Use generally for the sum of an individual's sexual emotions, ideas, and behavior. For the pattern of attitudes and behavior that in any society is deemed appropriate to one sex rather than another, use "sex role." For the concept of the physiological traits that distinguish the males and females of a species, use "sex."
Broader Terms
<psychological concepts> (600)
Narrower Terms
homosexuality (24),
heterosexuality (1)
Related Terms
sex (22)
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