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| - | '''Sex''' refers to the [[male]] and [[female]] duality of [[biology]] and [[Sexual reproduction|reproduction]]. Unlike [[organism]]s that only have the ability to reproduce [[Asexual reproduction|asexually]], sexed male and female pairs have the ability to produce offspring through [[meiosis]] and [[fertilization]]. The two sexes attract one another and communicate their readiness to procreate through differences in their biology. | + | :"Sex, as we know, is a heat-seeking missile that forever seeks out the [[new media|newest medium]] for its transmission." --(Gerard Van Der Leun, 1993) |
| - | An organism's sex reflects its biological function in reproduction, not its [[Animal sexuality|sexuality]] or other behavior. The female sex is defined as the one which produces the larger [[gamete]] and which typically bears the [[offspring]]. In contrast, the male sex has a smaller gamete and rarely bears offspring. In some animals, sex may be assigned to specific structures rather than the entire organism. [[Earthworm]]s, for example, are normally [[hermaphroditism|hermaphrodites]]. | + | :"[[Human sexuality]] is, quite apart from Christian [[repression]]s, a highly [[questionable]] phenomenon, and belongs, at least potentially, among the [[extreme]] rather than the ordinary experiences of humanity. Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the [[demon]]ic forces in human [[consciousness]] - pushing us at intervals close to [[taboo]] and [[dangerous]] [[desire]]s, which range from the [[impulse]] to commit sudden arbitrary [[violence]] upon another person to the voluptuous yearning for the [[extinction]] of one's consciousness, for [[death]] itself." --Susan Sontag in the ''[[Pornographic Imagination|The Pornographic Imagination]]'' |
| - | + | '''Human sexuality''' comprises a broad range of behavior and processes, including the [[physiology|physiological]], [[psychology|psychological]], [[social]], [[culture|cultural]], [[politics|political]], [[Philosophy|philosophical]], [[ethics|ethical]], [[morality|moral]], [[theology|theological]], [[law|legal]] and [[spirituality|spiritual]] or [[religion|religious]] aspects of sex and [[human sexual behavior]]. {{GFDL}} | |
| - | == See == | + | |
| - | *[[Human sexuality]] | + | |
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- "Sex, as we know, is a heat-seeking missile that forever seeks out the newest medium for its transmission." --(Gerard Van Der Leun, 1993)
- "Human sexuality is, quite apart from Christian repressions, a highly questionable phenomenon, and belongs, at least potentially, among the extreme rather than the ordinary experiences of humanity. Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness - pushing us at intervals close to taboo and dangerous desires, which range from the impulse to commit sudden arbitrary violence upon another person to the voluptuous yearning for the extinction of one's consciousness, for death itself." --Susan Sontag in the The Pornographic Imagination
Human sexuality comprises a broad range of behavior and processes, including the physiological, psychological, social, cultural, political, philosophical, ethical, moral, theological, legal and spiritual or religious aspects of sex and human sexual behavior.
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