is define as any activity-

solitary, between two

person, or in a group-
that induces sexual
arousal.
INHERITED SEXUAL
evolved as a means of ensuring reproduction
and that are a part of each individual’s
genetic inheritance
DEGREE OF RESTRAINT
or other types of influence exerted on the
individual by society in the expression pf his
sexuality
SOLITARY BEHAVIOR
involving only one individual
SOCIOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR
involving more than one person
Heterosexual Behavior
(male with female)
Homosexual Behavior
(male with male or female with female
SELF-GRATIFICATION is self-stimulation
with the intention of causing sexual arousal
and generally, sexual climax.
• is done in private as an end in itself but
sometimes practiced facilitate a socio-sexual
relationship
• is most frequent among the unmarried
• is physically harmful.
• while SOLITARY SELF-GRATIFICATION
does provide pleasure and relief from the
tension of sexual excitement, it does not
have the same psychological gratification
that interaction with another person
provides
• majority of males and females have
fantasies of some socio-sexual activity
while they practice self-gratification
• is often more effective in producing
sexual arousal and sexual climax than
socio-sexual activity
• Sexual Climax in sleep evidently occurs
only in humans
• most sexual climax during sleep is
accompanied by erotic dreams.
• a great majority of males experience
sexual climax in sleep.
• Sexual climax in sleep is generally infrequent,
seldom exceeding a dozen times per year for
males and three or four times a year for the
average female
• Most sexual arousal does not lead to sexual
activity with another individual
• Humans are constantly exposed to sexual
stimuli when seeing attractive persons and are
subjected to sexual themes in advertising and the
mass media
• the greatest amount of socio-sexual
behavior is heterosexual behavior
between only one male and one female.
• heterosexual behavior frequently begins
in childhood, and while much of it may be
motivated by curiosity, such as showing or
examining genitalia, many children engage
in sex play because it is pleasurable.
• with adolescence, SEX PLAY is
superseded by dating, which is socially
encouraged, and dating almost inevitably
involves some physical contact resulting in
sexual arousal.
• this contact, labeled NECKING OR
PETTING, is a part of the learning process
and ultimately of courtship and the
selection of a marriage partner.
• petting varies from hugging, kissing, and
generalized caresses of the clothed body
to techniques involving genital stimulation.
• petting may be done for its own sake as
an expression of affection and a source of
pleasure, and it may occur as a
preliminary to coitus.
• COITUS, the insertion of the male
reproductive organ into the female
reproductive organ.
• the majority of human societies permit
premarital coitus, at least under certain
circumstances.
• MARITAL COITUS is usually regarded as an
obligation in most societies.
• EXTRAMARITAL COITUS, particularly by
wives, is generally condemned and, if
permitted, is allowed only under
exceptional conditions or with specified
persons
• POST MARITAL COITUS (eg. coitus my
separated, divorced, or widowed persons) is
almost always ignored.
• currently in the United States, at least
three-quarters of the males and over half of
the females have experienced premarital
coitus.
• extramarital coitus continues to be openly
condemned but is becoming more tolerated
secretly, particularly if mitigating
circumstances are involved.
• EXTRAMARITAL COITUS is expected of
most husbands and is accepted by society if
the behavior is not too flagrant.
• the wives do not generally approve but are
resigned to what they believe to be a
masculine propensity.
• most extramarital coitus is done secretly
without the knowledge of the spouse.
• many religions have incorporated sexual
behavior into their rites and ceremonies
• in Christianity sexual behavior is absent
in heaven and sexual proclivities are
ascribed only to evil supernatural beings:
• SATAN, DEVILS, INCUBI, AND SUCCUBI
• a kiss for example, may express asexual
affection (as a kiss between relatives)
 Individuals are extremely sensitive on
judging motivations: a greeting kiss, if
protracted more than a second or two, takes
on a sexual connotation, and recent studies
show that if an adult male at a party stands
closer than the length of his hand and
forearm to a female, she generally imputes a
sexual motive to his proximity.