Outline of human sexuality
Overview of and topical guide to human sexuality
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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
- By region
- By subject
Types of human sexuality
- By sex
- By age
- By region
Sexual orientation
- Sexual attraction
- 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.
- Monosexuality – sexual attraction to only one sex or gender.
- 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.
- Gray asexuality – limited sexual attraction that varies in intensity.
- Sexual fluidity – capability of changing one's sexual orientation, sexual identity, or sexual attraction.
- Allosexuality – the ability to experience sexual attraction to other people.
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.
- Manual masturbation – stimulation of one's own genitalia by using the hands or fingers.
- Autoeroticism
- 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
- Sex position
- Sexual arousal
- Touch
- Smell
- Sight
- Sound
- 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.
- Male
- 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.
- 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.
- Partialism – sexual attraction to specific body parts.
- List of paraphilias
- Prenatal hormones and sexual orientation
- Sexual orientation hypothesis
- Sexual orientation identity
Sex education
Medicine
Philosophy of sex
Culture
Legal aspects
Sexual assault
Sexual assault – physical sexual activity with a non-consenting person.
- Rape – sexual intercourse with a non-consenting person.
- Sexual harassment
- Sexual abuse
- Child sexual abuse
- Religion and Sexual abuse
- Sexual violence
Religious aspects
- Sexuality
- Buddhism
- Christianity and sexuality
- Islam
- Judaism
- Taoism 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.
- Sex work
- Prostitution – sexual activity in exchange for money.
- Sex tourism – traveling to foreign countries for paid sexual activity.
- Pornographic film actor – a person who stars in pornographic videos.
- Stripper – a person who performs striptease.
- Prostitution – sexual activity in exchange for money.
- Sex museum
- Sex shop – retailer that sells sexual paraphernalia.
- Strip club – a venue for strippers.
Human sexuality organizations
Literature
See also
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- Index of human sexuality articles
- Outline of relationships
- Outline of British pornography
- Animal sexual behaviour
- List of strip clubs
- 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 military service
- Sociosexual orientation
- Coitus reservatus
- Eroto-comatose lucidity
- Emergency contraceptive availability by country
- Unsimulated sex in film
- Family planning
- Marriage
- Paraphilia
- Polyamory
- Promiscuity
- Prostitutes and courtesans
- Romance (love)
- Sexual abstinence
- Sexual addiction
- Sexual capital
- Sexual inhibition
- Sexual slavery
