Abstract
Existing concepts of sexual orientation understand it in terms of sex/gender: one’s sexual orientation is one’s sexual attraction to members of the same or different sex/gender. I argue that this understanding of sexual orientation is narrow and lacks proper justification by providing and rejecting six reasons given in its support. I instead offer and defend a broader concept—the General Concept—which understands sexual orientation as consisting of those sexual attractions that are stable (or enduring) and that are important to one’s—what I call—psychosexual identity. I explain these two conditions, especially the identity condition, and distinguish it from self-ascribed sexual identities. I then provide reasons in support of the General Concept.
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