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Sexual Identity

In: Encyclopedia of Identity
Edited by: Ronald L. Jackson II & Michael A. Hogg
Subject:Self & Identity, Identity, Self & Identity

Sexual identity has a least two meanings in the social sciences, both relating to inner convictions or claims about who and what we are. The first meaning refers to the various ways we see ourselves as male or female, and the second defines our sexuality or the kinds of erotic partners we prefer. These inner convictions usually begin with medical designations made about biological sex at birth, based on the appearance of genitalia and presence of certain chromosomes. Children are then raised as girls or ...

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  Jackson, R. L., & Hogg, M. A. (2010). Sexual identity. In Encyclopedia of identity (Vol. 1, pp. 721-723). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412979306.n232
  
  Jackson, Ronald L., and Michael A. Hogg. "Sexual Identity." In Encyclopedia of Identity, edited by Jackson, Ronald L., and Michael A. Hogg, 721-23. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412979306.n232.
  
  Jackson, R. L. and Hogg, M. A. 2010. Sexual Identity. In: Ronald L. Jackson and Michael A. Hogg Editors, 2010. Encyclopedia of Identity, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 721-723 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412979306.n232> [Accessed 17 May 2022].
  
  Jackson, Ronald L. and Michael A. Hogg. "Sexual Identity." Encyclopedia of Identity. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010, pp. 721-23. SAGE Knowledge. 17 May 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412979306.n232.
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