Essential aspects and practical implications of sexual identity.

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      Aspectos fundamentales e implicaciones prácticas de la identidad sexual. (Spanish)
    • Abstract:
      Sexual identity is a multidimensional construct that includes sex identity, gender identity, socio-sexual identity, and erotic identity. Sexual identity has theoretical and practical implications for sexual and reproductive health. For adults, concordance among biological sex, gender and role identity, and erotic identity is expected. However, 10% of the general population reports itself as non-heterosexual and another significant percent shows discordant sexual behavior with sexual identity. This narrative review clarifies the concepts of sexual identity, gender identity, socio-sexual identity, and erotic identity and presents some practical issues of an inappropriate use of these constructs in public health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
    • Abstract:
      La identidad sexual es un constructo multidimensional que incluye la identidad de sexo, la identidad de género, la identidad socio-sexual y la identidad erótica. La identidad sexual tiene implicaciones teóricas y prácticas en salud sexual y reproductiva. En adultos se espera que exista una congruencia entre el sexo biológico, la identidad, la función de género y la identidad erótica. Sin embargo, 10% de la población se considera no heterosexual y un porcentaje importante muestra comportamiento sexual que no está de acuerdo con la identidad sexual. Esta revisión narrativa clarifica los conceptos de identidad de sexo, identidad de género, identidad erótica e identidad socio-sexual y muestra algunas implicaciones prácticas del uso inapropiado de estos términos en el contexto de la salud pública. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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