2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
Sexual norm is part of sexual health. It is considered in various aspects. In the socio-ethical aspect, the norm is based on moral and cultural traditions and customs. Religion plays an important role here. So, in Christianity, sex in a marriage with a reproductive purpose is considered the norm. On this basis, adolescent and post-menopausal sex falls under "abnormal sexual behavior." Legal criteria also have an impact on the concept of norm: differences in the laws of different countries make their own adjustments to what is considered normal sexual behavior. From a biological point of view, natural behavior is called normal. In the statistical aspect, the norm is considered as an average value. The less common a phenomenon occurs, the less normal it is considered. This concept of the norm runs counter to the sexological concept of individual differences. In the medical and psychological aspect, the norm is the state that contributes to positive physical and psychological well-being and social comfort.
In the clinical sense, the norm can be divided into optimal, acceptable and tolerable. The tolerated norm is the most ambiguous. It can be defined as normal or as pathology, depending on the context.
There are individual and partner norms. Individual sexual differences between people are due to the characteristics of their psychosexual development and the type of sexual constitution. On this basis, an individual range of acceptability is formed, i.e. what a person perceives as a normal manifestation of sexuality is regarded as affection. Over the course of life, this range can both expand and narrow.
K. Imelinsky highlighted the following criteria of the partner norm, which, on the one hand, are quite justified, and on the other, not always unambiguous:
- Difference by gender. This criterion is not possible in homosexual couples.
- Maturity. If we talk about biological maturity, then from this point of view, sexual contacts of adolescents do not fit into the norm. If we talk about social and psychological maturity, it is even more difficult here)
- Mutual agreement. An ambiguous criterion in cases of non-sexual motivation (when one of the partners agrees because of the fear of losing a partner or out of a desire to please him / her).
- Striving for mutual pleasure. It is ambiguous in cases where one partner wants to please the other.
- No harm to other people or society. Here, most likely, a regular and / or significant violation of social norms matters.
- No damage to health. I think at least once you came across the news of a heart attack during sex / orgasm.
A number of scientists generally deny the possibility of establishing the boundaries of the norms of sexual behavior, since here it is not so much about the sexuality of a particular person as about the tolerance or intolerance of society.
Personally, I am impressed by the definition of the American psychologist S. Gordon: “Normal adult sexual behavior can be defined as voluntary, based on consent and excluding exploitation; it is usually not only pleasant and devoid of guilt, but also enhances self-esteem."
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