heterosexuality

…be adopted later in life; heterosexual or homosexual orientations also develop later.

…impossible to definitively prove one’s heterosexuality. Accordingly, heterosexuals and homosexuals wishing to be thought heterosexual are compelled to avoid associating with anything coded as homosexual. This is accomplished through the repeated association with cultural codes of heterosexuality and disassociation from codes for homosexuality. Conversely, the suspicion that someone is homosexual…

…amount of sociosexual activity is heterosexual activity between only one male and one female. Heterosexual activity frequently begins in childhood, and, while much of it may be motivated by curiosity, such as showing or examining genitalia, many children engage in sex play because it is pleasurable. The sexual impulse and…

…recognized forms of sexuality include heterosexuality, in which an individual is attracted to persons of the opposite sex or gender; homosexuality, which denotes attraction to those of the same sex or gender; bisexuality, in which one is attracted to men and women; pansexuality, which is an attraction that is not…