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a s ex ua l r es ea r ch upda t e AVENu e sdi da ni s s u ea l l a bou ta s e x u a l r e s e a r c h wa yba c ki nS e pt / Oc t2 0 1 6 . S i n c et h e n , n e w r e s e a r c hh a sh a ppe n e d. He r ei sabr i e fov e r v i e wof s omen e wr e s e a r c h , wi t hl i n k swh e r ey ouc a ng o t or e a dmor e . En j oy ! Byt h ewa y , i fy oua r ei n t e r e s t e di ns e e i n ga l l oft h e a s e x u a l r e s e a r c hr e f e r e n c e st h a tAVENh a s c ol l e c t e d, y ouc a nv i s i tt h i st h r e a d: h t t p: / / www. a s e x u a l i t y . or g / e n / t opi c / 1 6 1 4 6 9 t h e n e wa s e x u a l r e s e a r c h t h r e a d ov i n g l yc ompi l e db ys c a r l e t l a t i t u de L

As e x u a l i t y : S e x u a l or i e n t a t i on , p a r a p h i l i a , s e x u a l dy s f u n c t i on , or n on eoft h ea b ov e ? Br o t t o , L . A. , &Y u l e , M. ( 2016) .

Ana n a l y s i soft h et h e or e t i c a l or i g i n sa n dp e r s i s t a n c eofa s e x u a l i t y i nh u ma n s . Th eUn i v e r s i t yofAr i z on aCa mp u sRe p os i t or y . J a c k s o n , S . N. ( 2017) .

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Th ea u t h ori sa t t e mpt i n gt ofi n dag e n e t i cl i n kt oa s e x u a l i t y . I nt e r ms ofe v ol u t i on a r yfi t n e s s , a s e x u a l i t ys h ou l dbeade t r i me n tt ot h e s pe c i e s . Th ea u t h orc on c l u de st h a tbot hg e n e t i c sa n dc u l t u r epl a ya r ol ei na s e x u a l i t ya n di na s e x u a l i t y ’ sa ppe a r a n c ei nh u ma n s . F u r t h e r r e s e a r c hi ss t i l l n e e de d.

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Doe sa s e x u a l i t yme e tt h es t a b i l i t yc r i t e r i onf oras e x u a l or i e n t a t i on ? Cr a n n e y , S . ( 2017) . t st h es t a n da r dc r i t e r i af or Th ea u t h ordi s c u s s e swh e t h e ra s e x u a l i t yfi as e x u a l or i e n t a t i on . As e x u a l i t yi sh a r dt ome a s u r ebe c a u s ei ti s di ffe r e n tf r omot h e ror i e n t a t i on s , a n dt h e r ei sn owa yt or e a l l y me a s u r ea s e x u a l i t y . Pl u s , a s e x u a l i t yc a nc omea bou tbe c a u s eofma n y r e a s on s , s u c ha sme di c a l c on di t i on s . Th ea u t h ordoe spoi n tou tt h a t r e s e a r c h e r smu s tbec a r e f u l wh e nme a s u r i n ga s e x u a l i t y . Mor ea t : k . s pr i n g e r . c om/ a r t i c l e / 1 0 . 1 0 0 7 %2 F s 1 0 5 0 8 0 1 6 0 8 0 2 7 h t t ps : / / l i n

Ex p e r i e n c e sofa du l t swi t hi n t e l l e c t u a l di s a b i l i t ywh oi de n t i f ya s l e s b i a n , g a y , b i s e x u a l , t r a n s g e n de r , q u e e rorq u e s t i on i n g , i n t e r s e x ora s e x u a l : as y s t e ma t i cr e v i e wp r ot oc ol . Ra ma s a my , V . , Ri l l o t t a , F . &Al e x a n d e r , J . ( 2017) . Th ea u t h or sa r ee x a mi n i n gt h epr e v a l e n c eofdi ffe r e n tor i e n t a t i on s i npe opl ewh oa r ei n t e l l e c t u a l l ydi s a bl e d. I nt h epa s t , ma n yoft h e s e pe opl ewe r et h ou g h tt obe“ a s e x u a l ”a n du n a bl et oh a v ea n ys e x u a l i de n t i t y . T ode t e r mi n ewh a tr e s e a r c hi sa v a i l a bl ei nt h i sa r e a , t h e a u t h or sc ompl e t e das e a r c hofdi ffe r e n ts e x u a l i t yt e r ms . Mor ea t : h t t p: / / r dc u . be / mW5 u

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" S i c k , De a d, orL y i n g : "Ac r i t i c a l t e x t u a l a n a l y s i sofa s e x u a l i t yi n p op u l a rc u l t u r e . Ma r k s , B. ( 2017) . Th i si sas t u de n tt h e s i spa pe rwh e r et h ea u t h orde s c r i be sa s e x u a l i t y i nc u r r e n tme di a . Th ea u t h ora l s ode fi n e sa s e x u a l i t ya n dc u r r e n t r e s e a r c hona s e x u a l i t y . Mor ea t : r . u i owa . e du / c g i / v i e wc on t e n t . c g i ? a r t i c l e =1 1 5 0 &c on t e x t =h on or h t t p: / / i s _ t h e s e s

‘ My[ a s e x u a l i t y ]i sp l a y i n gh e l l wi t hmyda t i n gl i f e ’ : Roma n t i c i de n t i fi e da s e x u a l sn e g ot i a t et h eda t i n gg a me . V a r e s , T . ( 2017) . Th ea u t h ori n t e r v i e ws1 3a s e x u a l r oma n t i cpe opl et ofi n dh owt h e y n a v i g a t eda t i n ga n dr e l a t i on s h i ps . Th ea u t h ora l s ode s c r i be sh ow c u r r e n ts e x u a l c u l t u r ec a nbebot hg ooda n dba df ort h e s epe opl e . Mor ea t : h t t p: / / j ou r n a l s . s a g e pu b . c om


“ Y ouF r e ud, MeJ a ne ? ”Ther e pr e s e nt a t i onoft r a umaa nd a s e xua l i t yi nHi t c hc oc k ’ sMa r ni e . Wi t s e n b u r g , A. ( 2017) . Th i sa u t h orde s c r i be sh owac h a r a c t e ri nt h eHi t c h c oc kmov i e “ Ma r n i e ”c ou l dh a v ebe e na s e x u a l i n s t e a dofar e pr e s s e ds e x u a l pe r s on . Mor ea t : h t t p: / / www. di g r e s s i on s . n l / a r c h i v e / v ol u me 2i s s u e 2/ a r t i c l e s _wi t s e n bu r g

Huma na s e xua l i t y : Wha tdowek nowa boutal a c kofs e xua l a t t r a c t i on? Y u l e , M. A. , Br o t t o , L . A. &Go r z a l k a , B. B. ( 2017) . Th i si sal i t e r a t u r er e v i e wofc u r r e n tk n owl e dg eona s e x u a l i t y . Mor ea t : doi . or g / 10. 1007/ s 119300170100y h t t p: / / www.

Ot h e rr e s e a r c ht h a twec a n ’ ta c c e s sr i g h tn owbe c a u s ei ti spa i d a c c e s son l y , bu tt h a ty ouma ywa n tt oc h e c kou tony ou rown : Wha ta s e xua l i t yt e l l susa bouts e xua l i t y Bo g a e r t , A. F . ( 2017) . Ar c h i v e sofS e x u a l Be h a v i or , 46( 3) , 629-630. DOI : 10. 1007/ s 1050801608922.

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Re p r e s e n t a t i o ni nt h eme d i ac a nh e l pi n fl u e n c ep e o p l e ’ sa wa r e n e s so nt h i n g s . I f t h e r ewe r emo r e n o t a b l eg r e a tr e p r e s e n t a t i o no f a s e x u a l si nt h eme d i awh e nI wa sg r o wi n gu p , I p r o b a b l ywo u l do f s p e n tl e s st i meb r o k e nt h i n k i n gI wa sah e t e r o s e x u a l t h a twa sme s s e du pb e c a u s eI d i d n ' twa n ts e x o rr e l a t i o n s h i p s . Ho p e f u l l ymo r ea n db e t t e rr e p r e s e n t a t i o nd o e sa p p e a ri nt h eme d i af o rf u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n st ob ea wa r eo f a s e x u a l i t y , a n df u t u r ea c e sk n o wt h a ti t ' so kt ob ea s e x u a l . S c ot t 1 9 8 9 I t ' si mp o r t a n t' c o si two u l dh e l pmy s e l f a n do t h e ra c ep e o p l ef e e l l e s sa l o n e , l e s sb r o k e n , l e s sa l i e n . y l a Ga

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