A person's emotional and erotic preference for partners of a particular sex is referred to as
A)gender
B)gender identity
C)sexual response cycle
D)sexual orientation

Question

A person's emotional and erotic preference for partners of a particular sex is referred to as
A)gender
B)gender identity
C)sexual response cycle
D)sexual orientation

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Sexual orientation refers to an individual's emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to other people, which can be towards the same sex, opposite sex, both, or more, distinguishing it from concepts like gender identity, which is one's personal sense of their own gender.

A Person's Emotional and Erotic Preference for Partners of a Particular