Summary: Exploring Human Sexuality: Past And Present

Chapter 1: Exploring Human Sexuality: Past and Present

According to Sexuality in Ancient Mediterranean, Egyptians, Hebrews, and Romans all shared and had different views and traditions towards sexuality. Egyptians condemned adultery, especially among woman. The woman had the right to divorced their husbands, this was a privilege that Hebrew woman did not have. The Hebrew Bible forbade adultery, male homosexual intercourse, and interaction between family members. They believed marital union was an expression f love. The Greeks stories were mostly about incest, rape and how male mentors had sex with their submissive male students. Romans in the other hand were very permissive towards homosexuals and bisexuals until the sixth century when it became illegal. Marriage and sexual relations were viewed as a way to improve wealth and social standing; passionate love never appears in written records. According to Sexuality in Ancient Asia and Early Christianity, India. China and Early Christianity also incorporated religion to emphasize the view of sexuality. In the Hindu culture, one’s responsibility in

According to Sexual Revolutions 1960s, “Americans went from No Sex Until Marriage to If It Feels Good, Do It!”. Challenges during this time period involved male gender roles and sexuality. The discovery of antibiotics was highly important because this led to the decreased fear of having an STI because now there was a cure for most of them. Television, radios, and the media began to broadcast more liberal ideas about sexuality to the public. Also, the introduction of the first contraceptive pill was important because for the first-time heterosexual woman was able to engage in sexual intercourse associated with only procreation. Soon, poets, writer, and songwriters began to embrace sexuality. Also at the ends of the 1960s, the gay and lesbian civil rights movement officially began with Stonewall