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.

History of human sexuality

History of human sexuality

• By period
  • Sexuality in ancient Rome
    • Homosexuality in ancient Rome
    • Prostitution in ancient Rome
  • Timeline of sexual orientation and medicine
• By region
  • History of sex in India
• By subject
  • By orientation
    • History of bisexuality
    • History of homosexuality
      • History of lesbianism
  • History of masturbation
  • History of prostitution
  • LGBT history
    • History of same-sex unions
  • Sexual revolution
  • History of erotic depictions
    • Golden Age of Porn
  • Feminist Sex Wars

Types of human sexuality

• By sex
  • Male sexuality
  • Female sexuality
• By age
  • Child sexuality
    • Genital play
    • Playing doctor
  • Adolescent sexuality
  • Sexuality in older age
• By region
  • Adolescent sexuality in the United States
  • Sexuality in India
  • Sexuality in Japan
  • Sexuality in South Korea
  • Sexuality in ancient Rome
  • Sexuality in China
  • Sexuality in the Philippines
  • LGBT rights by country or territory

Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation

• 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

Types of sexual activity

Human sexual activity

• Foreplay
• Non-penetrative sex
  • Exclusive
    • Erotic massage – rubbing all over, with or without oil.
    • "Dry humping" – frottage while clothed. This act is common, although not essential, in the dance style known as "grinding".
    • Footjob – stimulating genitals with the feet.
    • Handjob – stimulating the penis with the hand.
    • Irrumatio – a form of oral sex where a man thrusts his penis into someone else's mouth; in contrast to fellatio, where the penis is being actively orally excited by a fellator. Irrumatio can also refer to:
      • Intercrural sex – (interfemoral sex) type of irrumation, where 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.
    • Sumata – type of stimulation of male genitals popular in Japanese brothels: the woman rubs the man's penis with her hands, thighs and labia majora.
    • Tribadism – vulva-to-vulva rubbing, commonly known by its "scissoring" position.
    • Frot – penis-to-penis rubbing.
  • Non-exclusive
    • Fingering – stimulating the vagina or anus with the fingers.
    • Oral sex – stimulation of the genitalia by the use of mouth, lips, tongue, teeth or throat.
  • Mutual Masturbation – two or more people stimulate themselves or one another sexually, usually with the hands.
    • Autoeroticism
• Penetrative sex
  • Sexual intercourse
  • Anal sex – penetration of one person's anus with another's penis for sexual stimulation.
  • Oral sex –
    • Anilingus – oral stimulation of the anus or perineum.
    • Cunnilingus – oral stimulation of a female's clitoris, vulva, or vagina.
    • Fellatio – oral stimulation of a male's penis.
• Masturbation
  • Fingering –
  • Anal masturbation
  • Fisting – involves inserting a hand into the vagina or rectum.
  • Autoeroticism
    • Sex toys
• Other
  • Facial
  • Group sex
• Vanilla sex
  • Sexual roleplay
    • Bondage and Discipline
    • Dominance and Submission
      • Erotic humiliation
    • Sadism and Masochism
      • Cock-and-ball torture
      • Erotic spanking
    • Bondage positions
    • BDSM equipment
  • Sexual fetishism
• Sexual slang
  • Bareback –
  • Bukkake –
  • Circle jerk –
  • Creampie –
  • Cum shot –
  • Cybersex –
  • Felching –
  • Gang bang –
  • Pompoir –
  • Quickie –
  • Snowballing –
  • Tea bag –
  • Venus Butterfly –
• Sexual arousal
  • Touch
    • Erogenous zone
  • Smell
    • Perfume
    • Cologne
  • Sight
    • Romantic setting
    • Nudity
  • Sound
    • Moaning
    • Dirty talk
  • Related
    • Aphrodisiac –
    • Libido –
    • Sexual fantasy

Sexology (science of sex)

• 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

Philosophy of sex

• What is the function of sex?
• What is romantic love?
• Is there an essential characteristic that makes an act sexual?
• Are some sexual acts good and others bad? According to what criteria? Alternatively, can consensual sexual acts be immoral, or are they outside the realm of ethics?
• What is the relationship between sex and biological reproduction? Can one exist without the other?
• Are sexual identities rooted in some fundamental ontological difference (such as biology)?
• Is sexuality a function of gender or biological sex?
• Sexual objectification
• Sexualization
• Pornographication

Culture

Human sexuality organizations

• 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

• Manga, Genre: Hentai
  • List of hentai authors
• Novels about ephebophilia
• Non-fiction books about prostitution
• Pornographic books
• Pornographic magazines
• Sex manuals

People

• Prostitutes and courtesans

See also

• Outline of relationships
• Animal sexual behaviour
• Index of human sexuality articles
• List of anarchist pornographic projects and models

• 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 medicine
• Sexual orientation and military service
  • Sexual orientation and the Canadian military
  • Sexual orientation and the United States military
  • Sexual orientation and the military of the Netherlands
  • Sexual orientation and the military of the United Kingdom
• 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 attraction
• Sexual capital
• Sexual ethics
• Sexual inhibition
• Sexual objectification
• Sexual slavery

References

External links

• 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
• The South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality
• MRI Video of Human Copulation
• "Naked Science: What's Sexy?". Naked Science. Series 2. Episode 1. February 13, 2006. National Geographic Channel.