Sexual Orientation Is Best Thought of as Being

question 158

Multiple Choice

Sexual orientation is best thought of as being:

• A) "either-or," that is, a person has either a same-sex or an opposite-sex orientation
• B) the result of biological causes
• C) the result of social and psychological causes
• D) a continuum, with individuals varying in the degree to which they have same-sex and opposite-sex preferences

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