SEXOLOGY:  Sexology is Scientific Study of Human Sexuality including sexual interests, behavior and functions. It also includes sexual development and development of sexual relationships. Researchers apply tools from several fields like Biology, Medicine, Psychology, Statistics, Epidemiology, Sociology, Anthropology, criminology etc. 

Sex: Sex refers to biological and Physiological characteristics that define male and female. Sex is also used to mean sexual activity. 

GENDER: Gender refers to socially constructed roles, behavior, activities and attributes thata given society considers appropriate for man and woman as masculine and feminine. 

GENDER IDENTITY: 

Gender Identity is an individual’s private and personal perception of being male or female. 

GENDER ROLE: Gender role is an individual’s outward expression of maleness or femaleness in social settings. 

SEXUALITY: Sexuality in thinking, feeling and behavior as a man or as a woman regarding sex. It is a dimension of personality of an individual with reference to sex. 

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Preference for sexual partners of the same sex (Homosexual), of the opposite sex(Heterosexual) or of either sex (Bisexual).

LOVE MAP: Love map is the mental pattern expressed in every individual’s sex-erotic fantasyand practice. Like native language, it is unique for himself. It is unique for himself. It is developed before the age of eight years and is executed after puberty. Children get their love map by engaging in sexual rehearsal play. When the play is not interfered with by parents, teachers or by the society, the love map develops as Heterosexual. 

SEXUAL HEALTH: Sexual health is a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing in relation to sexuality. It requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free from coercion, discrimination and violence.

W.H.O: The concept of Sexual Health includes three basic elements:

1.    Capacity to enjoy and control sexual and reproductive behavior in accordance with a social and personal ethic.

2.    Freedom from fear, shame, guilt, false beliefs and other psychological factors inhibiting sexual response and impairing sexual relationship.3.    Freedom from organic disorders, diseases and deficiencies that interfere with sexual and reproductive functions.