Can We Change Sexual Orientation?
The self-reports of individuals who claim that they have changed their sexual orientation are either dismissed as false or relied upon to promote sexual orientation change efforts. However, these reactions do not capture the complexity of the sexual reorientation phenomenon. This article provides an...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 121 - 135 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2012
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