aspect of homosexuality, while the other two have inconsistent findings. The psychoanalytical theory is based on the works of Sigmund Freud, who believed that children go through different stages of development. And he concluded that, “the homosexual is fixated at an immature stage of development.” When evaluated, psychoanalytic theory is said to, “…operate under the assumption that homosexuality is deviant or abnormal.” And even though Freud came to accept that homosexuality is normal sexual behavior in his later writings, it did not have as much of an impact compared to his earlier writings. The third theory is the learning theory, which emphasizes the idea that sexual orientation is learned. “People are born sexual, not heterosexual or homosexual. Only through learning does one of these behaviors become more likely than the other.” One of the examples that they give includes a girl whose first heterosexual sex experience was through rape. She is then likely to try to avoid the unpleasantness of her first experience with heterosexual sex by becoming homosexual. The Interactionist Theory is mainly based on the works of psychologist Daryl Bem. Although Bem supports the biological point of view, he does not agree that it is the only and direct factor that determines one’s sexual orientation. “He (Bem) believes that biological factors exert their influence on sexual orientation through their influence on temperament in childhood.” In the interactionist theory, gender conformity plays a big role in a person’s sexual preference. According to Bem, children who are gender conforming will become heterosexuals because they will begin to find the opposite sex appealing as they grow up. But children who are gender nonconforming will become homosexuals because they will come find their own gender appealing.The empirical data that is provided by the research of sexual...
