Articles by Esti Ahronovitz

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You Are Who You Sleep With
Esti Ahronovitz - Haaretz, 2 May 2011

Today, people form identities based on sexual orientation, but it wasn’t always that way. Why is it so important now and why has contemporary research focused only on homosexuality? Lisa Diamond, a developmental psychologist at the University of Utah, describes cases of women who were completely straight and lived their lives with a husband and children. But after they were helped by a close girl friend during a crisis the intimate feelings between them were transformed into sexual attraction. Such stories are less common among men, and male gays generally know that they are so inclined from an early age.

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