A report on Human sexuality
Way people experience and express themselves sexually.
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Homosexuality
7 linksRomantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.
Romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.
While some people believe that homosexual activity is unnatural, scientific research shows that homosexuality is a normal and natural variation in human sexuality and is not in and of itself a source of negative psychological effects.
Human sexual activity
4 linksHuman sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality.
Sexual arousal
7 linksSexual arousal (also known as sexual excitement) describes the physiological and psychological responses in preparation for sexual intercourse or when exposed to sexual stimuli.
Sexual arousal (also known as sexual excitement) describes the physiological and psychological responses in preparation for sexual intercourse or when exposed to sexual stimuli.
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson conducted multiple studies into human sexuality.
Sexual orientation
5 linksEnduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.
Enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.
In 2012, the Pan American Health Organization (the North and South American branch of the World Health Organization) released a statement cautioning against services that purport to "cure" people with non-heterosexual sexual orientations as they lack medical justification and represent a serious threat to the health and well-being of affected people, and noted that the global scientific and professional consensus is that homosexuality is a normal and natural variation of human sexuality and cannot be regarded as a pathological condition.
Clitoris
4 linksFemale sex organ present in mammals, ostriches and a limited number of other animals.
Female sex organ present in mammals, ostriches and a limited number of other animals.
The clitoris is the human female's most sensitive erogenous zone and generally the primary anatomical source of human female sexual pleasure.
Alfred Kinsey
3 linksAmerican biologist, professor of entomology and zoology, and sexologist who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.
American biologist, professor of entomology and zoology, and sexologist who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.
Kinsey's research on human sexuality, foundational to the field of sexology, provoked controversy in the 1940s and 1950s.
Eroticism
1 linksEroticism is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love.
Kinsey Reports
3 linksThe Kinsey Reports are two scholarly books on human sexual behavior, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), written by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy, Clyde Martin, and (for Sexual Behavior in the Human Female) Paul Gebhard and published by W.B. Saunders.
The Kinsey Reports are two scholarly books on human sexual behavior, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), written by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy, Clyde Martin, and (for Sexual Behavior in the Human Female) Paul Gebhard and published by W.B. Saunders.
The two best-selling books were immediately controversial, both within the scientific community and the general public, because they challenged conventional beliefs about sexuality and discussed subjects that had previously been taboo.
Sexual attraction
3 linksAttraction on the basis of sexual desire or the quality of arousing such interest.
Attraction on the basis of sexual desire or the quality of arousing such interest.
Human sexuality has many aspects.
Masturbation
2 linksSexual stimulation of one's own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm.
Sexual stimulation of one's own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm.
The sexual stimulation of one's own genitals has been interpreted variously by different religions, the subject of legislation, social controversy, activism, as well as intellectual study in sexology.