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 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.^{[citation needed]}

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

Types of human sexuality

By sex
- Male sexuality
- Female sexuality
By age
By region

Sexual orientation

Sexual attraction
- Androphilia and gynephilia
Sexual orientation – pattern of sexual attraction.
- Allosexuality – the ability to experience sexual attraction to other people.
  - Monosexuality – sexual attraction to only one sex or gender.
    - Heterosexuality – sexual attraction to the opposite sex or gender.
    - Homosexuality – sexual attraction to the same sex or gender.
  - Multisexuality – sexual attraction to multiple sexes or genders.
    - Bisexuality – sexual attraction to both the opposite and the same sexes or genders (both heterosexual and homosexual attraction) or to more than one sex or gender.
    - Pansexuality – sexual attraction to people regardless of sex or gender (gender-blind attraction).
    - Polysexuality – sexual attraction to many genders, but not all genders.
- Asexuality – absence of sexual attraction to other people.
  - Gray asexuality – limited sexual attraction that varies in intensity.
    - Demisexuality – sexual attraction to a person after forming an emotional bond.
    - Aegosexuality – disconnect of the target of sexual arousal from the self.
    - Fictosexuality – sexual attraction to fictional characters.
  - Autosexuality – sexual attraction to oneself.
- Sexual fluidity – capability of changing one's sexual orientation, sexual identity, or sexual attraction.

Human sexual activity

Types of sexual activity

Partnered
- Foreplay
- Non-penetrative sex
- Sexual penetration
- Erotic massage – rubbing all over, with or without oil.
- Intercrural sex – (interfemoral sex) when 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.
- Tribadism – vulva-to-vulva rubbing.
- Frot – penis-to-penis rubbing.
- Manual sex – stimulation of another person's genitalia by using the hands or fingers.
  - Handjob – manual stimulation of another person's penis.
  - Fingering – manual stimulation of another person's vulva or vagina.
  - Anal fingering – manual stimulation of another person's anus.
- Oral sex – stimulation of another person's genitalia by using the mouth, lips, tongue, or teeth.
  - Cunnilingus – oral stimulation of another person's vulva.
  - Fellatio – oral stimulation of another person's penis.
  - Anilingus – oral stimulation of another person's anus.
- Sexual intercourse – usually penetrative sexual activity.
  - Vaginal sex – penetration of one person's vagina with another's penis for sexual stimulation and/or reproduction.
  - Anal sex – penetration of one person's anus with another's penis for sexual stimulation.
Solo
- Autoeroticism
  - Sexual fantasy
  - Masturbation – stimulation of one's own genitalia.
    - Manual masturbation – stimulation of one's own genitalia by using the hands or fingers.
      - Fingering – manual stimulation of one's own vulva or vagina.
      - Jerking off/wanking – manual stimulation of one's own penis.
    - Oral masturbation – stimulation of one's own genitalia by using the mouth, lips, tongue, or teeth (only possible for flexible people or contortionists).
      - Autofellatio – oral stimulation of one's own penis.
      - Autocunnilingus – oral stimulation of one's own vulva.
    - Anal masturbation – stimulation of one's own anus.
      - Anal fingering – manual stimulation of one's own anus.
      - Autosodomy – insertion of one's own penis into their anus.

Other
- Facial – involves someone ejaculating onto their partner's face.
- Fisting – insertion of a hand into the vagina or rectum.
- Footjob – stimulating another person's genitals with the feet.
- Group sex – sexual activity with more than two people.
- Irrumatio – when the penis is thrust into someone else's mouth; in contrast to fellatio, where the penis is being actively orally excited by a fellator.
- Sumata – type of stimulation of male genitals popular in Japanese brothels: the woman rubs the man's penis with her thighs and labia majora.
Vanilla sex – sexual activity that is considered normal by society.
Sex toy – object used for sexual stimulation.
Sexual roleplay
Kink
Sexual slang
- Baseball metaphors for sex
Sex position
Sexual arousal
- Touch
  - Erogenous zone
- Smell
  - Perfume
  - Cologne
- Sight
  - Romantic setting
  - Nudity
- Sound
  - Moaning
  - Dirty talk
- Related

Physiological events

Sexual stimulation
Sexual arousal
- Male
  - Penile erection – when the penis becomes engorged and stiff.
- Female
  - Clitoral erection – when the clitoris becomes engorged.
  - Vaginal lubrication – when the vagina becomes moistened by a natural fluid.
Orgasm
- Female ejaculation – expulsion of fluid from the Skene's gland.
- Male ejaculation – expulsion of semen from the penis.
Insemination
Pregnancy

Unsorted

Incest – sexual activity between family members.
- Accidental incest
- Covert incest
Mechanics of sex
Sex magic
Sexual sublimation

Sexology (science of sex)

Conversion therapy
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
Paraphilia – sexual attraction towards atypical stimuli.
- List of paraphilias
  - Pedophilia – adult sexual attraction to prepubescent children.
  - Zoophilia – sexual attraction to non-human animals.
  - Necrophilia – sexual arousal involving dead bodies.
  - Somnophilia – sexual arousal involving sleeping or unconscious people.
  - Frotteurism – sexual attraction from rubbing against a non-consenting person.
  - Voyeurism – spying on people engaging in sexual activity.
  - Coprophilia – sexual arousal involving feces.
  - Urolagnia – sexual arousal involving urine.
  - Objectophilia – sexual attraction to inanimate objects.
  - Exhibitionism – exposing one's intimate areas to unsuspecting and non-consenting people.
  - Sexual sadism disorder – sexual arousal involving inflicting pain on other people.
- Sexual fetishism – sexual fixation on things or situations that are not inherently sexual.
  - Partialism – sexual attraction to specific body parts.
    - Foot fetishism – sexual attraction to feet.
Prenatal hormones and sexual orientation
Sexual orientation hypothesis
Sexual orientation identity

Sex education

Medicine

Philosophy of sex

Culture

Legal aspects

Sex and the law

Sexual assault

Sexual assault – physical sexual activity with a non-consenting person.

Rape – sexual intercourse with a non-consenting person.
- Types
- Effects and motivations
- Laws
- Related
Sexual harassment
- Sexual harassment in education
Sexual abuse
- Child sexual abuse
  - Child-on-child sexual abuse
- Religion and Sexual abuse
Sexual violence
- Sexual violence by intimate partners
- Factors associated with being a victim of sexual violence

Religious aspects

Sexuality

Religion and sexuality

Sexual orientation

Psychological aspects

Economic aspects

Sex industry
- Adult video game
- Erotica
- Pornography – sexually explicit media created for sexual arousal.
  - Cartoon pornography – animated pornography.
    - Hentai – pornographic anime and manga.
- Sex work
  - Prostitution – sexual activity in exchange for money.
    - Sex tourism – traveling to foreign countries for paid sexual activity.
      - Female sex tourism
      - Child sex tourism
  - Pornographic film actor – a person who stars in pornographic videos.
  - Stripper – a person who performs striptease.
- Sex museum
- Sex shop – retailer that sells sexual paraphernalia.
- Strip club – a venue for strippers.

Human sexuality organizations

Literature

Encyclopedias about sex

References

^ "human sexuality". www.definition-of.com. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

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 Archived 2023-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
The South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality Archived 2023-02-06 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "human sexuality". www.definition-of.com. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

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