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Generally speaking, human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings. The study of human sexuality is comprised of a broad range of Behaviors , processes, and societal topics. Biologically , sexuality can encompass Sexual Intercourse and sexual contact in all its forms, as well as Medical concerns about the Physiological or even Psychological aspects of sexual behaviour Sociologically , it can cover the Cultural , Political , and Legal aspects; and Philosophically , it can span the Moral , Ethical , Theological , Spiritual or Religious aspects. As . In any social context, the construction of a "sexual universe" is fundamentally linked to the structures of power. Gayle Rubin (1984) ''Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality''Toward a Conversation about Sex in Feminism: A Modest Proposal Vance, Carole S. '' and danger: Toward a politics of sexuality '' The construction of sexual meanings, is an instrument by which social institutions (religion, marketing, the educational system, psychiatry, etc.) control and shape human relationships.1 pp.176-8 According to Foucault, sexuality began to be regarded as a concept part of human nature since the 19th century; so sexuality began to be used as a mean to define Normality and its boundaries, and to conceive everything outside those boundaries in the realm of Psychopathology . In the 20th century, with the theories of Sigmund Freud and of Sexology , the "not-normal" was seen more as a "discontent of civilization" Cáceres ''The production of knowledge on sexuality in the AIDS era.''in 2 pp.242-3 In a well known passae of his work, Foucault noted that the development of the notion of sexuality organized Sex as a " Fictitious Unity " of "disparate parts, functions, behaviours, and feelings with no natural or necessary relation among them"; therefore the conception of what is "natural" is a Social Construct .Strozier, Robert M. (2002) '' Foucault, Subjectivity, and Identity: : Historical Constructions of Subject and Self '' pp.101-2, 108, 118-120Foucault 1976, p.154-5 To escape this cultural "sexuality" Foucault suggest to focus on "bodies and pleasures".Foucault 1976, p.157 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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