Describe how sexual orientation is a product of biology and

Solution

Sexual orientation is the term used to describe what gender(s) someone is sexually and/or romantically attracted to. Sexual orientation is different from gender and gender identity — how you feel about and express your gender. Sexual orientation is about who you are attracted to and want to have intimate relationships with.

Causes:

The exact causes of sexual orientation is known yet, but there is believe that it is caused by a complex interplay of genetic, hormonal, environmental and social influences.

Biology:

The sexual orientation is not a choice and cannot be changed. The biological factor is the most prominent factor among all which involves a complex interplay of genetic factors and hormonal factors.

The hormonal theory of sexuality holds that just as exposure to certain hormones plays a role in fetal sex differentiation, hormonal exposure also influences the sexual orientation that emerges later in the adult. As females have XX chromosome and males have XY chromosome, the chromosome Y is the responsible for producing male differentiation on the defect female development. The differentiation process is driven by androgen hormones, mainly testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT). The newly formed testicles in the fetus are responsible for the secretion of androgens, that will cooperate in driving the sexual differentiation of the developing fetus, included its brain. This results in sexual differences between males and females.

Society:

Though the biological effect shows most prominent cause of sexual orientation, but you can not ignore the effect of society on sexual orientation. In 1976, philosopher and historian Michel Foucault argued in \'The History of Sexuality\' that homosexuality as an identity did not exist in the eighteenth century. Sexual orientation is argued as a concept that evolved in the industrialized West, and there is a controversy as to the universality of its application in other societies or cultures. Heterosexuality and homosexuality are terms often used in European and American cultures to encompass a person\'s entire social identity, which includes self and personality. In other cultures, homosexuality and heterosexual labels do not emphasize an entire social identity or indicate community affiliation based on sexual orientation.