Explain Lisa Diamond’s (2008b) findings after following college women recruited from LGB community events for more than 10 years. What conclusions can you draw from this data regarding sexual orientation fluidity?
What will be an ideal response?
Lisa Diamond found that women changed in all directions over time, for example, from lesbian to bisexual, from bisexual to lesbian, and from lesbian to heterosexual. These findings contradict the idea of a fixed sexual identity, at least for some individuals. It supports the idea that women’s sexuality and sexual orientation is fluid and there is a component of situation-dependent flexibility in women’s sexual responsiveness. Although many women have a sexual orientation that is fixed and stable across their lives, others find their orientation and attractions shifting over time.
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