Outline of human sexuality
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to human sexuality:
Human sexuality is the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses.[1] Human sexuality can also refer to the way one person is sexually attracted to another person of the opposite sex (heterosexuality), the same sex (homosexuality), or having both tendencies (bisexuality). The lack of sexual attraction is referred to as asexuality.[2] Human sexuality impacts cultural, political, legal and philosophical aspects of life, as well as being widely connected to issues of morality, ethics, theology, spirituality, or religion. It is not, however, directly tied to gender.[citation needed]
History of human sexuality
[edit]- By period
- By region
- By subject
Types of human sexuality
[edit]- By sex
- By age
- By region
Sexual orientation
[edit]- Sexual attraction –
- Heterosexuality – sexually attracted to the opposite sex.
- Homosexuality – sexually attracted to the same sex.
- Bisexuality – having both homosexual and heterosexual tendencies.
- Asexuality – not sexually attracted to either sex.
- Demographics of sexual orientation
Other sex-related identities
[edit]Types of sexual activity
[edit]- Partnered
- Foreplay
- Non-penetrative sex
- Sexual penetration
- Erotic massage – rubbing all over, with or without oil.
- Intercrural sex – (interfemoral sex) when one partner places a phallic object or penis between the other partner's thighs.
- Intergluteal sex – when one partner places a phallic object or penis into the other partner's buttock cleavage or gluteal cleft.
- Mammary intercourse – when one partner rubs a phallic object or penis between the partner's breasts.
- Stimulation of nipples – stimulating the nipples, usually orally or manually.
- Tribadism – vulva-to-vulva rubbing.
- Frot – penis-to-penis rubbing.
- Manual sex – stimulation of another person's genitalia by using the hands or fingers.
- Handjob – manual stimulation of another person's penis.
- Fingering – manual stimulation of another person's vulva or vagina.
- Anal fingering – manual stimulation of another person's anus.
- Oral sex – stimulation of another person's genitalia by using the mouth, lips, tongue, or teeth.
- Cunnilingus – oral stimulation of another person's vulva.
- Fellatio – oral stimulation of another person's penis.
- Anilingus – oral stimulation of another person's anus.
- Vaginal sex – penetration of one person's vagina with another's penis for sexual stimulation and/or reproduction.
- Anal sex – penetration of one person's anus with another's penis for sexual stimulation.
- Solo
- Autoeroticism
- Sexual fantasy
- Masturbation – stimulation of one's own genitalia.
- Manual masturbation – stimulation of one's own genitalia by using the hands or fingers.
- Fingering – manual stimulation of one's own vulva or vagina.
- Jerking off/wanking – manual stimulation of one's own penis.
- Oral masturbation – stimulation of one's own genitalia by using the mouth, lips, tongue, or teeth (only possible for flexible people or contortionists).
- Autofellatio – oral stimulation of one's own penis.
- Autocunnilingus – oral stimulation of one's own vulva.
- Anal masturbation – stimulation of one's own anus.
- Anal fingering – manual stimulation of one's own anus.
- Autosodomy – insertion of one's own penis into their anus.
- Manual masturbation – stimulation of one's own genitalia by using the hands or fingers.
- Autoeroticism
- Other
- Facial – involves someone ejaculating onto their partner's face.
- Fisting – insertion of a hand into the vagina or rectum.
- Footjob – stimulating another person's genitals with the feet.
- Group sex – sexual activity with more than two people.
- Irrumatio – when the penis is thrust into someone else's mouth; in contrast to fellatio, where the penis is being actively orally excited by a fellator.
- Sumata – type of stimulation of male genitals popular in Japanese brothels: the woman rubs the man's penis with her thighs and labia majora.
- Vanilla sex – sexual activity that is considered normal by society.
- Sex toys – objects used for sexual stimulation.
- Sexual roleplay
- Sexual fetishism
- Sexual slang
- Sex position
- Sexual arousal
- Touch
- Smell
- Sight
- Romantic setting
- Nudity
- Sound
- Related
Physiological events
[edit]- Sexual stimulation
- Sexual arousal
- Male
- Female
- Orgasm
- Insemination
- Pregnancy
Unsorted
[edit]Sexology (science of sex)
[edit]- Sexology – scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behavior, and function. The term does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sex, such as political analysis or social criticism.[3][4]
- Sexuality in older age
- Biology and sexual orientation
- Environment and sexual orientation
- Fraternal birth order and male sexual orientation
- Handedness and sexual orientation
- Neuroscience and sexual orientation
- Prenatal hormones and sexual orientation
- Sexual orientation change efforts
- Sexual orientation hypothesis
- Sexual orientation identity
Sex education
[edit]- Human reproduction
- Body image
- Sexual maturity
- Safe sex
- Postorgasmic illness syndrome
- Medicine
- Sex therapy
- Sexual dysfunction
Philosophy of sex
[edit]Culture
[edit]Legal aspects
[edit]- Laws
- Age of consent
- Criminal transmission of HIV
- Incest
- Obscenity
- Public indecency
- Sexual assault
- Sexual harassment
- Sexual misconduct
- Sexual violence
Sexual assault
[edit]- Rape –
- Sexual harassment
- Sexual abuse
- Child sexual abuse
- Religion and Sexual abuse
- Sexual violence
Religious aspects
[edit]- Sexuality
- Buddhism
- Christianity and sexuality
- Islam
- Judaism
- Taoism and sexuality
- Sexual orientation
- Christianity
- Buddhism
- Islam
- Haitian Vodou
- Hare Krishna movement
- Scientology
- Sikhism
- Unitarian Universalism
- Zoroastrianism
Psychological aspects
[edit]Economic aspects
[edit]- Adult video game
- Sex tourism
- Erotica
- Pornography
- Prostitution
- Sex museum
- Sex shop
- Sex toy
- Strip club
Human sexuality organizations
[edit]- American Institute of Bisexuality
- Arse Elektronika
- BDSM organizations
- Fuck for Forest
- OneTaste
- Sex Addicts Anonymous
- Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
- Sexaholics Anonymous
- Sexual Compulsives Anonymous
- Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health
- Survivors of Incest Anonymous
Literature
[edit]- Manga, Genre: Hentai
- Novels about ephebophilia
- Non-fiction books about prostitution
- Pornographic books
- Pornographic magazines
- Sex manuals
Encyclopedias about sex
[edit]- Encyclopedia of Motherhood
- Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices
- International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
- Queers in History
People
[edit]See also
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- Index of human sexuality articles
- Outline of relationships
- Animal sexual behaviour
- List of strip clubs
- Sexuality in Star Trek
- Sexuality in music videos
- Sexual slang
- African-American culture and sexual orientation
- Ego-dystonic sexual orientation
- Sexual orientation and gender identity at the United Nations
- Sexual orientation and military service
- Sociosexual orientation
- Coitus reservatus
- Eroto-comatose lucidity
- Emergency contraceptive availability by country
- Unsimulated sex in film
- Family planning
- Marriage
- Paraphilia
- Polyamory
- Promiscuity
- Romance (love)
- Sexual abstinence
- Sexual addiction
- Sexual capital
- Sexual ethics
- Sexual inhibition
- Sexual slavery
References
[edit]- ^ "human sexuality". www.definition-of.com. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ University of California, Santa Barbara's SexInfo
- ^ Bullough, V. L. (1989). The society for the scientific study of sex: A brief history. Mt. Vernon, IA: The Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
- ^ Haeberle, E. J. (1983). The birth of sexology: A brief history in documents. World Association for Sexology.
External links
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Human sexuality at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- American Sexuality Magazine
- Glossario di sessuologia clinica – Glossary of clinical sexology
- History of Surveys of Sexual Behavior from Encyclopedia of Behavioral Statistics
- International Encyclopedia of Sexuality full text
- Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. Volume I. World Reference Atlas [full text]
- National Sexuality Resource Center
- Durex Global Sex Survey 2005 at data360.org
- POPLINE is a searchable database of the world's reproductive health literature.
- The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality at the Kinsey Institute
- The Sexuality and Rights Institute Archived 2023-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- The South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality Archived 2023-02-06 at the Wayback Machine