Gender identity is defined as the gender with which a person identifies or is certain he or she is. It should be noted that just because an individual may physically appear to be one gender, it does not mean that he/she feels he/she belongs to the gender he/she appears to be. For example, a person who physically appears to be a woman and contains all female reproductive organs and body composition may claim to be a man with the wrong gender body. Gender identity is often shaped by social and cultural influences. It is therefore no wonder that people who identify with a different gender than the one society has tried to imprint in their minds feel confused or rejected. The gender a person is sexually attracted to determines their sexual orientation. There are some labels commonly used in today's cultures that explain sexual orientation, such as “straight” (heterosexual), “gay” (homosexual), and bisexual. It is also critical to recognize the differences between gender identity and sexual orientation. An individual may identify as male and may be sexually attracted to women. Therefore, this individual's gender identity is male, while his sexual orientation is heterosexual, meaning he is sexually attracted to the opposite gender. Just as theorists also believe that these disorders are due to a particular fixation that an individual may have in a phase of psychosexual development. A fear known as castration anxiety is said to be important in maintaining abnormal behavior in individuals suffering from exhibitionism, voyeurism and pedophilia. To explain this, a man may be afraid of losing his masculinity or sexual functioning and views the act of normal heterosexual intercourse as a risk that may make his fear come true. So, to prove to himself that he is masculine, he exposes his genitals to reluctant strangers (most commonly