Sexual Identity is not Sexual Orientation

Sexual identity is not the same as sexual orientation. The former comprises self-perception, the latter is about others and involves sexual behavior. Sexual identity forms in 5 stages: 1. Introjection of primary objects and role models, including parents, siblings, and peers; 2. Emulation of a parent (same sex or other sex). This is affected by the parents’s behaviors (e.g., abuse or sex aversion or sex positivity); 3. Exploration of potential sex partners of all sexes. This is coupled with identity diffusion; 4. Sublimation (a part of the socialization process): excluding certain sex partners as forbidden or inappropriate, acquisition of sexual skills and scripts; 5. Orientation: settling on a pattern of mate selection and attendant sexual behaviors. Find and Buy MOST of my BOOKS and eBOOKS in my Amazon Store: