LGBT changed over time?Politics: • Harvey Milk video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ4u_Qc50ww • Congress currently has 6 openly gay or bisexual members

  9. Sports • Missouri All- American Michael Sam announced he was gay before the draft • Jason Collins-basketball player • Martina Navratilova-tennis player • And many more

  10. How are LGBT teens perceived? • Lesbigay youth fact reading • http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/watch/11/its_their_life_lgbt_teens_in_chicago

  11. Reflection: What’s your opinion? • Does it matter why people are LGBT? • Should LGBTbe allowed to marry? • Would you be accepting of a LGBTfriend, brother, sister, mom, dad, aunt, uncle etc?

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