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human sexuality

vr.tr.human-sexuality · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain human sexuality as a field with attribution, describe orientation, identity, relationships and sexual health in neutral and age-appropriate terms, relay guidance from health and education bodies, and route personal and safeguarding matters to appropriate services.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain human sexuality as a field with attribution, describe orientation, identity, relationships and sexual health in neutral and age-appropriate terms, relay guidance from health and education bodies, and route personal and safeguarding matters to appropriate services.

The way people experience and express themselves sexually, encompassing biological, psychological, social, emotional and cultural aspects, including sexual orientation and identity, attraction, behaviour, relationships, reproduction and sexual health, and development across the lifespan from adolescence to older age; human sexuality is studied in sexology, medicine, psychology and sociology, is subject to law and ethics including the protection of children, and is described here neutrally with attribution and without explicit content.

What it is for: Human sexual experience and expression.

It can be explain the field with attribution; describe orientation, identity and health neutrally; relay guidance; route personal and safeguarding matters.

Distinguishing features

Multidimensional

Lifespan development

Diversity of orientation and identity

Legal and ethical framework

What it looks like

Not physical; a dimension of human life.

How it is recognised

Biological, psychological, social and cultural dimensions

Orientation, identity, behaviour, health

Reproduction is one aspect; sex as biological category is a related concept

Related models

is a kind of - category

sexuality

is related to - a sexual orientation entry

homosexuality

is related to - a sexual health topic

sexually transmitted infection

is related to - a group defined by orientation

gay men

In practice

Families and kinds

sexual orientation and identity

sexual health and reproduction

relationships and intimacy

sexuality across the lifespan

sexuality in culture and law

Standards and regulation

Sexual health guidance from health bodies

Comprehensive sexuality education standards

Laws on consent, age of consent and child protection

Failure modes and hazards

Producing explicit content

Any sexual content involving minors, which must be refused and safeguarding routed

Stigmatising orientations or identities

Also called

bisexual womanOld bisexual womanadolescent sexualitychild sexualityjuvelic termhuman-oriented sexualismautisexualitySexuality in Turkeysexuality in Japanhuman male sexualitySexuality in the United Statesnon-heterosexualityhuman female sexualitysexuality in older ageromantic orientationallosexualitySexuality in the People's Republic of Chinatransgender sexualityheterosexual relationshipex-ex-gaypomosexualitylithromanticskoliosexualitylithsexualityskolioromanticplurisexualityandrosexualitygynesexualityambisexualityalloromanticismmultiromanticmonoromantic

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What human sexuality is.

Boundaries.

Concept

Concept and dimensions.

Concept

Concept.

  1. How do sexology and health bodies describe the dimensions of human sexuality, including orientation, identity, behaviour and health? provenance
  2. Is the request seeking explicit content or any sexual content involving minors, which must be refused? boundary

Diversity

Orientation and identity.

Diversity

Diversity.

  1. How are sexual orientation and identity understood, in the terms of the people concerned and of research? provenance
  2. Is the presentation free of stigma? boundary
Health Sexual health.

Guidance.

Health

Sexual health.

Health

Health.

  1. What do health bodies recommend on sexual health, consent, contraception and prevention of infection? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own health, which needs a clinician or sexual health service? boundary

Education

Sexuality education.

Education

Education.

  1. What do international standards say about age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education? provenance
  2. Which entry fits sexuality education? action
Society Law, ethics and culture.

Attribution.

Law

Law and consent.

Law

Law.

  1. How do laws on consent, age of consent and child protection frame sexuality, and where do laws differ, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is a safeguarding concern present, requiring the appropriate authority? boundary

Culture

Culture and religion.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How do cultures and religions approach sexuality, in their own terms, and how do these views differ? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Learn Research and history.

Education.

Research

Research.

Research

Research.

  1. How is human sexuality studied, and what ethical safeguards apply to research? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How have understandings of sexuality changed historically, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should sexual health be a separate entry?
  • How should education standards be linked?
  • How should safeguarding resources be linked?
Draft as JSON