Students who read this chapter should be able to do the following:

9.1 Locate current understandings of sexuality and sexual orientation within social, cultural, and historical contexts.

9.2 Describe the multiple dimensions of sexual orientation, and analyze different models of sexual identity development.

9.3 Evaluate biological, evolutionary, and integrative theories of sexual orientation.

9.4 Explain sex differences in sexuality, including attitudes and behaviors, orgasms and sexual satisfaction, and sexual fluidity.

9.5 Understand issues in sexuality across the life course, such as sexual peaks and the medicalization of sexual changes.