HUMAN SEXUAL
BEHAVIOR
HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
Is defined as any activity – solitary, between two
persons, or in a group – that induces sexual arousal.
There are two major factors that determine human sexual
behavior:
the inherited sexual response pattern that have
evolved as a means of ensuring reproduction and that
becomes a part of each individual’s genetic
inheritance;
and the degree of restraint or other types of influence
exerted on the individual by society in the expression
of his sexuality.
TYPES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
1. Solitary Behavior
Involves one individual, and there is sociosocial
behavior involving more than one person.
Self – gratification means self-stimulation that leads
to sexual arousal and generally, sexual climax.
Usually, it takes place in private as an end in itself,
but can be also done in a sociosexual relationship.
Self gratification, generally beginning at or before
puberty, is very common among young males.
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1. Solitary Behavior
But it becomes less frequent or is abandoned when
sociosexual activity is available.
Self-gratification is most frequent among the
unmarried.
Majority of males and females have fantasies of
some sociosexual activity while they gratify
themselves.
The fantasies frequently involves idealized sexual
partners and activities that the individual has not
experienced and even might avoid in real life.
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1. Solitary Behavior
Nowadays, humans are frequently being exposed to
sexual stimuli especially from advertising and social
media.
Some adolescents become aggressive when they
respond to such stimuli.
The rate of teenage pregnancy is increasing in our
time.
The challenge is to develop self-control in order to
balance suppression and free expression.
TYPES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
1. Sociosexual Behavior
It occurs between only one male and one female.
It usually begins in childhood and may be motivated
by curiosity, such as showing or examining
genitalia.
There is a varying degree of sexual impulse and
responsiveness among children.
Physical contact involving necking or petting is
considered as an ingredient of the learning process
and eventually courtship.
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1. Sociosexual Behavior
Petting may be done as an expression of affection
and a source of pleasure, preliminary to coitus.
It is also a way of learning how to interact with
another person sexually.
Coitus, the insertion of male reproductive structure
into the female reproductive organ, is viewed by
society quite differently depending upon the marital
status of the individuals.
Marital coitus is an obligation if they are couple.
A behavior may be interpreted by society or the
individual as erotic depending on the context in which
behavior occurs.
For example, a kiss may be interpreted as
gesture/expression or intimacy.
Touching someone’s genitalia is not interpreted as a
sexual act especially when its done for medical purposes.
PHYSIOLOGY OF
HUMAN SEXUAL
RESPONSE
EXCITEMENT PHASE
It is caused by increase in pulse and blood pressure;
A sudden rise in blood supply to the surface of the body
resulting in increase in skin temperature, flushing, and
swelling of all distensible body parts.
PLATEAU PHASE
It is generally of brief duration. If stimulation is
continued, orgasm usually occurs.
SEXUAL CLIMAX
Marked by a feeling of abrupt, intense pleasure, a rapid
increase in pulse rate and blood pressure, and spasms of
the pelvic muscles causing contractions of the female
reproductive organ and ejaculation by the male
Sexual climax may last for a few seconds, after which
the individual enters the resolution phase.
RESOLUTION PHASE
It is the last stage that refers to the return to a normal or
subnormal physiologic state.
Males and females are similar in their response
sequence.
Whereas male return to normal even if stimulation
continues, but continued stimulation can produce
additional orgasms in females.
Females are physically capable of repeated orgasms
without the intervening “rest period” required by males.
