1.
A person’s ~ is their sexual feelings.
In Britain, the growing discussion of women’s ~ raised its own disquiet.
N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N
2.
You can refer to a person’s ~ when you are talking about whether they are sexually attracted to people of the same sex or a different sex.
He believes he has been discriminated against because of his ~.
N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N