"Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality."
The acts and practices associated with sexual activity.
Gender Roles: The social and cultural expectations and norms surrounding the roles, behaviors, and attitudes of men and women in a given society.
Sexual Norms: The cultural and religious rules that dictate what is socially acceptable or taboo sexual behavior in a given society.
Sexual identity: The individual’s internal sense of gender identity, sexual orientation, and related psychological processes.
Sexual orientation: The direction of an individual’s sexual attraction towards the same gender, opposite gender or both.
Sexual practices: The behaviors, acts, and activities that people engage in to achieve sexual satisfaction.
Sexual health: The physical and psychological aspects of sexual well-being and sexual health conscious behavior.
Sexual depictions in art and literature: The depiction of sexuality in ancient art and literature, and how these depictions reflected societal attitudes towards gender and sexuality.
Sexual taboos and social control: The ways in which sexual behavior is regulated, punished and controlled by society, law or religion.
The impact of religion on sexuality: How religion shapes attitudes and views about sexual behavior, gender, sexual orientation, and sexual morality.
The study of sexual behavior: The scientific study of sexual behavior, including the biological, psychological, and social aspects of sexual behavior.
"People engage in a variety of sexual acts, ranging from activities done alone (e.g., masturbation) to acts with another person (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, etc.)"
"People engage in sexual acts... for a wide variety of reasons."
"Sexual activity usually results in sexual arousal and physiological changes in the aroused person, some of which are pronounced while others are more subtle."
"Sexual activity may also include conduct and activities which are intended to arouse the sexual interest of another or enhance the sex life of another."
"...strategies to find or attract partners (courtship and display behaviour)."
"...personal interactions between individuals (for instance, foreplay or BDSM)."
"Human sexual activity has sociological, cognitive, emotional, behavioural and biological aspects."
"...these include personal bonding, sharing emotions."
"...and the physiology of the reproductive system..."
"...sex drive, sexual intercourse and sexual behaviour..."
"Some sexual activities are illegal either universally or in some countries or subnational jurisdictions, while some are considered contrary to the norms of certain societies or cultures."
"While premarital and extramarital sex are taboo."
"Two examples that are criminal offenses in most jurisdictions are sexual assault and sexual activity with a person below the local age of consent."
"Human sexual activity has sociological... aspects."
"Human sexual activity has... cognitive... aspects."
"Human sexual activity has... emotional... aspects."
"Human sexual activity has... behavioral... aspects."
"Human sexual activity has... biological... aspects."
"People engage in a variety of sexual acts... in varying patterns of frequency."