1. Chapter 1
Sexual Life Now 1

2. Studying Sexuality and Sex
Exploring Sexuality and Sex: A Path to Self-Discovery
This course can’t really teach you how to develop rewarding relationships with your partner or change the dynamics of your sexual life.
What it can do, however, is point you toward a path that will help you make your own discoveries, which, in turn, will help you gain insight into the intricacies of sexual life. 2

3. What is Sexology? Sexology: A Scientific Quest Terms: Sexology
Sexologist 3

4. Contributors to Sexology A number of disciplines contribute to our understanding
Medicine
Psychiatry
Psychology
Sociology
Biology and Ethology
Evolutionary Biology
Epidemiology
Neuroscience
Criminology
Education 4

5. What is Sexology? Ancient Sexology The Art of Love
The oldest sex manual in the world
Kama Sutra
Ancient sex manual; 10:36 chapters on sex
Ananga Ranga
Ancient Indian love manual
The Perfumed Garden of Sexual Life
Praiseworthy men; praiseworthy women 5

6. Ancient Sexology
Ancient Greek
Erotic Art
Image from the
Kama Sutra 6

7. What Is Your Definition of Sexuality?
Discuss With Class 7

8. What is Sexuality? The Interrelated Domains of Sexuality
The Biological Domain
The Psychosocial/Psychosexual Domain
The Cultural Domain 8

9. The Biological Domain 9

10. Psychosocial/Psychosexual Domain10

11. The Cultural Domain 11

12. Sexual Life Education
Broad societal changes have impacted how people view and experience sexuality:
Lowered birth rates
Delays in marriage
Ability for her to control fertility/contraception
Changes in attitudes toward abortion
Increased cohabitation and same-sex relations
The role of feminism 12