Concept information
Preferred term
sexuality
Definition
- Sexuality as a word was developed to describe a host of biological phenomena. It has also taken on a more specific meaning, indicating an individual's sexual proclivities or identity: “my sexuality.” More recently, however, it has been increasingly used to refer to the historical organization and cultural significance of erotic behavior. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Sexuality]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- affection
- alcohol and sexual assault
- arousal and attraction
- biological systems for courtship, mating, reproduction, and parenting
- bisexuality
- casual sex
- double standard in relationships
- effects of pornography on relationships
- evolutionary perspectives on women's romantic interests
- extradyadic sex
- fatal attraction
- first experience of sexual intercourse
- flirting
- friends with benefits
- heterosexuality
- homosexuality
- hooking up, hookups
- jealousy
- kissing
- lust
- marriage and sex
- parent-child communication about sex
- perceptions of sexual intent
- polygamy
- pregnancy and relationships
- rape
- relational aspects of birth control
- safe sex
- sex and love
- sex in established relationships
- sexual aggression
- sexual attraction
- sexual communication between partners
- sexuality and attachment
- sexuality in adolescent relationships
- sexually transmitted diseases and relationships
- sexual motives
- sexual prejudice
- sexual standards
- sociosexual orientation
- touch
- virginity and virginity loss
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/sexuality
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