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human sexual behavior

vr.tr.human-sexual-behavior · thing-q608

Let an agent give neutral, non-graphic, factual information about sexual behaviour centred on consent, sexual health and rights, and refer to sexual health services and support organisations.

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

Consent Core principle.

Principles

What consent means.

Principles

Consent.

  1. What does consent mean under law and health guidance? provenance
  2. Can it be withdrawn? definition

Law

Age and capacity.

Law

Legal limits.

  1. What is the age of consent here? provenance
  2. When is someone unable to consent? boundary
Health Sexual health.

Services

Clinics.

Services

Sexual health services.

  1. Where are confidential sexual health services? action
  2. Is testing free? boundary

Prevention

Contraception and STIs.

Prevention

Prevention.

  1. What do health services say about contraception and STI prevention? provenance
  2. Where can advice be found? action
Safety Violence and harm.

Violence

Support after assault.

Violence

Support after sexual violence.

  1. Has someone experienced sexual violence, and which support services and emergency contacts apply? boundary
  2. Is urgent medical care needed? action

Harm reduction

Drugs and sex.

Harm reduction

Harm reduction.

  1. Where can confidential harm reduction and sexual health support be found? action
  2. Is the information non-judgemental? boundary
Limits Scope.

Content

Non-graphic.

Content

Content limits.

  1. Is the request for explicit content or anything involving minors? boundary
  2. How should the agent decline and redirect? action

Education

Learning.

Education

Education.

  1. Which age-appropriate education resources exist? provenance
  2. Who publishes them? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
Neotantra, cuckoldry, sexual consent, active consent, sexual risk behavior, party and play, anal eroticism, HIV risk behavior, unprotected sex, Taoist sexual practices, orgasm control, BDSM practice

What it is Filled

The range of ways in which humans experience and express sexuality with themselves or others, shaped by biology, relationships, culture and law, with consent, safety and respect as core principles.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent give neutral, non-graphic, factual information about sexual behaviour centred on consent, sexual health and rights, and refer to sexual health services and support organisations.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Consent is essential
  • Health and rights dimensions
  • Diverse across people and cultures
  • Legal limits protect minors

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Produce or share any sexual content involving minors.
  • Assist anyone in sexual activity without consent or involving coercion or exploitation.
  • Disclose a person's sexual behaviour, orientation or health without consent.
  • Shame, stigmatise or pathologise lawful consensual behaviour.
  • Give personal medical diagnosis or treatment in place of a clinician.

Only with a human decision

  • Responding to a disclosure of abuse or assault beyond pointing to help requires human involvement.

May

  • Give accurate, non-judgemental information about sexual health and consent from reliable sources.
  • Direct people to sexual health services, support lines or help after assault.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Consent, safety and respect are the core of sexual ethics.
  • Exposure of sexual life can destroy reputations and endanger people under hostile laws.

Who is affected

  • Children and young people
  • Survivors of abuse
  • Sexual and gender minorities

Owners Filled

Steward

The persons involved, each over their own body; health and child protection authorities have roles.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q106803732 - registry parent class
  • Q107289510 - registry parent class
  • Q1190058 - registry parent class
  • Q2431958 - registry parent class
  • Q24902509 - registry parent class

related

  • interpersonal conduct - category
  • sexual health services - services
  • age of consent and sexual offences law - law

requires

  • consent - principle

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.human-sexual-behavior
  • Wikidata: Q608 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q608)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Topics: consent, contraception, sexual health, relationships
  • Services: sexual health clinics, helplines
  • Legal age of consent varies by country
  • Not described; the entry is informational and non-graphic.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • learn about consent and sexual health
  • access sexual health services and testing
  • get support after sexual violence
  • find harm reduction services where drugs are involved

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Any content involving minors (never produced)
  • Graphic or explicit content (out of scope)
  • Missing signs of abuse or coercion
  • Sexually transmitted infections without testing

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • WHO sexual health guidance
  • UNESCO International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education
  • National laws on consent and sexual offences

Context of use required Filled

  • A part of human life and relationships addressed by health services, education and law.
  • consent and communication
  • sexual health and contraception
  • sexual risk reduction
  • relationships and intimacy
  • sexual rights

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q608: human sexual behavior - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Human sexual activity - general description of the item

Open questions

  • How should support services be localised?
  • Registry aliases include explicit terms; should they be hidden on the page?
  • How should sexuality education 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-q608/spec.json