SEXUA

LITY
 WHAT IS
IT?
Sexuality is the set of conditions that characterize
the sex of each person. From the historical-cultural
point of view, it is the set of emotional phenomena,
behavior and practices associated with the search
for sexual emotion, which decisively mark the
human being in each and every one of the
determining phases of its development. For
centuries it was considered that sexuality in
animals, in humans, was instinctive. Theories were
based on this conviction to fix the unnatural forms
of sexuality, including all those practices not
directed at procreation.
WHAT CAN WE CONSIDER IS PART OF
THE CONCEPT OF SEXUALITY?
Understanding that the SEX
sexuality includes all the
activities, thoughts and GENDER
fisiologic functions that GENDER
are asocciated with the
sex of an individual, we IDENTITY
can consider sexuality SEXUAL
includes:
ORIENTATION
SEXUAL
 SEX GEN
Sex is the set of
DER
Gender refers to the roles,
peculiarities that characteristics and
characterize the individuals opportunities defined by
of a species, dividing them society that are considered
into male and female, and appropriate for men,
make possible a women, boys, girls and
reproduction that is people with non-binary
characterized by genetic identities.
diversification.
 GENDER
IDENTITY
Gender identity is the personal
sense of one's own gender.
Gender identity can correlate
with a person's assigned sex or
can differ from it. In most
individuals, the various
biological determinants of sex
are congruent, and consistent
with the individual's gender
identity.
SEXUAL
ORIENTATION
Sexual orientation is an
enduring pattern
of romantic or sexual
attraction (or a combination
of these) to persons of the
opposite sex or gender, the
same sex or gender, or to
both sexes or more than one
gender.
 SEXUAL
PRACTICES
There is a diverse array of
activities that can be classified
as sexual
behavior: masturbation, oral-
genital stimulation (oral sex),
penile-vaginal intercourse
(vaginal sex), and anal
stimulation or anal
intercourse.
 WHAT´S THE RELATION
BETWEEN SEXUALITY
AND
Sexual matters are often A SOCIAL
inadequately explained to persons needing advice,
whatever their age, because of religious beliefs or taboo. The inadequacy of
education of children PROBLEMATIC?
in practical matters of contraception and intercourse is
often based on the belief that this information will encourage promiscuity. Older
women and men may be given insufficient advice by doctors and hospitals.
Contraception is banned in certain countries; abortion is illegal in a great many;
masturbation is usually held to be deviant. Lack of sexual education reinforces
existing taboos and leads to sex by trial and error, possible impotence or lack of
satisfaction, guilt complexes and, where contraceptive advice is lacking,
unwanted pregnancies and abortion because of ignorance. Sexual repression may
lead to sexual violence and deviancy. Anti-authoritarianism among young people