- state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-be-
ing related to sexuality
- not just the absence of disease, dysfunction, or illness
WHO definition of sexual health - requires a positive approach
- pleasurable and safe sexual experiences
- free of coercion, discrimination, and violence
- sexual rights must be respected, protected, and fulfilled
- genetic and biological characteristics
sex
- sexual anatomy and sexual behaviour
- psychological and socio-cultural characteristics associat-
ed with sex
gender
- "being male, female, or some other gender such as
trans"
gender roles the ways that males and females are expected to behave
- behaviour that produces arousal and increases the
chance of orgasm
sexual behaviour
- behaviour defined as sexual by individuals and/or
groups
complex, socially and individually, determined sexual
sexuality
thoughts, feelings, attractions, preferences, and identity
- religion > what is right/wrong (values)
- culture > what "we" do
determinants of sexuality - media > what we are doing now
- research > what others do
- science/medicine > is what we do healthy?
- sources of values/ethics regarding sexuality
- powerful influence on sexual attitudes and behaviours
- provided most information that people had about sex-
uality throughout all of recorded history until about 100
, HLTH 251 UVIC - Test 1 with Answers Rated A
years ago
- each religion has variation on how sexuality is regarded
religion and regulated
- impact on Canadians: views on homosexuality and abor-
tion
- scientific study of sexuality began in the 19th century, still
influenced by religion
- occurs with historical and social contexts
- early science operated within Victorian social norms
(rigid and oppressive)
- 20th century > major breakthroughs in scientific under-
science standing of sex, massive surveys conducted about human
sexual behaviour across US, Britain, and France
- constructing meaning and looking for it in data
- interdisciplinary; biology, psychology, sociology, anthro-
pology, physiology
- studies in Canada over past two decades considering
social class, geographic region, and ethnic groups
sexual identity other-focused
gender identity self-focused
a devious and insincere world in which middle class hus-
bands slaked their lust by keeping mistresses, frequenting
repressive aspect of Victorian culture norms as defined by prostitutes, or molesting children, while their wives, timid,
Peter Gay dutiful, obedient, were sexually anesthetic and poured all
their capacity for love into their housekeeping and their
child-rearing
- forerunner of modern sex research
- objective and tolerant for the era
Henry Havelock Ellis
- sexual reformer; believed that sexual variations from
the norm are often harmless and urged society to accept