Examples of sexuality in the following topics:
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- "Human sexuality" refers to people's sexual interest in and attraction to others; it is the capacity to have erotic or sexual feelings and experiences.
- It is also distinct from—although it shapes—sexual orientation, or one's emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex or gender.
- Each society, however, interprets sexuality and sexual activity in different ways.
- This supervision placed more regulations on sexuality and sexual behaviors.
- With the advent of patriarchal societies, gender roles around sexuality became much more stringent, and sexual norms began focusing on sexual possessiveness and the control of female sexuality.
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- Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
- Different cultures vary in regard to these norms, including how they understand and perceive sexuality; how they influence the artistic expression of sexual beauty ; how they understand gender norms related to sexuality; and how they interpret and/or judge particular sexual behaviors, such as homosexuality .
- This supervision placed more regulations on sexuality and sexual behaviors.
- With the advent of patriarchal societies, gender roles around sexuality became much more stringent, and sexual norms began focusing on sexual possessiveness and the control of female sexuality.
- Media serves to perpetuate a number of social scripts about sexual relationships and the sexual roles of men and women, many of which have been shown to have both empowering and problematic effects on people's (and especially women's) developing sexual identities and sexual attitudes.
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- "Human sexuality" refers to people's sexual interest in and attraction to others, and the capacity to have erotic or sexual feelings and experiences.
- Sexuality has biological, emotional, and sociocultural aspects, all of which can influence various sexual disorders and diseases.
- Sexual desire disorders, or decreased libido, are characterized by a lack or absence of desire for sexual activity or of sexual fantasies.
- The condition may have started after a period of normal sexual functioning or the person may always have had low or no sexual desire.
- In the revisions to the DSM-5, sexual desire and arousal disorders in females were combined into female sexual interest/arousal disorder.
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- Sexual orientation, or a person's emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex (male or female), influences their sexual motivation.
- Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
- A person's sexual orientation is their emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex (male or female).
- People can be celibate and still recognize their sexual orientation.
- While research has examined the possible genetic, hormonal, developmental, social, and cultural influences on sexual orientation, there has been no evidence that links sexual orientation to one factor (APA, 2008).
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- A person's sexual orientation is their emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex or gender.
- A person's sexual orientation is their emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex or gender.
- Sexual orientation can be defined in many ways.
- "Asexuality" refers to having no sexual attraction to any sex/gender.
- Sexuality researcher Alfred Kinsey was among the first to conceptualize sexuality as a continuum rather than a strict dichotomy of gay or straight.
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- Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
- Based on the pleasure model of sexual motivation, the increased sexual pleasure that occurs following oxytocin release may encourage motivation to engage in future sexual activities.
- The relationship between hormones and female sexual motivation is not as well understood, largely due to the overemphasis on male sexuality in Western research.
- Sexual motivation can be measured using a variety of different techniques, including self-report measures such as the Sexual Desire Inventory.
- Sexual motivation can also be implicitly examined through frequency of sexual behavior.
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- The biology of human sexuality includes the reproductive system and the sexual response cycle, as well as the factors that affect them.
- The biological aspects of human sexuality include the reproductive system, the sexual response cycle, and the neurological and hormonal factors that affect these processes.
- Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
- The sexual response cycle is a model that describes the physiological responses that take place during sexual activity.
- It controls nerves and muscles used during sexual behavior.
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- "Human sexuality" refers to people's sexual interest in and attraction to others, as well as their capacity to have erotic experiences and responses.
- People's sexual orientation is their emotional and sexual attraction to particular sexes or genders, which often shapes their sexuality.
- The biological and physical aspects of sexuality largely concern the human reproductive functions, including the human sexual-response cycle and the basic biological drive that exists in all species.
- Social aspects deal with the effects of human society on one's sexuality, while spirituality concerns an individual's spiritual connection with others through sexuality.
- Sexuality also impacts and is impacted by cultural, political, legal, philosophical, moral, ethical, and religious aspects of life.
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- Latency (6-12 years of age): During this stage, sexual instincts subside, and children begin to further develop the superego, or conscience.
- Genital (12+ years of age): During this stage, sexual impulses reemerge.
- If other stages have been successfully met, adolescents engage in appropriate sexual behavior, which may lead to marriage and childbirth.
- Second, many believed his work was too focused on human sexuality, especially his focus on the Oedipus complex and children's sexual desire for parents.
- Finally, supporters of feminist theory believe Freud's theory to be sexist and overly reliant upon a male perspective (for example, his belief that girls developed sexual libido due to "penis envy").
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- During puberty, an adolescent experiences a period of rapid physical growth that culminates in sexual maturity.
- Puberty is the period of several years in which rapid physical growth and psychological changes occur, culminating in sexual maturity.
- Secondary sex characteristics, on the other hand, are physical signs of sexual maturation that do not directly involve sex organs.
- The testes primarily release testosterone, and the ovaries release estrogen; the production of these hormones increases gradually until sexual maturation is met.
- Some studies show that boys who mature earlier tend to be more popular and independent but are also at a greater risk for substance abuse and early sexual activity (Flannery, Rowe, & Gulley, 1993; Kaltiala-Heino, Rimpela, Rissanen, & Rantanen, 2001).