Human sexuality - Social aspects - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Human Sexuality: Encyclopedia - Human Sexuality
Human sexuality refers to the expression of sexual sensation and related intimacy between human beings, as well as the expression of iden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Sexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Sexuality - Social Aspects
Human sexuality can also be understood as part of the social life of humans, governed by implied rules of behavior and the status quo. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Sexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Sexuality - Society And Politics
Human sexuality - Sex education. Sex education is the component of education, typically pre-university/college level, which involves in...   » Read the article

Article - Dharma: Hinduism Dharma
Dharma Dharma is a very complicated word, for which there is no equivalent word in any other language, including English. Dharma actuall...   » Read the article

Article - Purusharthas: Dharma, Artha, Karma And Moksha - The Purusharthas
Purusharthas, Dharma, Artha, Karma and Moksha Purusha means human being and artha means object or objective. Purusharthas means objectiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choice And Sexual Orientation: Encyclopedia - Choice And Sexual Orientation
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex: Encyclopedia - Sex
Sex, in the scope of this article and category, refers to the male and female duality of biology and reproduction. The somewhat similar t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Sexuality: Encyclopedia - Child Sexuality
Child and youth sexuality refers to sexual behavior and activity among children. In many European countries, notably the Scandinavian cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Selection: Encyclopedia - Artificial Selection
In the theory of evolution, artificial selection is the process of intentional or unintentional modification of a species through human a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia - Zoophilia
Zoophilia (from the Greek Zoon, "animal", and Philia, "friendship" or "love") is a paraphilia, defined as an affinity or sexual attractio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bi-curious: Encyclopedia - Bi-curious
Someone who is bi-curious has a sexual orientation, behavior, or self-identification, which is close to but not quite entirely heterosexu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virgin: Encyclopedia - Virgin
In its most general sense, virginity is characterized by a state of unimpacted purity, usually stemming from a lack of experience (for ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Abstinence: Encyclopedia - Sexual Abstinence
Sexual abstinence is the practice of voluntarily refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity. Common reasons to deliberately a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia - Human
Humans or human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the mammalian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia - Homosexuality
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commodity Fetishism: Encyclopedia - Commodity Fetishism
In Marxist theory, commodity fetishism is an inauthentic state of social relations, said to arise in complex capitalist market systems, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bisexuality: Encyclopedia - Bisexuality
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sadism And Masochism: Encyclopedia - Sadism And Masochism
Sadism is the sexual pleasure or gratification in the infliction of pain and suffering upon another person. The word is derived from the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion And Sexual Orientation: Encyclopedia - Religion And Sexual Orientation
Different cultures, time periods, and belief systems have diverse variations in their opinions on the morality of homosexuality, bisexual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Therianthropy: Encyclopedia - Therianthropy
Therianthropy is a generic term for any transformation of a human into another animal form, or for a being which displays both human and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Health: Encyclopedia - Health
Defined negatively, health is the absence of illness, functionally, as the ability to cope with everyday activities, or positively, as fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia - Rape
Rape is a crime where the victim is forced into sexual activity, in particular sexual penetration, against his or her will. The word orig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hedonism: Encyclopedia - Hedonism
Hedonism (Greek: hēdonē "pleasure" + –ism) describes any way of thinking that gives pleasure a central role. Hedonism can be generall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anger: Encyclopedia - Anger
Acceptance Anger Anticipation Boredom Disgust Envy Fear Guilt Hate Hope Joy Jealousy Love Remorse Sadness Sorrow Surprise Anger is a term...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Attraction: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Attraction - Common Elements Of Sexual Attraction In Humans
Typically, sexual attraction refers to a person being drawn to another in order to have a sexual relationship. The concrete meaning of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Attraction: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Attraction - Common Elements Of Sexual Attraction In Humans
Typically, sexual attraction refers to a person being drawn to another in order to have a sexual relationship. The concrete meaning of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Sexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Sexuality - The United States Today
There is little agreement in US society about what is age-appropriate sexual behavior for children, except that it must not be abusive. R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Sexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Sexuality - Conclusions
Due to the socially defined nature of human behavior it is difficiult to scientifically define what "normal" child sexuality would be. Be...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cathari: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Cathari
CATHARI In 12th Century France, the Cathars were also known as the Albigensians, elsewhere sometimes equated only slightly less accura...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rape And Punishment
Rape - Punishment of assailants. Most societies consider rape to be a grave offense, and punish it accordingly. Punishment for rape in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rape And Punishment
Rape - Punishment of assailants. Most societies consider rape to be a grave offense, and punish it accordingly. Punishment for rape in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Attraction: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Attraction - Other Aspects
Many people exhibit high levels of sexual fetishism, and are sexually aroused by other stimuli not normally associated with sexual arousa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Attraction: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Attraction - Other Aspects
Many people exhibit high levels of sexual fetishism, and are sexually aroused by other stimuli not normally associated with sexual arousa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Orientation: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Orientation - Sexual Orientation Identity And Behavior
Some examples may help clarify the distinctions between orientation or desire, identity, and behavior: People of any sexual orientation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Orientation: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Orientation - Alternative Sexual Orientations
Some people (often labeled "bisexuals") label themselves pansexual, in that they are attracted to people who don't fit in a clearly defin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex - Sex Among Humans
In humans, sex is conventionally perceived as a dichotomous state or identity for most biological and social purposes, such that a person...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Orientation: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Orientation - Demographics Of Sexual Orientation
Main article: Demographics of sexual orientation The multiple aspects of sexual orientation and the boundary-drawing problems already des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Abstinence: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Abstinence - Premarital Chastity
Main article: Chastity Many religious and ethical systems proscribe sexual activities between a person and anyone other than a spouse of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Institution: Encyclopedia Ii - Institution - Aspects Of Institutions
Although individual, formal organizations, commonly identified as "institutions," may be deliberately and intentionally created by people...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Differentiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Differentiation - Psychological And Behavioral Differentiation In Humans
Human adults and children show many psychological and behavioral sex differences, both dichotomous and dimorphic. Some (e.g., dress) are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Zoophiles
Zoophilia - Zoophilia as a lifestyle. Separate from those whose interest is curiosity, pornography, or sexual novelty, are those for wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Zoophiles
Zoophilia - Zoophilia as a lifestyle. Separate from those whose interest is curiosity, pornography, or sexual novelty, are those for wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Abstinence: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Abstinence - Abstinence
Lifelong (or at least long-term) abstinence, often associated with religious ascetism, is distinguished from chastity before marriage. Ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Fetishism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Fetishism - Modern Theories Of Fetishism
Although Freud's theory on fetishes may seem peculiar and was based on anecdotal rather than empirical evidence, he had discovered a crit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Differentiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Differentiation - Hormonal Differentiation
In a male fetus, testes produce steroid and protein hormones essential for internal and external anatomic differentiation. Leydig cells b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Constructionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Constructionism - Social Constructionism In Sociology And Cultural Studies
Berger and Luckman's work has been influential in the sociology of knowledge, including the sociology of science, where Karin Knorr-Cetin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Condom: Encyclopedia Ii - Condom - Religious Attitudes Towards Use Of Condoms
Condoms and other mechanisms of contraception, along with abortion, are condemned by the Roman Catholic Church, some Christian denominati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
For much of human history, sexually transmitted diseases have been the scourge of humanity. They raged unchecked through society until th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Condom: Encyclopedia Ii - Condom - Religious Attitudes Towards Use Of Condoms
Condoms and other mechanisms of contraception, along with abortion, are condemned by the Roman Catholic Church, some conservative Protest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Intersex Surgery: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Intersex Surgery - Triumph Of Infant Surgery And Nurture Over Nature
By the 1960s, the young specialties of pediatric surgery and pediatric urology at children's hospitals were universally admired for bring...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual features of a social group, including ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Etymology And Usage
The word homosexual translates literally as "same-sex," being a hybrid of the Greek prefix homo- meaning "same" and the Latin root sex- m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autistic Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Autistic Culture - Is Autistic Culture A Real Culture?
Many features of what are commonly called cultures are visible in the autistic culture. There are shared beliefs, organisations, language...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Money: Encyclopedia Ii - John Money - Sexual Identity Gender Identity And Gender Roles
Money's definition of gender is based upon on his understanding of sex differences among human beings. According to Money, the fact that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commodity Fetishism: Encyclopedia Ii - Commodity Fetishism - Marx's Argument
People within capitalist societies find their material life organized through the medium of commodities. They trade their labor-power (wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hate Speech: Encyclopedia Ii - Hate Speech - Legal Aspects In The United States And Elsewhere
In the United States, government is broadly forbidden by the First Amendment of the Constitution from restricting speech. Jurists general...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Perspectives On Zoophilia
Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives. DSM-III-R (APA, 1987) stated that sexual contact with animals is almost never a cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Perspectives On Zoophilia
Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives. DSM-III-R (APA, 1987) stated that sexual contact with animals is almost never a cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Some Aspects Of Rape
Rape - Drugging. Hypnotic agents such as flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) and GHB, colloquially referred to as "date rape drugs," have been use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Sp's Three Angles Of Research
Social psychology attempts to understand the relationship between minds, groups, and behaviors in three general ways. First, it tries to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Some Aspects Of Rape
Rape - Drugging. Hypnotic agents such as flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) and GHB, colloquially referred to as "date rape drugs," have been use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Angles Of Research
Social psychology attempts to understand the relationship between minds, groups, and behaviors in three general ways. First, it tries to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Social Community
Whether there is such a thing as a "zoophile community", in the same sense as the gay community or any other alternative lifestyle commun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Social Community
Whether there is such a thing as a "zoophile community", in the same sense as the gay community or any other alternative lifestyle commun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sex In Various Cultures
History of sex - The West. In ancient Greece, the phallus was an object of worship as a symbol of fertility. This finds expression in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Terminology
In general, the word "people" is a collective or plural term for any specific group of individual persons. However, when used to refer to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Main articles: Culture of human beings and Culture Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual features of a social group, including ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexandra Kollontai: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexandra Kollontai - Revolutionary Career
At the time of the split in the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party into the Mensheviks under Julius Martov and the Bolsheviks under V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Culture And Gender Roles
Ideas of appropriate behaviour according to gender vary among cultures and era, although some aspects receive more widespread attention t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sadism And Masochism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sadism And Masochism - The Psychology Of S&m
The terms sadism and masochism were first used consistently to describe these behaviors by the German psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sex In Various Cultures
History of sex - The West. In ancient Greece, the phallus was an object of worship as a symbol of fertility. This finds expression in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asian Fetish: Encyclopedia Ii - Asian Fetish - Physical Anthropology
One line of reasoning about the sexual attraction of Asian women has been developed by the German anthropologists, led by Rainer Knußman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Differentiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Differentiation - Defeminization And Masculinization Female As The Default Path
Sexual differentiation in mammals is biased towards developing as a female, so that it is often said that female is the default developme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Marriage - Rights And Obligations
Typically, marriage is the institution through which people join together their lives in emotional and economic ways through forming a ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Marriage - Rights And Obligations Relating To Marriage
Typically, marriage is the institution through which people join together their lives in emotional and economic ways through forming a ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Terminology
In general, the word "people" is a collective or plural term for any specific group of individual persons. However, when used to refer to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Religion And Sex
Although not the case in every culture, most religious practices contain taboos or fetishes in regard to sex, sex organs and the reproduc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Descent Of Man And Selection In Relation To Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - The Descent Of Man And Selection In Relation To Sex - Later Debates
While debates on the subject continues, in January 1871 Darwin started on another book, using left over material on emotional expressions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Marriage - Marriage Today In Belgium The Netherlands Canada Spain
These countries have the particular possibility that same-sex couples as well as opposite sex couples may engage in marriage. Although sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Marriage - Marriage Today In Belgium, The Netherlands, Canada, Spain
These countries have the particular possibility that same-sex couples as well as opposite sex couples may engage in marriage. Although sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexuality And Gender Identity-based Cultures: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexuality And Gender Identity-based Cultures - Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity-based Cultures Lgbt
Sexual minorities defined by sexual orientation and gender identity — gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people — are often se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Friendship: Encyclopedia Ii - Friendship - Non-personal Friendships
Although the term initially described relations between individuals, it is at times used for political purposes to describe relations bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kim Stanley Robinson: Encyclopedia Ii - Kim Stanley Robinson - Criticisms
Robinson's writings explore political ideas which contain many elements of socialism and green politics, as well as many alternative life...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedophile Activism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedophile Activism - Views And Strategies Of Pedophile Activists
In 1989, the sociologist Mary DeYoung reviewed the literature published by pedophile organizations for public dissemination. She found th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Marriage - Unique Practices
Some parts of India follow a custom in which the groom is required to marry with an auspicious plant called Tulsi before a second marriag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Marriage - Romantic Marriage And Pragmatic Marriage
Marriage - Pragmatic marriage. A Pragmatic (or 'Arranged') marriage that is facilitated by formal procedures of family or group politic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender - Etymology And Usage
Gender comes from Middle English gendre, from Latin genus, all meaning "kind", "sort", or "type". Ultimately from the proto Indo European...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Intersex Surgery: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Intersex Surgery - Nature Back On Top: Surgeons Go From Hero To Villain In 3 Years
By 1990, biological factors were being reported for a wide variety of human behaviors and personality characteristics. The idea that cult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Socialism - Socialism And The Mixed Economy
As remarked above, some self-described socialists, especially those who identify as social democrats, but also including (for example) th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Biology - Overview
Philosophy of biology today has become a very visible, well-organized discipline -- with its own journals, conferences, and professional ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Marriage - Types Of Marriages
The type and functions of marriage vary from culture to culture. Marriage - Western world. In the Americas and Europe, in the 21st cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marvin Opler: Encyclopedia Ii - Marvin Opler - Publications
Marvin Opler was a prolific writer and some of his publications are listed below. Marvin Opler - On Anthropology. With R. Linton, Accu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender - Etymology And Usage
Gender comes from Middle English gendre, from Latin genus, all meaning "kind", "sort", or "type". Ultimately from the proto Indo European...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanist Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanist Movement - Books
Humanist Movement - Humanise the earth Humanizar la tierra by Silo. A three-part work comprising The inner look, The internal landscape...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical And Cultural Perspectives On Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical And Cultural Perspectives On Zoophilia - Zoophilia Through History
Historical and cultural perspectives on zoophilia - Ancient Greek and Roman. Prehistoric man probably was not bound by any self-image ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Therianthropy: Encyclopedia Ii - Therianthropy - Modern Subcultural Use Of The Term
Therianthropy - Description and origins. In recent times, a subculture has developed that has adopted the word therianthropy to describ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Therianthropy: Encyclopedia Ii - Therianthropy - Modern Subcultural Use Of The Term
Therianthropy - Description and origins. In recent times, a subculture has developed that has adopted the word therianthropy to describ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Sexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Sexuality - Cultural And Psychiatric Aspects
Human sexual behavior in most individuals is typically influenced, if not largely determined, by norms from the culture in which the indi...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - H
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - H . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article