photo taken from epicself.com
Healthy sexuality, what is it? We seldom hear it and seldom talk about it. According to healthysex.com, healthy sex involves the conscious, positive expression of our sexual energy in ways that enhance self-esteem, physical health and emotional relationship. This site also mentions that healthy sexuality has conditions that must be met and these are; consent, equality, respect, trust and safety. It also involves acquiring the skills, knowledge and behaviors to maintain good sexual and reproductive health throughout life.
In order to be able to bring healthy sexuality into your own life and relationship, you must learn how to distinguish healthy sexuality from other forms of sexual experience. You may discuss this with your parents, friends or with your counselor. There is a big difference between healthy sex and abusive sex. Healthy sex is an expression of love to somebody and enhances a person’s self esteem. It is responsible and honest and it benefits both persons. On the other hand, abusive sex is more of a condition for love, it makes one feel shameful, and it is irresponsible, is deceitful and benefits only one person.
Healthy sexuality is being able to let one enjoy and control his/her sexual behavior without any feelings of guilt, fear or shame. How can one be able to maintain a healthy sexuality? There actually several ways. One of these is by educating oneself by asking questions and making informed decisions. Other ways are; learning to protect oneself against from STDs by practicing safe sex, seeking help if being forced into sexual activity, have regular check-ups, get tested to find out if infected with STDs and stay current with new knowledge and research.
A healthy sexuality is a basic human right. Our sexuality is part of our personality. It includes thoughts, feelings, behaviors, attitudes, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, body image and relationships. We must never take it for granted for it is vital in a person’s overall health and well being.
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As a sex therapist, I applaud this article on what healthy sexuality is all about. It’s rare that we see a healthy sexual relationship portrayed in the media, so getting good information on the Internet is very important.
Dr. Stephanie Buehler
Thanks for the info.
you’re absolutely welcome:)
Gee! thanks!
I’m flattered.