One of Your Friends, Tom, Has Come to the Realization

question 99

Essay

One of your friends, Tom, has come to the realization that he is attracted to both males and females. He is worried that he is the only one who feels attracted to peers of his same-sex. He knows that you have just taken a class on adolescent sexuality and asks you for some information regarding the prevalence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adolescents. What would you tell him? He is also concerned that, although he enjoys playing typical male sports, such as baseball and football, his attraction to males will cause people to assume that he is more feminine than his heterosexual teammates. Knowing that he likely has a bisexual orientation, what do you predict for his gender identity and sex-role behavior? In your view, is homosexuality more due to biological factors or social/contextual factors? Is there anything else that Tom should be aware of?

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