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College 1: what is sex? H1,9,14
Sex education?  safer sex life
Average ≠ normal
atypical ≠ abnormal
 een gemiddeld lichaam is niet voor iedereen normaal, maar een abnormaal lichaam is
niet gelijk atypisch


Sex: the computer metaphor
Hardware: biology
Operating: system - evolution
Software: social environment and culture
Helpdesk: sexual problems - sexologist

Computers get older… dus niet alles blijft altijd even goed werken


Sex
- Noun - Biological state of male or female, usually assigned at birth (AMAB or AFAB),
and not always congruent with gender (man, woman, both or neither)
- The act of having sex

Male nipples vs female nipples



How do people have sex?
Not:
- asexuality (vs allosexuality (non asexual people))
- Voluntary celibacy
- Involuntary celibacy (in worst case incel)

Solitary sexual behaviors
- Sexual fantasy


Sexual fantasy
Any mental picture that comes to mind while you're awake, that turns you on
3% of people don't have fantasy, some people don't know what a fantasy is

Most common:
- Multipartner seks: threesome (men more than women)
- BDSM: nondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, masochism

, - Novelty, adventure and variety: on a plane, in a forest, with a celebrity



Netherlands:
- 75% of women enjoy seks
- 85% of men enjoy seks




College 2: what, how, why? H1,2,15




Masturbation
Research shows masturbation is healthy:
- Higher self-esteem in women
- Lower risk of prostate cancer in men
- Improvement of immune system

However, arousal cán be dangerous: tunnel vision increases the chance of impulsive and
risky behaviours

Sex is only sex if all partners consent
If there is no consent, it is sexual abuse or sexual assault or rape

How do people have sex?
Not
- Asexuality
- Voluntary celibacy

, - Involuntary celibacy

Solitary sexual behaviours
- Sexual fantasy
- Masturbation

Partnered sexual behaviours
- Kissing
- Touching
- Manual seks
- Oral sex (fellatio(pijpen)/cunnilingus(beffen))
- Anal sex (intercourse or anilingus)
- Vaginal Intercourse (coitus)

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