Human sexuality

The complexity of sexual behaviors in humans is produced by our high intelligence and complex societies, rather than being governed almost entirely by instinct as in most other animals. However, instinct remains the main driver of human sexual behavior, even if its form and expression is dependent on culture and personal choice; this leads to a highly complex range of sexual behaviors.

Human sexuality has aspects relating to health, pleasure, and social interactions such as legal and religious taboos.

• Sexual development
  • Child sexuality
  • Puberty
• Sexual preference / Sexual orientation
  • Bisexuality
  • Heterosexuality
  • Homosexuality
• Sex organs
  • Male --Penis, Testicles, Prostate
  • Female -- Vulva (notably the Clitoris), Vagina (notably the Cervix), Uterus, Fallopian tubes, Ovaries
• Female sexual physiology:
  • Menstruation
  • Pregnancy
  • Childbirth
  • Lactation
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• Sexual behavior
  • Sexual arousal
  • Masturbation
  • Sexual intercourse
  • Oral sex
  • Anal sex
  • Group sex
  • Cyber sex
  • Fisting and handballing
  • Exhibitionism and Voyeurism
  • Frottage
• Safer sex
• Sex education
• Birth control
• Contraception
• Eroticism
• Homophobia
• Sexually transmitted diseases
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome(AIDS). Caused by the HIV virus.
  • Herpes
  • Syphilis
  • Gonorrhea
  • Genital warts
• Sexology
  • Paraphilias/ Fetish (Some may be considered sex crimes in various jurisdictions)
  • S&M
  • BDSM
  • Erotic spanking
  • Bondage
  • Swinging

• Artistic depiction of sex
  • Erotica
  • Pornography

• Prostitution

• Religious and cultural views of sexual morality.

• Sex crime
  • Rape or sexual assualt
  • Sexual harassment
  • Child sexual abuse or molestation
  • Child pornography
  • Various Paraphilias/Fetishes, depending on the jurisdiction.
  • Incest
  • Lust murder

See also: abortion, Age of consent, sexism, Gender and sexuality studies, gender paradigm, Marriage, flirting

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