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Heterosexuality Heterosexuality
Heterosexuality Sexual attraction to members of the opposite sex. The sex drive, or sexual desire, is an unlearned, powerful drive that humans share with other animal species. Heterosexuals experience sexual desire in relation to members of the opposite sex. This contrasts with homosexuals,... Read more
homosexuality homosexuality
homosexuality a term created by 19th cent. theorists to describe a sexual and emotional interest in members of one's own sex. Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a description intended to defuse some of the long-standing sentiment among many Westerners... Read more
Gender identity Gender identity
Gender identity Definition Gender identity is a person's sense of identification with either the male or female sex, as manifested in appearance, behavior, and other aspects of a person's life. Description Psychologists believe human sexual identities are made up of three separate components. The... Read more
Sexual orientation Sexual orientation
Sexual Orientation Sexual orientation is defined by the sex of those to whom a person is attracted. In most societies, people are classified as homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, or asexual. Heterosexual is the term applied to those attracted to the other sex; homosexual covers those attracted to... Read more
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).In 1981, medical reports first described unusual infections and cancer previously seen only in severely immunosuppressed patients, such as those undergoing organ transplants. By mid‐1982,... Read more
Harvey Fierstein Harvey Fierstein
Fierstein, Harvey (1954–), playwright, author of Torch Song Trilogy (1981), a breakthrough serious drama about homosexuals, made into a movie (1988) with the playwright as lead. He adapted from the French La Cage Aux Folles (1983), a comic musical with homosexual characters. Other plays are... Read more
Sex Determination Sex Determination
Sex Determination Sex determination refers to the mechanisms employed by organisms to produce offspring that are of two different sexes. First we present an overview of the sex determination mechanisms used by mammals. Then we discuss the great variety of mechanisms used by animals other than... Read more
Penile cancer Penile cancer
Penile cancer Definition Penile cancer is the growth of malignant cells on the external skin and in the tissues of the penis. Description Penile cancer is a disease in which cancerous cells appear on the penis. If left untreated, this cancer can grow and spread from the ... Read more
Translocation Translocation
Translocation Translocation is the movement of materials from leaves to other tissues throughout the plant. Plants produce carbohydrates (sugars) in their leaves by photosynthesis, but nonphotosynthetic parts of the plant also require carbohydrates and other ... Read more
Hutterian Brethren Hutterian Brethren
Hutterites ETHNONYM: Hutterite Brethren Orientation Identification. The Hutterites in Canada and the United States are a Germanic people with origins in the Swiss Anabaptist movement that developed between 1525 and 1536 during the Reformation. Along with the Old Order Amish and... Read more

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