Understanding the Self

HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIORS

Prepared by
Gil Angelo E.Villaluz
BS - Biology
 WHAT IS SEXUAL BEHAVIOR?
It refers to a broad spectrum of behavior in which humans display their
sexuality.

These behavioral expressions contains both biological elements and

cultural influences and involves sexual arousal.

Sexual behavior ranges from the solitary such as: masturbation,

autoerotic stimulation to partnered sex; intercourse, oral sex, non-
penetrative sex etc. that is engage in periodically.

Sexual behavior can also involve behavior that is aimed at arousing desire
in potential partners (courtship displays or rituals) or behavior aimed at
enhancing sexual experiences.

Gil Angelo E. Villaluz

BS Biology
PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF SEXUAL
BEHAVIOR & MOTIVATION

Sexual behavior and motivation comes from

animal research.
The hypothalamus plays an important role in
motivated behaviors, and sex is no exception.
In fact, lesions to an area of the hypothalamus
called “ the medial preoptic area” completely
disrupt a male rat’s ability to engage in sexual
behavior.

Gil Angelo E. Villaluz

BS Biology
 SEXUAL ORIENTATION
A person’s sexual orientation is their emotional and erotic
attraction towards another individual. While the majority
of people identify as heterosexual, there is a sizable
population of people within the united states who identify
as either homosexual or bisexual. Research suggest that
somewhere between 3 % and 10 % of the population
identifies as homosexual.

Gil Angelo E. Villaluz

BS Biology
 MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT
SEXUAL ORIENTATION

Research has made clear that sexual orientation

is not a choice, but rather it is a relatively stable
characteristic of a person that cannot be changed.

Gil Angelo E. Villaluz

BS Biology
 GENDER IDENTITY
 Refers to one’s sense of being male or female.
Generally our gender identities correspond to our
chromosomal and phenotypic sex, but this is not
always the case.
 When individuals do not feel comfortable
identifying with the gender associated with their
biological sex, then they experience gender
*dysphoria*.

 Gender dysphoria is diagnostic category in

the 5th edition of the DIAGNOSTIC AND
STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL
DISORDERS that describes individuals who
do not identify as the gender that most people
would assume they are.
Gil Angelo E. Villaluz
BS Biology
 CULTURAL FACTORS IN SEXUAL
ORIENTATION & GENDER IDENTITY
Issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity are
very much influenced by sociocultural factors.
 Even the ways in which we define sexual orientation and
gender vary from one culture to the next.

Gil Angelo E. Villaluz

BS Biology
 SEXOLOG
Y
 unnatural sexual behavior experienced by some people who experience sexual
deviations or called paraphilias.

PARAPHILIA
S
 are sexual feelings or behavior that may involve sexual partners who are not
human, without permission, or that involve suffering or torture by one or both
partners.

Gil Angelo E. Villaluz

BS Biology
 10 TYPES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR DEVIATION
1. EXHIBITIONISM- is a gay and lesbians who
like showing sex organs to others who do not
want to see it.

2. FETISHISM- people with this disorder

achieve sexual satisfaction by using non-human
objects
Gil Angelo E. Villaluz
BS Biology
10 TYPES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR DEVIATION

3.FROTTEURISME- people with this order often rub his

genital organs to others who do not want it.

4.PEDOPHILIA- involves sexual activity with young

children, generally under the age of 13.

5.SEXUAL MASOCHISM- is a
term used for certain sexual
disorders, that which also has a
wider usage applying pain to
oneself to obtain pleasure.

Gil Angelo E. Villaluz

BS Biology
 10 TYPES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR DEVIATION
6.SEXUAL SADISM- an individual sadism achieve
sexual gratification by hurting other people
7.TRANSVESTIC
FETISHISM- these orders
are characterized by
heterosexual men who wear
women’s clothes in order to
achieve sexual response

8. VOYEURISM- is a
paraphilia in which a person
finds sexual pleasure by
watching or peeping men
naked, undressing or having
sex. Gil Angelo E. Villaluz
BS Biology
 10 TYPES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR DEVIATION

9.ZOOPHILIA- is a term that

describes sexual feelings or behaviors
involving animals.

10.NECKROPHILIA- is a term that describes sexual

feelings or behaviors involving the body of the dead.

Gil Angelo E. Villaluz

BS Biology