We use the term "sexuality", in its broadest sense, to talk about the way in which people test themselves as sexual ‘subjects’, and the ways in which they describe this experience. If the term has been limited before to aspects of formation of the person’s genetic, sexual behaviours, physiological, emotional and psychological expressions, it’s now expanded to include cultural identity, and the symbols and representations related to sex. Thus sexuality has become a domain of both the "private space" and "public space", at the same time. And by virtue of being biologically based, i.e., sex is universal, yet specific to each social and cultural setting. Thus, sexuality is a historical, cultural and social concept, which changes depending on place and time, making it a variable rather than a constant. Hence, the meanings that people attach to their sexual behaviour and expressions related to this dimension are culturally constructed.
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