Is it a choice? Sexual orientation as interpretation

Journal of Social Philosophy 40 (1):97-116 (2009)
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Argues that choice, as a form of interpretation, is completely intertwined with the development of both sexual orientation and sexual identity. Sexual orientation is not simply a given, or determined aspect of personality.

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William Wilkerson
University of Alabama, Huntsville

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