SEXUALITY DIMENSION

Sexuality dimension encompasses at least three: biological, psychological, and sociocultural and they influence our attitude towards sexuality Human sexuality involves emotions, feelings, and affections, such as when we fall in love, we feel aroused, and even when we feel ashamed of being half-naked. Thus, sexuality is the result of the interaction of biological, psychological, socioeconomic, cultural, ethical, religious and spiritual factors.

Although it can encompass all of these sexuality dimensions, they do not need to be experienced or expressed simultaneously. The difference in conditions gives each individual’s sexuality a unique and personal label. In ideal conditions, the person feels free to express himself as he is, how he feels, how he thinks.

HUMAN SEXUALITY DIMENSION – BIOLOGICAL

The biological sexuality dimension refers to physical and organic aspects. They have to do with the expression and experience of our sexuality. It therefore refers to all the senses who capture the different external stimuli that activate our brain. These stimuli generate a sexual response such as excitement, pleasure, liking or rejection. However, we are not only referring to the genitals (penis and vulva) but to all the organs that are governed by the brain. The most obvious example are the senses: hearing, sight, taste, touch and smell.

In fact, we all know some of the stimuli that generate a brain activation and with it a sexual response such as erection, or increased heart rate. An example is caresses, kisses, a whisper or an exciting image of our excited partner …

We are sexed beings, therefore, these biological aspects occur from childhood and throughout the entire life cycle, each with its own particularities.

PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSION

On the other hand, we can talk about the psychological sexuality dimension that will define each person as time passes. This is one the dimensions responsible for our attitude towards sexuality. They can make the person more open to discovering, experimenting or, on the contrary, that she becomes inhibited and self-conscious about living her sexuality.

Sexuality begins to manifest itself from this psychological and social dimension in behaviours that we acquire and internalise from the childhood stage. We learn about sexuality first from what is captured and taught at home and later at school.

HUMAN SEXUALITY DIMENSION – SOCIOLOGICAL

And finally the sociological sexuality dimension, that includes the social environment and influences our behaviour attitude towards sexuality. Children ages 3 to 5 begin to self-explore their bodies. Unfortunately, today the reaction of many parents is one of alarm and reprimanding their children for something that is absolutely natural and innate in the human being. As a consequence, the child can begin to associate that his genitals are dirty, they are forbidden. For example, many children associate the pleasant sensations and the pleasure that touched them with something bad because their parents have told them so.

In many homes, sexuality is a taboo subject or a subject that is postponed until adolescence, instilling in the unconscious of their children that it is something dirty and forbidden. Many of us have grown up in family environments where our curiosity about sexuality has been inhibited. Natural questions such as why do people fall in love, what is sex and its different forms or the differences between couples of different genders, have never been asked by our parents. The way how from childhood we internalise in our minds the messages and attitudes of our parents and educators, which we see or hear day by day influence our personality. Unfortunately, this will negatively influence our way of acting and our psychological well-being.

In conclusion, each sexuality dimension is crucial. A good sexuality will depend mainly on personal experiences. These experiences can be conditioned by other people in our environment, the sociocultural environment where the person grows up and lives. And last but not least by the values and education that we receive from childhood at home, school, religious beliefs and reference groups.