Exotic Becomes Erotic: Interpreting the Biological Correlates of Sexual Orientation
@article{Bem2000ExoticBE, title={Exotic Becomes Erotic: Interpreting the Biological Correlates of Sexual Orientation}, author={D. Bem}, journal={Archives of Sexual Behavior}, year={2000}, volume={29}, pages={531-548} }
Although biological findings currently dominate the research literature on the determinants of sexual orientation, biological theorizing has not yet spelled out a developmental path by which any of the various biological correlates so far identified might lead to a particular sexual orientation. The Exotic-Becomes-Erotic (EBE) theory of sexual orientation (Bem, 1996) attempts to do just that, by suggesting how biological variables might interact with experiential and sociocultural factors to… CONTINUE READING
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