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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"sexual preference"”.
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Self identification, self identification discrepancy and environmental perspectives of women with a same-sex sexual preference
There is no abstract available for this dissertation.
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Attributed sexual preference and attitude similarity of a social other as factors influencing interpersonal attraction : a social psychological investigation of the homosexual label
There is no abstract available for this dissertation.
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The road to heaven
… people should turn everyone on, regardless of sexual preference.
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Men in Nursing: Masculine Gender Role Stress and Job Satisfaction
… setting, education level, ethnicity, and sexual preference. Participants consisted of 88 men nurses residing and working in Missouri, contacted by mail, and provided with informed consent. Questionnaires for the study were accessible online by computer. Completed data were analyzed by …
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Collective Identity in Appalachia: Place, Protest and the AEP Power Line
… of identity, such as race/ethnicity, gender and sexual preference, for collective identity construction. Prochansky (1983:59) introduces the concept of place identity, situating it along with the other components of identity, such as the ones mentioned above. In addition, literature on Appalachia …
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Complexities of the Underrecognized: Conceptualizing Erasure and Exposure in Queer Caribbean Narratives
<p>Queer is not explicitly about homosexuality, it is questioning orientations, identity, and the binary. This work aims to explore the multivalence of erasure and exposure in queer Caribbean narratives, which deconstructs or reconstructs stereotypes, sexuality, and identity. <em>Erasure</em> is …
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From Hate Crimes to Activism: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in the Texas Anti-Violence Movement
… race, color, religion, national origin, and “sexual preference” as protected categories under state hate crime law. While it appeared that this law was in direct response to the nationally and internationally high-profile hate killing of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper, this does not explain the …
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Volunteer bias in sex research: effects of variable stimuli content and intrusiveness of measurement
… volunteers in terms of reporting increased heterosexual experience; more liberal attitudes toward sex; increased exposure to commercialized erotica; and an increase in sexual trauma. The object of this study was to investigate the effects that varying the stimuli content (i.e. heterosexual vs gay …
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Intimate Partner Violence (ipv) Counselor Education: Exploring Opinions, Knowledge And Perceived Preparedness To Counsel Ipv Clients
… of their religious affiliations, gender, sexual preference, or nationality. Because counselors are most likely to counsel IPV clients due to the high prevalence of partner violence, in depth knowledge of IPV is required to effectively handle IPV cases. Existing literature shows that novice …
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An Evolutionary Perspective of Human Female Rape
… socio-economic status; rape proclivity; actual sexual aggression; and sociosexual orientation. There were two types of studies: studies 1-3 involved archival data, e.g. the use of criminal statistics. and studies 4-7 assessed participant data, e.g. rape attitudes. Study 1 found that fertility …
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Unassisted Humans Infer Personal Traits from Facebook Group Memberships: An Empirical Study with Implications for Employers and State Entities
… (such as religious and spiritual beliefs or sexual preference) for fear of discrimination. Similarly, job applicants may wish to keep private certain personal traits (such as race, ethnicity, gender, and age), even if their influence in decision-making would constitute illegal discrimination. …
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CONSUMPTION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT INTERNET MATERIAL AND WELLBEING: A SELF-DISCREPANCY APPROACH
<p>Potential influences from using sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) are controversial, however, the underlying psychological mechanism(s), which potentially can explain these found associations with SEIM consumption, have not been well studied. In the present research, I examine the …
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Unwrapping the wings of the television show The West Wing
… not make much effort to address concerns like sexual preference and social class, claiming to be liberal and progressive at the same time? The underlying complexities of individual identity and political diversity lie at the heart of the show, which debuted in fall 1999 and had an average of …
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Ipsative Score Distortion on Affinity 2.0
… 2.0, a relatively new instrument for assessing sexual interest. Using a sample of 146 non-offending, heterosexual females, this study examined the characteristics of distorted ipsative score profiles and attempted to develop an algorithm to identify such distortions. A method was developed for …
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Sexual orientation self-label, behavior, and preference: College students in Taiwan and the USA
The relationships among self-labeled sexual orientation, sexual preferences, and sexual behaviors were examined in samples from Taiwan and the USA. Subsamples matched on gender, age, and marital status were created to reduce sexual orientation cell size discrepancies and demographic differences. …