6.4 Sexuality

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The Arts and Science of Relationships: Understanding Human Needs

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University of Toronto

The Arts and Science of Relationships: Understanding Human Needs

93 ratings

This course provides an introduction to: 1. Basic concepts of The Strategies and Skills Learning and Development System (SSLD), their relevance for every day relationships and provide advanced concepts for participants who work in fields of social work and health care . 2. Basic practice principles and methods of SSLD, illustrated by relationship management case studies. 3. The SSLD framework for relationship management assessment; N3C (needs, circumstances, characteristics, capacity) and problem translation. 4. Core competencies in the relationship management application of the SSLD system: Observation learning, simulation, real life implementation, review and monitoring.

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Module 6 - Relationships & Self

The final module covers various topics related to relationships, including love, sexuality, intimacy, and relationship problems.

6.4 Sexuality3:05

6.5 Needs Addressed by Sex3:36

6.6 Psychological Needs3:22

6.7 Social Needs5:23

6.8 Spirituality2:27

6.9 Sex and Quality of Relationship4:37

6.10 Diversity in Sexual Expression5:37

6.11 Erotic Justice6:18

Meet the Instructors

A. Ka Tat Tsang
Founder of the SSLD System; Professor and Factor-Inwentash Chair in Social Work in the Global Community
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

So we've just been talking about love and how it is really a complex and

multidimensional concept within a relationship.

So I kind of want to digress to talk specifically about a topic

that some people might not be super comfortable with.

But I want to go there anyway, which is sex,

which I think is also an important dimension within sometimes love, right?

>> Yeah, absolutely, and you're right, it's not easy to talk about sex.

Because you know whenever we try to talk about sex, all right,

a lot of people would have their feelings and values and a lot of things triggered.

And it's not easy to just reason and talk about it in a straightforward,

rational manner, so we'll try, right?

So I would say that from a SSLD perspective,

obviously if we understand that sex is sort of a natural part of being human.

And sexuality actually entails more than the sexual act itself.

It is also about being sexual and feeling sexual.

Maybe I should just start with a couple of comments here.

One is that we believe that most people are interested in sex.

But there has been some research indicating that there is a small

percentage of people who aren't really interested,

and they have minimal sex drive.

And these are individuals that can be sort of described as being asexual.

We have no definite clear idea of what the percentage may be.

Some people estimate it to be anywhere from 1 to 3% of the population.

So these individuals apart,

we will say that like most other people

would be interested in sex in some way.

And coming back to the SSLD position,

we would say that people engage in sexual activity or

sexual interactions or sexual relationships.

Well, these are not exactly the same concepts, right,

the people get engaged in them for

different reasons, trying to address different needs.

And then one of the key things that I want to talk about is that when you

have sex happening in a relationship and then you have two partners or

sometimes more, participating in it.

They do not necessarily try to address the same

needs by engaging in the same act.

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