Mostly Heterosexual and Mostly Gay/Lesbian: Evidence for New Sexual Orientation Identities

Vrangalova, Zhana; Savin‐Williams, Ritch C.

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“…Still, numbers on these scales are usually used to categorize people. This categorization has been critiqued (e.g., Diamond, 2014;Korchmaros et al, 2013;Vrangalova & Savin-Williams, 2012), with the recognition that individuals with the same''Kinsey number'' may not actually have the same sexualities (Whalen, Geary, & Johnson, 1990). Some studies recruit by sexual identity and then categorize people into specific sexual orientation groups (Jordan- Young, 2010), undermining the point of separating these identity and orientation constructs (Korchmaros et al, 2013).…”

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Beyond Sexual Orientation: Integrating Gender/Sex and Diverse Sexualities via Sexual Configurations Theory

2015

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Sexual orientation typically describes people's sexual attractions or desires based on their sex relative to that of a target. Despite its utility, it has been critiqued in part because it fails to account for non-biological gender-related factors, partnered sexualities unrelated to gender or sex, or potential divergences between love and lust. In this article, I propose Sexual Configurations Theory (SCT) as a testable, empirically grounded framework for understanding diverse partnered sexualities, separate from solitary sexualities. I focus on and provide models of two parameters of partnered sexuality--gender/sex and partner number. SCT also delineates individual gender/sex. I discuss a sexual diversity lens as a way to study the particularities and generalities of diverse sexualities without privileging either. I also discuss how sexual identities, orientations, and statuses that are typically seen as misaligned or aligned are more meaningfully conceptualized as branched or co-incident. I map out some existing identities using SCT and detail its applied implications for health and counseling work. I highlight its importance for sexuality in terms of measurement and social neuroendocrinology, and the ways it may be useful for self-knowledge and feminist and queer empowerment and alliance building. I also make a case that SCT changes existing understandings and conceptualizations of sexuality in constructive and generative ways informed by both biology and culture, and that it is a potential starting point for sexual diversity studies and research.

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“…[14][15][16][17] The anonymity guaranteed by online surveys are of benefit if study topics are personal or taboo, such as questions on sexuality as in the case of HPV, where household or schoolbased recruitment strategies may be less favorable. 16,17 Recently, a study used Facebook to collect data on knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer among young women in Australia. 18 In that study, characteristics of the study population did not differ from data from the National Bureau of Statistics with regard to geographic region, ethnicity and socioeconomic status; however, women aged 16-17 y and those with higher education were underrepresented.…”

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“…In fact, Facebook has already been used in different research settings, 15 and advertising has been shown to be effective in reaching young women 14 or addressing sensitive topics. 16,17 Recently, Gunasekaran et al conducted a survey on HPV knowledge among young women in Australia using targeted advertising on Facebook as a recruitment strategy. 18 The primary aim of our study was to assess the strategy of recruiting young females in Germany via a social media site and to explore the impact of different targeting strategies on study sample characteristics.…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and uptake related to human papillomavirus vaccination among young women in Germany recruited via a social media site

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Wetzstein²,

Deleré³

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Background: Many industrialized countries have introduced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of young women, but vaccine uptake often remains suboptimal. This study aimed to investigate whether a social media site like Facebook is an appropriate tool to assess knowledge, attitude and uptake related to HPV vaccination in young women in Germany.Methods: Between December 2012 and January 2013 two different targeting strategies were implemented on Facebook, providing a link to an online questionnaire. Advertisements were displayed to female Facebook users aged 18-25 years living in Germany. During the simple targeting strategy, advertisements comprised health-related images along with various short titles and text messages. During the focused strategy, advertisements were targeted to users who in addition had certain fashion brands or pop stars listed on their profiles. The targeting strategies were compared with respect to participant characteristics. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify factors associated with HPV vaccine uptake.Results: A total of 1161 women participated. The two targeting strategies resulted in significant differences regarding educational status and migrant background. Overall, awareness of HPV was high, but only 53% received at least one vaccine dose. In multivariate analysis, HPV vaccine uptake was independently associated with a physician's recommendation and trust in vaccine effectiveness. Concerns of adverse effects were negatively associated with vaccine uptake.Discussion: Social network recruitment permits fast and convenient access to young people. Sample characteristics can be manipulated by adjusting targeting strategies. There is further need for promoting knowledge of HPV vaccination among young women. Physicians have a major role in the vaccination decision-making process of young women.

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“…In a US nationally representative study, one third of those who were equally, mostly, or only attracted to men identified as mostly gay men (Chandra, Mosher, & Copen, 2011). Another study found mostly gay men were more similar to selfidentified bisexual than gay men in their reports of sexual attraction to and sex partners with both 5 sexes (Vrangalova & Savin-Williams, 2012). Other than these findings, little is known about men with a predominant but not exclusive sexual orientation towards men.…”

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Gay, Mostly Gay, or Bisexual Leaning Gay? An Exploratory Study Distinguishing Gay Sexual Orientations Among Young Men

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(2017) 'Gay, mostly gay, or bisexual leaning gay? An exploratory study distinguishing gay sexual orientations among young men.', Archives of sexual behavior., 46 (1). pp. 265-272. Further information on publisher's website:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0848-6Publisher's copyright statement:The nal publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016- Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. with predominant same-sex sexual and romantic interests: Those who described themselves as bisexual leaning gay (n = 11), mostly gay (n = 17), and gay (n = 47). Although they were not significantly distinguishable based on physiological (pupil dilation) responses to nude stimuli, on behavioral and self-report measures a descending linear trend toward the less preferred sex (female) was significant regarding sexual attraction, fantasy, genital contact, infatuation, romantic relationship, sex appeal, and gazing time to the porn stimuli. Results supported a continuum of sexuality with distinct subgroups only for the self-report measure of sexual attraction. The other behavioral and self-report measures followed the same trend but did not significantly differ between the bisexual leaning gay and mostly gay groups, likely the result of small sample size. Results suggest that romantic indicators are as good as sexual measures in assessing sexual orientation and that a succession of logically following groups from bisexual leaning gay, mostly gay, to gay. Whether these three groups are discrete or overlapping needs further research.

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Mostly Heterosexual and Mostly Gay/Lesbian: Evidence for New Sexual Orientation Identities

Cited by 265 publications

References 47 publications

Beyond Sexual Orientation: Integrating Gender/Sex and Diverse Sexualities via Sexual Configurations Theory

Beyond Sexual Orientation: Integrating Gender/Sex and Diverse Sexualities via Sexual Configurations Theory

Knowledge, attitude, and uptake related to human papillomavirus vaccination among young women in Germany recruited via a social media site

Gay, Mostly Gay, or Bisexual Leaning Gay? An Exploratory Study Distinguishing Gay Sexual Orientations Among Young Men

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