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human sexuality

vr.tr.human-sexuality · thing-q154136

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.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What human sexuality is.

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.

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.

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.

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

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
bisexual woman, Old bisexual woman, adolescent sexuality, child sexuality, juvelic term, human-oriented sexualism, autisexuality, Sexuality in Turkey, sexuality in Japan, human male sexuality, Sexuality in the United States, non-heterosexuality

What it is Filled

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.

Why it exists Filled

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.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Multidimensional
  • Lifespan development
  • Diversity of orientation and identity
  • Legal and ethical framework

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Produce content that sexualises or sexually exploits minors, while allowing factual, non-explicit, age-appropriate sexuality education and discussion of adolescent development.
  • Produce explicit sexual content.
  • Disclose or infer a person's sexual orientation or history without consent.
  • Promote practices that deny consent or claim to change orientation.

Only with a human decision

  • Sexual health decisions for a person require human involvement.

May

  • Give factual, non-explicit information about human sexuality from health and research sources.
  • Point people to qualified sexual health services.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Sexuality is intimate; privacy and consent are paramount.
  • Sexual minorities face discrimination and violence.

Who is affected

  • Children
  • Sexual minorities
  • Victims of abuse

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody: an aspect of each person's own life.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q3043188 - registry parent class

related

  • sexuality - category
  • homosexuality - a sexual orientation entry
  • sexually transmitted infection - a sexual health topic
  • gay men - a group defined by orientation

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.human-sexuality
  • Wikidata: Q154136 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154136)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Biological, psychological, social and cultural dimensions
  • Orientation, identity, behaviour, health
  • Reproduction is one aspect; sex as biological category is a related concept
  • Not physical; a dimension of human life.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain the field with attribution
  • describe orientation, identity and health neutrally
  • relay guidance
  • route personal and safeguarding matters

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Producing explicit content is a hazard.
  • Sexualising or exploiting minors is prohibited, while factual, non-explicit, age-appropriate sexuality education and discussion of adolescent development are permitted.
  • Stigmatising orientations or identities is a hazard.

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Sexual health guidance from health bodies
  • Comprehensive sexuality education standards
  • Laws on consent, age of consent and child protection

Context of use required Filled

  • Human sexual experience and expression.
  • sexual orientation and identity
  • sexual health and reproduction
  • relationships and intimacy
  • sexuality across the lifespan
  • sexuality in culture and law

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q154136: human sexuality - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Human sexuality - general description of the item

Open questions

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

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q154136/spec.json