Family orientation and its implication on sexual preference

A person's identity is one of the most important aspects of his personality. This identity will serve as a determining factor in the development of his total person and oftentimes used to describe a person's perception of his or her own sex orientation. The sexual preference has a similar meaning to sexual orientation which is often used interchangeably, though sexual preference suggests a degree of voluntary choice. This study aimed to determine the extent of parents’ influence on a child's sexual preference or orientation. All 746 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration students enrolled for the school year 2017–2018 were the respondents of the study. A self-made structured questionnaire was used in gathering the data. The data gathering tool determined the respondents’ assessment on family orientation and parents’ influence on their sexual preference. This study used the descriptive research design. Simple statistical tools such as frequency (F), percentage (%), mean and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used in the study. Results of the survey show that all 48 families with an LGBT in the family encountered problems with their parents regarding their gender. The fourth year respondents are more vocal in expressing their problems as compared to the lower years. Findings revealed that both father and mother have equal influence on their children regarding gender but 46 respondents stated that their fathers exert more influence on their children while 37 expressed that their mothers have a stronger influence rather than their fathers. The salient features of this study should be considered by the school administration in order to come up with strategies such as conducting seminar, conferences and the like, guidance and counselling for problems regarding the LGBT community in the school may be conducted.