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Susan Rahman · 2026
A comprehensive open educational resource textbook covering human sexuality from biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives, including topics ranging from reproductive anatomy and sexual response to gender identity, sexual orientation, relationships, contraception, and sexual health.
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What this book knows
Sexuality is shaped by body, identity, culture, and relationship — not reducible to biology or morality alone.
desire
The United States prides itself on being the 'land of the free,' but is rather restrictive when it comes to general attitudes about sex compared to other industrialized nations.
SSSS-RC-020Anxious attachment leads to more frequent sex and pursuit of sex as a means of getting closer to the partner; avoidant attachment links to sex for non-romantic reasons.
SSSS-RC-189Intimate relationships allow us to express our fundamental desires to reach out; we experience higher self-esteem when partners respond supportively.
SSSS-RC-201self-and-identity
Those wishing to 'pray away the gay' with types of 'Conversion therapies' do irreparable harm to LBTQIA+ individuals.
SSSS-RC-132Fa'afafines are considered an important part of Samoan culture — individuals who embody both masculine and feminine traits.
SSSS-RC-102embodiment
Sara Baartman is seen as the epitome of colonial exploitation and racism, of the ridicule and commodification of Black bodies.
SSSS-RC-0136 published passages · book excerpt · research analysis
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