Recent Topics Related to Human Sexual Practices - Sexual Practices and Sexual Crimes

Abstract

A wide range of attitudes toward same-gender sexual expression exists in various cultures. There is wide variation in attitudes toward homosexuality and same-gender behavior. No matter how a particular society views homosexuality, the behavior always occurs in at least some individuals. Same-gender sexual behavior is never the predominant form of sexual behavior for adults in any of the societies studied. Sexual identity as an unvarying, lifelong characteristic of the self is unknown or rare in some cultures. Standards of attractivenessIn all human societies physical characteristics are important in determining whom one chooses as a sex partner. What is considered attractive varies considerably.The book discusses the different types of human sexual behavior. Chapters discuss sex equality, child sex trafficking, sexual harassment, sexual oppression, sexual and gender-based crimes, and sexual practices in the context of COVID-19.