Question

I am going to ask you to discuss a subject that for many people can be a touchy issue and that is the subject of human sexuality and choices. Politics, personal biases and emotional issues can all rear up and make things difficult. Please remember I am asking you to discuss your opinions on this. Some of you will certainly disagree and there is nothing wrong with that. When no one disagrees there is no point to discussion. That being said please stay as respectful as you all have done so far.

Please answer the following questions in your initial post. When answering, think back to information presented in prior Modules as well and look for tie-ins.

Some of these questions could be an entire discussion in their own right and I know many of you could write a great deal on these topics so I am asking you to keep the total length of your initial post to 1500 words or less (that would be three pages in MS Word).

1. For most, sexual activity is a very emotional thing. What key factors of emotional and mental health do you think play into the decision to engage or not in sexual activity?

2. What do you think are the roles of biological sex, gender identity in those choices? Is there any?

3. I think we can all agree that coercion is an obvious sign and is never okay but what could be other marks of unhealthy sexual relationships?

4. If you could sum up what might define your decision to engage in sexual activity or abstain in one sentence how would you do it?

Answer 1

1) According to me , sexual activity is one of the needs as per the Maslow's heirarchy theorum . It has an impact on emotional and mental health as per the age it achieves . But it's not necessary for all .

2) Gender identity

how one psychologically perceives oneself as either male or female.

Gender role

A collection of attitudes and behaviors that are considered normal and appropriate in a specific culture for people of a particular sex.

3) The warning signs of an unhealthy and abusive relationship include being mean, disrespectful, violent, possessive, and angry. It is acceptable to change your personality if you want the relationship to last.

4) According to me , engage only after permission as per the society norms