The document discusses human sexuality, encompassing biological, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of sexual expression and identity. It outlines key terminologies, theories of development, and factors influencing sexual orientation, including psychological and sociocultural dimensions. Additionally, it highlights reproductive and sexual rights as recognized in international declarations, emphasizing autonomy, health, education, and freedom from discrimination.

2. HUMAN SEXUALITY
Mrs. Gayathri R
First year MSc Nursing
Upasana College Of
Nursing

3. INTRODUCTION
• Human sexuality is the way people experience & express themselves
sexuality. This involves biological, erotic, physical, emotional, social,
or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Physical and emotional aspects of
sexuality include bonds between individuals that are expressed
through profound feelings or physical manifestations of love, trust,
and care. Social aspects deal with the effects of human society on
one's sexuality, while spirituality concerns an individual's spiritual
connection with others. Sexuality also affects and is affected by
cultural, political, legal, philosophical, moral, ethical, and religious
aspects of life

4. TERMINOLOGIES
• Sex: Act of intercourse.
• Sexuality: It’s everything else that goes into making as
a sexual being
• Climacteric: Decline in sexual drive.
• Gender roles: Behaviour appropriate to the sex of an
individual.
• Heterosexual: Sexual & emotional orientation towards
person of opposite sex.

5. • Homosexual: Sexual & emotional orientation towards
person of same sex.
• Infertility: Inability to conceive.
• Myotonia: Lack of muscle action has a prolonged.
• Orgasm: The climax of sexual entertainment.
• Sexual orientation: It describes the predominant
gender preference of a persons sexual attraction.
CONTI..

6. DEFINITION
•“Human sexuality”refers to peoples sexual interest in
& attraction to others, as well as their capacity to have
erotic experiences & responses. Peoples sexual
orientation is either emotional & sexual attraction to
particular sex or gender, which often shapes their
sexuality.

7. DEVELOPMENT
• Nature versus nurture: Certain characteristics may be innate in
humans; these characteristics may be modified by the physical and
social environment in which people interact. An
individual's normative, social, cultural, educational, and
environmental characteristics moderate the sexual drive.
• Gender differences: Psychological theories exist regarding the
development and expression of gender differences in human
sexuality.

8. PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES OF
DEVELOPMENT

9. BIOLOGICAL&PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
MALE ANATOMY & REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

10. FEMALE ANATOMY & REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

12. EVOLUTION OF NEURO BIOLOGICAL FACTORS

13. MUTIFACTORIAL DIMENSION

14. SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
MALE DYSFUNCTION
Erectile dysfunction
Premature ejaculation
Delayed or Inhibited
ejaculation
Low libido

15. FEMALE DYSFUNCTION
•Inhibited sexual desire
•Inability to become
aroused
•Anorgasmia
•Painful intercourse

16. ASPECTS
• PSYCHOLOGICAL
a. Child sexuality
b. Sexuality in late
adulthood
• SOCIO CULTURAL
a. Religious sexual morality

17. REPRODUCTIVE & SEXUAL RIGHTS
• At the 14th World Congress of Sexology (Hong Kong, 1999), the WAS
adopted the Declaration of Sexual Rights, which originally included 11
sexual rights. It was heavily revised and expanded in March 2014 by the
WAS Advisory Council to include 16 sexual rights

18. REPRODUCTIVE & SEXUAL RIGHTS
• The right to equality and non-discrimination
• The right to life, liberty and security of the person
• The right to autonomy and bodily integrity
• The right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman,
or degrading treatment or punishment
• The right to be free from all forms of violence and
coercion
• The right to privacy

19. REPRODUCTIVE & SEXUAL RIGHTS
• The right to the highest attainable standard of health,
including sexual health; with the possibility of pleasurable,
satisfying, and safe sexual experiences
• The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its
application
• The right to information
• The right to education and the right to comprehensive
sexuality education
• The right to access to justice, remedies, and redress

20. REPRODUCTIVE & SEXUAL RIGHTS
• The right to enter, form, and dissolve marriage and similar
types of relationships based on equality and full and free
consent
• The right to decide whether to have children, the number
and spacing of children, and to have the information and the
means to do so
• The right to the freedom of thought, opinion, and expression
• The right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly
• The right to participation in public and political life

21. CONCLUSION
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