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The 58 pages that link to Sexual orientation, each with the reason it gives.

• Gender identityCompared with: It concerns attraction, unlike gender identity, which concerns a person’s own gender.

• GenderCompared with: Gender concerns identity and social meaning; orientation concerns attraction.

• Sexual arousalCompared with: Orientation describes patterns of attraction, not a momentary state of excitement.

• Gender expressionCompared with: Expression does not reveal who someone is attracted to.

• Sexual dysfunctionCompared with: Orientation concerns whom someone is attracted to, not whether sexual functioning is impaired.

• IntersexCompared with: Intersex status does not determine whom someone is attracted to.

• Sex therapyRelated: Affirming practice respects each person's orientation rather than treating it as a problem.

• Sexual scriptsCompared with: Orientation concerns patterns of attraction, whereas scripts concern expectations for interpreting and enacting situations.

• ParaphiliaCompared with: Orientation concerns whom someone is attracted to; paraphilia concerns the focus or form of sexual interest.

• Conversion therapyNarrower topic: Some conversion practices target patterns of attraction rather than gender identity.

• Gender nonconformityRelated: Nonconforming expression does not establish whom a person is attracted to.

• Sexual attractionNarrower topic: Orientation describes recurring patterns of attraction, not a single instance of desire.

• SexologyRelated: It connects patterns of attraction with identity and social experience.

• Sexual fantasyRelated: Fantasy content alone does not determine a person's sexual orientation.

• OrgasmRelated: Research examines how orgasm experiences vary across relationships and identities without reducing them to orientation.

• Sexual desireRelated: Orientation concerns patterns of attraction, not how much desire someone experiences.

• Paraphilic disorderCompared with: Orientation is not itself a disorder and should not be conflated with paraphilic diagnosis.

• Queer literatureRelated: It names one dimension of the desires represented in queer literature.

• Sexual identityRelated: Orientation can inform sexual identity, but it does not determine which label someone adopts.

• Sexual medicineRelated: Inclusive assessment distinguishes orientation from symptoms and avoids treating identity as pathology.

• CisgenderRelated: Cisgender status describes gender, not whom someone is attracted to.

• Richard von Krafft-EbingRelated: His writings helped shape early medical descriptions of same-sex attraction.

• Sex and gender distinctionCompared with: It is often confused with gender, but concerns attraction rather than identity or bodily traits.

• Erogenous zoneCompared with: Anatomical sensitivity does not determine whom someone is attracted to.

• HomosexualityNarrower topic: Homosexuality is one orientation within this broader concept.

• Romantic orientationRelated: It can align with romantic orientation or differ from it.

• Biological sexCompared with: Attraction is distinct from a person’s biological sex characteristics.

• HeterosexualityNarrower topic: Heterosexuality is one orientation within this broader concept.

• Human sexualityRelated: Attraction is one dimension of sexuality, distinct from identity labels and behavior.

• Magnus HirschfeldRelated: Hirschfeld studied variations in desire and argued against treating same-sex attraction as a disease.

• Kinsey ReportsRelated: The reports' findings on same-sex experience are often discussed as evidence about orientation, but the concepts are not interchangeable.

• PedophiliaCompared with: Pedophilia describes an atypical age-directed interest, not an orientation category equivalent to those based on adult partners.

• Sex researchRelated: Research distinguishes patterns of attraction from behavior and identity.

• Sexual stimulationCompared with: Orientation describes patterns of attraction, not a response to a particular stimulus.

• BisexualityNarrower topic: Bisexuality is one orientation within this broader dimension of human experience.

• CunnilingusRelated: The practice does not determine anyone's sexual orientation.

• Interpersonal attractionCompared with: Orientation describes patterns across people, not a specific interpersonal bond.

• Sexual and reproductive healthRelated: It is one aspect of sexuality, not a measure of sexual health or a health condition.

• Foot fetishismCompared with: An interest in feet describes a focus of arousal, not necessarily a person's broader orientation.

• Adolescent sexualityRelated: Adolescence is a common period for recognizing or exploring patterns of attraction.

• AromanticismRelated: Sexual orientation is distinct from romantic orientation and can vary independently.

• EphebophiliaCompared with: Age-based attraction is not generally treated as an orientation category in standard clinical classifications.

• HebephiliaCompared with: Hebephilia concerns developmental stage, not the gender of those someone is attracted to.

• PansexualityNarrower topic: Pansexuality is one specific sexual orientation.

• Hand fetishismCompared with: Hand fetishism describes a focus of erotic interest, not whom someone is attracted to.

• History of human sexualityRelated: Historical sources classify desire differently from modern orientation categories.

• Non-penetrative sexRelated: Non-penetrative activity can be part of relationships across orientations.

• Transgender pornographyRelated: A performer's gender identity does not determine their sexual orientation, despite common category-based assumptions.

• TribadismCompared with: A sexual practice alone does not determine anyone’s orientation.

• ZoophiliaCompared with: Zoophilia is classified differently from orientations describing attraction to consenting people.