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Introduction. Human sexuality is an act considered as how we express ourselves in terms of sexual acts. This is a factor that involves emotions, biological actions, spiritual feelings and erotic behaviors that we possess (Bailey et al, 2016). It is a natural factor that occurs in everyone in this entire world. This is a broad term which covers entirely a large number of topics. In this paper, we shall review gender identity, sexual orientation and safer sex. We shall also see how it is in entailed in human sexually and its importance. Gender identity. In accordance to gender identity, it is the feeling of what a person thinks of him/herself. Even though there are only two common gender known as feminine and masculine, many ought to think that they are more of what they are or totally different. It is often considered in our society that gender is based on the anatomy in which gender is determined by our biological appearance especially the genitals always matches the gender. In gender, there are male, female and transgender (Bailey et al, 2016). The male and the female are the normal people in the society in which they have different genital identity. In this case, their sexual feeling always are attracted to each other on normal cases. In this form of genders, many consider themselves differently in such a way that there are some who see themselves as non-binary, some as gender queer and some are gender neutral depending on someone’s belief (Fileborn et al, 2018). The transgender is the part of gender that is more critical in that the person possess both of the genitals in the body which include the female and male genital. It is hard to distinguish them that is why they are referred to as transgender. They are often depressed in that it is hard to participate in the human sexuality in that their identity is not vivid. Some end up being a victim of paraphilia since they don’t recognize their identity. Some don’t even participate at all in the human sexuality regardless of it being healthy and natural factor in life (Lehmiller, 2017). Sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is most important aspect in both the society and religion in that it is the part at which the sexual feelings should be appropriately assigned. This suggests that male gender should orient their sexual feelings to the female gender and vice versa. This is a heterosexual form of human sexuality (Fileborn et al, 2018). There are two other orientations of human sexuality which include bisexual and homosexual. Bisexual is the type of sex that involves both of the sex in the sense that a man could be gay and at the same time be straight. This means that a person has feelings of both genders and this is considered as neutral. This orientation does not focus on men only but also women in the sense that they could have the same attraction to both male and female. This orientation is not wrong in that sexual orientation differs with people in that it is created out of interest and feeling of a person. Majorly, it is created out of happiness and what a person likes most (Lehmiller, 2017). Homosexual is another type of sexual orientation in the sense that people of the same sex having a sexual affair. It is categorized two ways that is, gay and lesbian. A gay person is a male who has a sexual relationship with a male person and on the other hand, a lesbian is a female who has a sexual relationship with a female. Both have the aims of having pleasure and it is what one desire. There is nothing wrong about it since this type of orientation can dwell in someone’s life forever. This occurs mainly due to the appearance of the body. It is believed that female with small or no breast are most likely to become a lesbian and on the other hand, a male with immature genitals is also likely to become a gay. This is because they see it is better that way than to be frustrated (Bailey et al, 2016). Safer sex. Sex is a healthy activity and it is the nature of human beings. Having sex justifies many aspect in that it helps one to satisfy his/her desires and to procreate. In this process, one could have issues regarding the sexual activity that one could acquire diseases or even acquire unplanned pregnancies. It is therefore good to have a healthier and safer sex in order to avoid this issues. The diseases that could be contracted during the sexual activities include sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV infections. This diseases have great effect to the human body especially when not treated. They could lead to death like for instance, the STD if not treated, one could lose his/her fertility and remain barren for the rest of their lives. On the other hand, HIV cannot be cure but be managed. If one does not take precautions carefully then death could come around anytime (Bailey et al, 2016). Safer sex is encouraged and there are many ways of having the act safe. One of the ways is to use internal condoms or dental dam whenever one is having sex. This way the fluids that contains virus and bacteria will not affect you. This way also reduces the number of unplanned pregnancies at tender ages of life. Another way of having safer sex is to stay loyal to one partner in order to reduce the risk of contracting this disease (Lehmiller, 2017). Conclusion. Human sexuality is a natural act and it should be practiced in a safer manner and also it should be well oriented in order to create one’s sexual identity. It is important to have sexual education in order to create awareness on how to manage human sexuality in a perfect way. Being open about sexuality eases some of the condemned sexual behavior in the society.

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