Sexual systems

The literature refers to a sexual complex with negative emotional representation of identity (sense of frustration, fear, sin), relating to sexual relationships, have a significant and sometimes decisive influence on how sexually active, and overall behavior.

Allocate complexes inherent in men (macho complex, Oedipus complex, etc.), women (Messalina complex, Electra complex, etc.) and both sexes (inferiority complex, a complex of panic of closing doors, etc.).

Sexual complexes are a kind of psychological problems not related to the disease. Their correction is carried out using the methods of psychotherapy

Asexuality and hypersexuality

Under the asexuality understand or lack of sexual desire, or his deliberate suppression of one reason or another (austerity). The opposite is hyper - increased need for sexual contact (satiriazis / nymphomania).

Some common to all the "rules of the intensity of sexual activity" does not exist, but the average (statistically) the frequency of sex in heterosexual couples is permanent, according to various estimates, several times a week to several times a month. The most logical to define per se rule, not based on any statistical research (which is the result of averaging over a large sample of respondents), and individual characteristics of specific pair ..

Sexual orientation

Distinguish heterosexual (hetero - different, of different sexes - that is between a man and woman) or homosexual (homo-same, same-sex) sex. Respectively allocated sexual orientation - the preference of either sex: heterosexual (attracted to the opposite sex), gay (-sex) and bisexual (for both sexes) orientation. The term "metrosexual", contrary to popular belief, does not indicate the sexual orientation.

Today, in terms of number of psychiatrists and especially - psychology, is itself sexual orientation can not be considered pathological. Yet earlier in most cultures, homosexual and bisexual orientation was considered as something wrong and openly persecuted, but now often ridiculed. Some scholars of XIX century. (R. Krafft-Ebing) believed that homosexuality is the result of degeneration (degeneration).

Sexual deviation

There are deviations from normal sexual behavior (sexual deviation). The content of sexual norms depends on the specific cultural and historical conditions.

The main groups of deviations are described in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) in the diagnosis F65 (Class V - Mental and behavioral disorders, personality disorders and behavior in adulthood, disorders of sexual preference). Deviation (paraphilias) are not variants of their sexual orientation.

Seksomniya (Latin sexus (sex, sex) + Lat. Somnus (sleep)) - a mental disorder in which a person during sleep to have sex or shows any other sexual activity.Seksomniya is a variation of sleepwalking. Manifested in both men and women. A characteristic feature is the unawareness and nezapominanie man event. Sometimes the memory is possible, but is generally perceived as a sexual dream.

The first scientific publication, which suggested that sexual behavior during sleep may be a different type of parasomnias (unusual action of sleeping people), was published in 1996 by three researchers - Colin Shapiro (born Colin Shapiro) and Nick Tradzhanovich (English Nik Trajanovic ) from the University of Toronto and Paul Fedorov (born Paul Fedoroff) from the University of Ottawa. Since 2005, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (English American Academy of Sleep Medicine) seksomniyu recognized as a distinct syndrome.

According to research published in the Journal of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (English Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine), seksomniya has three degrees:

The least dangerous is manifested in disorders of sleep, no big concern to others.
Cases, the consequences of which "appear in a non-pecuniary damage."
In severe cases patients come in with partners unconsciously somnambulistic sexual contact.
There are cases when people are struck by seksomnii yourself or your partner injury. Most often this is due to the fact that the sleeping person behaves much cruder and more aggressive than in the waking state.

When seksomnii sexual actions occur in a state of unconsciousness. This makes it impossible to regard them as crimes. There are precedents for the diagnosis of "seksomniya" allowed to drop charges of rape.
Prevalence

Earlier in the medical literature there were very few reports of seksomnii. On the one hand, this was due to the specifics of the issue (people do not tend to complain about such sensitive issues). On the other hand, unconsciousness prevents receiving unbiased information.

In June 2010, employees of the Canadian University network of health facilities (English University Health Network) in Toronto at the annual meeting of the Association of Societies of sleep researchers (English Associated Professional Sleep Societies) provided evidence of a sufficiently high prevalence seksomnii. [3] According to their observation, unconscious sexduring sleep is more common for men (11%) than women (4%). True, this observation statistics of over 800 patients and sleep disorders center in the general population percentages should be lower. While one can only conclude that sexual differentiation of the frequency display seksomnii in favor of men.

An attempt was made to obtain data that increases the risk seksomnii. People suffering from this form of sleep disorder patients differed from other clinics more frequent recognition of drug use (15.9% vs 7.7%).

Treatment

Psychiatrist Carlos Schenck and neurologist Mark Mahowald of the regional center in Minnesota, sleep disturbances (English Regional Sleep Disorders Center) believe that the disorder is easily treatable with a tranquilizer total of clonazepam. They believe that the dissemination of information about the nature of the disorder will encourage people seek medical care, rather than assume sexy fad or sexual deviation.


Sexology - the scientific discipline that studies all the manifestations of human sexuality, including attempts to characterize the normal sexuality, and the study of variability of sexual practices, including so-called paraphilia (sexual deviation or).

Modern sexology - a multidisciplinary field of research that uses methods of a number of related disciplines such as biology, medicine, psychology, statistics, epidemiology, pedagogics, sociology, anthropology, and sometimes criminology. It examines the development of sexuality and the development of sexual contact, including sexual intercourse technique and disorders of the sexual sphere. Researchers document the sexuality of different groups in society such as people with disabilities, children, the elderly, and cases of sexual pathology, such as a pathological obsession with sex or sexual abuse against children.

It should be noted that sexology - describing, not prescribing the discipline. She tries to document certain aspects of reality, and not to prescribe what behavior is appropriate, ethical or moral. Sexology often been the subject of conflict between her supporters and those who believe that sexology encroaching on the sacred foundation of human life, or those who argue, from a philosophical point of view, sexologists claim to objectivity and empirical methodology.
History

In the literature (K. Imelinskiy) distinguish four periods in the history of knowledge about sexual behavior:

Prehistoric - have only fragmentary information about the sexual behavior of prehistoric man.
XVIII-XIX century - is the primary information storage, there are pre-scientific research.
Period doseksologicheskih knowledge - the scientific study of sexuality conducted in the branch of science: medicine, philosophy, and biology.
Period of sexological knowledge - sexology stands as an independent branch of research.
There are several ancient teachings on "the art of love", including such as the Art of Love (Ars Amatoria) Ovid, Indian treatises Vatsyayana Kama Sutra and Ananga Ranga or fragrant Arabic garden of sensual pleasures. However, none of these books did not consider sexuality as an object of systematic scientific or medical research.

The pioneer of sexology in the pre-scientific sources referred to the Marquis de Sade, is summed up in his works, information on all kinds of deviant sexual behavior and sexual perversion and promote the human right to freedom of sexual behavior.