sexology: the body of knowledge that comprises the science of
sex, or, more precisely, the science of the differentiation and
dimorphism of sex and of the
erotic/
sexual pairbonding of partners. Its primary data are behavioropsychological and somatic, and its primary organs are the
genitalia, the skin, and the brain. The scientific subdivisions of sexology are genetic, morphologic, hormonal, neurohormonal, neuroanatomical, neurochemical, pharmacological, behavioral, sociocultural, conceptive-contraceptive, gestational-parturitional, and parental sexology. The life-span subdivisions of sexology are embryonal-fetal, infantile, child, pubertal, adolescent, adult, and gerontal [geriatric] sexology.
See also sexosophy.
Dictionary of Sexology Project: Main Index