Human sexuality

sexuality is ittogether behaviors who relate to the satisfaction of the sexual instinct. sexuality has many aspects which enter sometimes in conflict: procreation, health, it pleasure, but also aspects relational and social, legal, moral or religious interdicts, etc.

The science which studies human sexuality and its disorders is sexology

Synopsis

Sexual orientations

sexual orientation described a dominant sexual attraction towards a type of anybody, animal, object or behavior, according to certain precise criteria (sex, age, appearance, etc.).

Principal orientations

sexual orientation most frequent is itheterosexuality, i.e. majority sexual attraction towards the opposite sex. Until worms medium of , it was the only allowed orientation as being "in the standard" by the majority of the human societies, the others being qualified as well as possible disease, at worst of perversion. The people not being in the standard were often victims ofostracism or of persecutions. There were however some exceptions in certain civilizations - to see for example the historical part of the article Pederasty.

Nowadays, sexual orientation towards the same sex as oneself, i.e. it, is more and more commonly allowed like quite as normal as the heterosexuality, especially in the Western companies. (In other company, it remains regarded as perverse or illegal, even punished of dead). By extension, the same applies to bisexuality, or attraction towards the two sexes. In addition, itAsexuality, which indicates the fact of not having any sexual attraction, is recognized more and more like a normal orientation. We can add also here the transexuality, attraction towards the same sex as oneself all while saying and feeling internally opposed sex.


Other sexual orientations and attractions

Other sexual attractions that five quoted above, which can sometimes be described as orientation when they are in a majority at a person, are accepted with difficulty still today, for various reasons. They are generally classified in paraphilies. Some are considered deviating or perverse in our current Western companies: according to the legislations, their implementation can be regarded as punishable or criminal.

See too paraphilie and category:practical sexual.

Identity of kind

Sexual problems

Birth control

Education

Practical sexual

Dependent trade

See too

 

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