La sexualidad, una aproximación teórica desde lo clásico a lo contemporáneo

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Sexuality is present throughout life and encompasses sex, identities, gender roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction.

OBJECTIVE:  Compare the definitions of sexuality given by classical and contemporary theorists, taking into account the similarities and differences thereof.

METHODS: A literature review was conducted, where the synthetic analytical method was used, with the documentary review of the definitions given by the theorists. Review articles were evaluated in Elsevier's ClinicalKey tool and in different databases of importance such as PubMed, Cochrane and SciELO, which in general, had less than 10 years of publication; in Spanish and English, with an adequate scientific and methodological quality. 

CONCLUSIONS: The definitions of sexuality given by classical and contemporary theorists showed similarities and differences in relation to the approaches ranging from the purely biological to more integral approaches such as psychological, physiological, social and cultural, very important dimensions to take into account for its applicability in the integral work carried out by the physician working at the first level of care.