what is healthy sexuality
This is a continuation from the previous blog. Here is the definition of healthy sexuality taken from the Office of the Surgeon General’s A Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior
Healthy sexuality includes the ability to understand and weigh risks, responsibilities, outcomes and impacts of sexual actions
Healthy sexuality includes the ability to practice abstinance when appropriate or reproduce when one chooses
Healthy sexuality includes freedom from sexual abuse and discrimination
Healthy sexuality includes the ability of individuals to integrate their sexuality into their lives and derive pleasure from it