What is it about?
This article has two purposes: first to review the current science of sexual orientation, and second, to correct some common misunderstandings about the relation between the science and politics of sexual orientation.
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Why is it important?
The article is both highly current and conceptually rigorous. Several arguments are made here for the first time. The article was motivated by a request from UNAIDS to provide a current review in response from the Ugandan government, which was considering increasing criminal penalties for homosexual behavior. Several countries in the world currently treat homosexuality harshly.
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The article was motivated by a request from UNAIDS to provide a current review in response from the Ugandan government, which was considering increasing criminal penalties for homosexual behavior. Several countries in the world currently treat homosexuality harshly.
J. Michael Bailey
Northwestern University
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This page is a summary of: Sexual Orientation, Controversy, and Science, Psychological Science in the Public Interest, April 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1529100616637616.
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