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sexual orientation
(redirected from Causes of homosexuality)

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sexual orientation
n.
The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. Replaces sexual preference in most contemporary uses.
sexual orientation,
the clear, persistent desire of a person for affiliation with one sex rather than the other. Also called sexual preference. See also heterosexual, homosexuality.
sexual orientation
A person's potential for responding with sexual arousal to persons of the opposite sex–ie, heterosexual, same sex–ie, homosexual, or both–ie, bisexual


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Thus far, scientific investigation into the causes of homosexuality has been scant and underfunded, though not because the issue is uninteresting.
The Best American Science Writing 2006 by Krause, Kenneth W. / The Humanist
We need a better alternative to current biological views about sexual orientation," contends Byne, who has previously criticized arguments for direct biological causes of homosexuality.
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