{"id":8473,"date":"2023-12-18T17:05:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T01:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/sexuality-beyond-genitality\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T17:05:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T01:05:48","slug":"sexuality-beyond-genitality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/sexuality-beyond-genitality\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexuality beyond genitality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.62 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Reiki Responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3409351815974819\" data-ad-slot=\"6708374935\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n<amp-ad\r\nlayout=\"fixed-height\"\r\nheight=100\r\ntype=\"adsense\"\r\ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3409351815974819\"\r\ndata-ad-slot=\"6708374935\">\r\n<\/amp-ad>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we want to fulfill the purpose of fighting against all types of abuse that threaten the integrity of any person in the world, the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  It is an important element that we must all have access to, in order to know the different concepts that allow us to better understand and assimilate human sexuality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A topic that we have all heard about at some point, but even today many people do not understand very well, is sexual diversity and the different aspects that this concept covers about <\/span>sexuality of a person and the right that each individual has to decide about their own body<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Culturally, since we were children we have been limited to a sexual education based on genitality, that is, on the existence of the sexual organs of women and men, and the merely reproductive value that is given to people&#8217;s sexuality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the reality is that sexuality goes far beyond genitality.  Today there are different types <\/span>sexual identities, orientations and expressions that identify a person&#8217;s sexuality<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and that, in addition, gives them the right to freely decide about their bodies, as well as what makes them feel comfortable and in tune with their feelings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this occasion, within the framework of the International Transgender Day of Visibility celebrated on March 31, we will address the issue of sexuality from a broader point of view than just genitality, and how disrespect for <\/span>free sexuality of a person<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has become one of the main causes of millions of cases of discrimination, violence and abuse in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What is &#8216;sexuality&#8217; and &#8216;genitality&#8217;?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often when talking about sexuality, many people tend to confuse this concept with genitality, ignoring the different aspects that a person&#8217;s sexuality can encompass, that is, the <\/span>sexual expression, gender identity and sexual orientation<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview conducted by the Spanish newspaper ABC with Valent\u00edn Mart\u00ednez Otero, a doctor in psychology and pedagogy, who also works as a professor at the Faculty of Education of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), the professional mentions that \u201csexuality includes <\/span>psychological and biological aspects<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while genitality refers to the genital organs and procreation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although procreation can also be included within sexuality, this concept goes much further, covering other aspects that are usually ignored by society.  In fact, according to the <\/span>World Health Organization (WHO),<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sexuality encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this sense, we can say that genitality, by referring clearly to the female and male genital organs, respond to a biological aspect that is transmitted genetically, while sexuality ranges from the biological to the <\/span>affective and emotional aspects with which a person interacts with their environment<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so it is something that is built as life progresses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What aspects does a person&#8217;s sexuality include?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within sexuality, four main aspects can be identified that allow us to better understand the way in which a person can <\/span>decide about your body and how you experience pleasure and eroticism<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in their life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aspects that sexuality includes are:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Gender identity<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gender is the social construction of feminine or masculine identity.  This construction varies throughout history and between societies, generally due to <\/span>norms and attitudes that are culturally usually associated with<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, care, aesthetics or delicacy are characteristics that society commonly associates more with the feminine, while strength, competence and independence are more associated with the masculine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, gender identity refers to the <\/span>intimate decision of each person to feel like a man, a woman, both or neither<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the two.  It is a deep and strong feeling that cannot be controlled or chosen.  Which can sometimes be consistent with the gender given at birth (referring to genitals), and sometimes not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span>main gender identities<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that exist are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Nonbinary<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This is a person who does not recognize themselves within the gender binary, because their identity does not fall within the feminine or masculine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">queer<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Is a person who describes themselves as neither male nor female, but as both, or a mixture of both.  You can also use the term \u201cneutrois.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">fluid gender<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Identifies people whose gender identity and expression is fluid and can change depending on time in life or circumstances.  They can be bigender, trigender or pangender.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Transsexual<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Refers to people who have a gender identity that does not coincide with their biological sex, for whom a permanent transition is made through surgical interventions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Transgender<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is the person who identifies with the opposite sex to that assigned at birth and externalizes it through the way they act and dress, without the need to make a permanent sexual transition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In conclusion, gender identity refers specifically to the way a person feels inside and how they express their gender through clothing, behavior, and personal appearance.  These feelings usually start at a very early age.<\/p>\n<h2>sexual orientation<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding sexual orientation, this aspect refers to the <\/span>attraction that one person feels towards another<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in emotional, affective, romantic and\/or sexual terms.  That is, it basically focuses not on one&#8217;s own sexuality, but on the tastes that the person has towards others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between the <\/span>types of sexual orientation<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">there are the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Homosexual<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Homosexuality is the emotional, romantic and\/or sexual attraction that a person feels towards another of the same sex.  Within this orientation there are &#8216;gay&#8217; orientations, usually associated with masculine people who are attracted to men, and &#8216;lesbian&#8217; orientations, which are used to identify women who are attracted to other women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Bisexual<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A bisexual person is one who feels emotionally, romantically and\/or sexually attracted to people of both the female and male sexes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Heterosexual<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Heterosexuality refers to people who feel emotional, romantic and\/or sexual attraction to people of the opposite sex to which they identify themselves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Pansexual<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Pansexuality encompasses people who feel emotionally, romantically and\/or sexually attracted to other people, regardless of their sex or gender identity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Asexual<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: People who do not experience any type of sexual attraction towards others and do not desire sexual contact with people of either sex.  An asexual person can identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or pansexual, since they only feel affective or emotional attraction.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sexual orientation is a process that is discovered as the person develops and experiences the <\/span>emotional attraction towards other people<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which normally occurs in adolescence or puberty.  Furthermore, this can change throughout life depending on the attraction that one person feels towards another.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>sexual expression<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A person&#8217;s sexual expression clearly refers to the way in which a person expresses their gender, through the <\/span>gender norms and roles that have traditionally been adopted in different cultures<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.  These norms include the way of dressing, behaving, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span>sexual expression of an individual<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> could be:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Feminine<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is a person who is guided by the norms and roles culturally assigned to the female gender. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Androgynous<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This is a person who has an ambiguous appearance and is guided by the norms and roles culturally assigned to both the female and male genders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Masculine<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Refers to people who are guided by the norms and roles culturally assigned to the male gender.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among these norms and gender roles, there can be found the <\/span>cultural beliefs<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that men should wear dark or blue colors, while pink and pastel colors are for women, that women should wear skirts and men pants, that boys should play with toy cars and girls with dolls, among others. many others.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>biological sex<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this case, we talk about the different physical and biological characteristics that are generally used to <\/span>differentiate people on a sexual level<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">based on aspects such as genital organs, body hormones and chromosomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In sexuality we talk about <\/span>three biological sexes,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Women<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is identified by the XX chromosomes and the vagina as a sexual organ.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Man<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is identified by the XY chromosomes and the penis as a sexual organ.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Intersex<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Refers to people who are born with sexual organs that do not match the characteristics traditionally used to describe \u201cmasculine\u201d or \u201cfeminine.\u201d  They may present ovarian and testicular tissues, or even variations in chromosomes, such as XXY.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for intersex people, they are born with a variation that is totally normal and that, unlike widespread belief, does not represent any type of medical problem.  In fact, according to the web portal of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it is estimated that in the United States between <\/span>1 to 2 in every 100 people are intersex<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Consequences of incorrect education on sexuality and gender equality<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the world, as we mentioned at the beginning, the sexual education that is taught to the little ones bases sexuality purely on genitality and the need for physical contact for procreation and human reproduction, leaving aside the very broad aspects that it covers. this concept, and that also identify <\/span>a community that has historically been a victim of abuse and all types of discrimination<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fueled by social norms and gender roles that are culturally accepted as \u201cmasculine\u201d and \u201cfeminine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to data from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), between March 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014, a total of <\/span>770 acts of violence against people from the LGTBIQ+ community<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lesbian, Gay, Transsexual, Bisexual, Intersexual, Queer), which were officially counted in the 25 member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The violence and abuse to which people who decide to exercise their power are systematically subjected <\/span>full right to decide about their bodies and sexuality<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is directly influenced by social norms that repress gender equality, such as the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beliefs that associate masculinity with the passion for extreme activities, risk, abruptness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homophobic and transphobic beliefs and attitudes: contempt for LGTBIQ+ people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The belief that parents have power over the body and sexuality of their children.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The belief that children and adolescents do not have autonomy over their bodies, due to their age and experience, and&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we want to fulfill the purpose of fighting against all types of abuse that threaten the integrity of any person in the world, the It is an important element&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[206],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reikisanacion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}