What Is Sexual Health?
Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality. It is not merely the absence of disease or dysfunction. Like brain health, it is complicated and poorly understood. Sexual health covers pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, sexual behaviors, and attitudes toward sex. But it also covers sexual rights and sexual pleasure.1
As scientists better understand the complex interaction between our brains, sexual organs, and hormones, the...