Chapter 1 Sexual Life Now

1. Chapter 1 Sexual Life Now

2. Studying Sexuality and Sex • Exploring Sexuality and Sex: A Path to Self-Discovery • This course can’t really teach you how to develop rewarding relationships with your partner or change the dynamics of your sexual life. • What it can do, however, is point you toward a path that will help you make your own discoveries, which, in turn, will help you gain insight into the intricacies of sexual life.

3. What is Sexology? • Sexology: A Scientific Quest • Terms: • Sexology • Sexologist

4. Contributors to SexologyA number of disciplines contribute to our understanding • Medicine • Psychiatry • Psychology • Sociology • Biology and Ethology • Evolutionary Biology • Epidemiology • Neuroscience • Criminology • Education

5. What is Sexology? • Ancient Sexology • The Art of Love • The oldest sex manual in the world • Kama Sutra • Ancient sex manual; 10:36 chapters on sex • Ananga Ranga • Ancient Indian love manual • The Perfumed Garden of Sexual Life • Praiseworthy men; praiseworthy women

6. Ancient Sexology Ancient Greek Erotic Art Image from the Kama Sutra

7. What Is Your Definition of Sexuality? • Discuss With Class

8. What is Sexuality? The Interrelated Domains of Sexuality • The Biological Domain • The Psychosocial/Psychosexual Domain • The Cultural Domain

9. The Biological Domain

10. Psychosocial/Psychosexual Domain

11. The Cultural Domain

12. Sexual Life Education • Broad societal changes have impacted how people view and experience sexuality: • Lowered birth rates • Delays in marriage • Ability for her to control fertility/contraception • Changes in attitudes toward abortion • Increased cohabitation and same-sex relations • The role of feminism