Problem
Sexual repression
Other Names:
Repressed sexual tendencies Nature:
Sexual repression is a state in which a person is prevented from expressing their own sexuality. Sexual repression is often linked with feelings of guilt or shame being associated with sexual impulses. Defining characteristics and practices associated with sexual repression vary between societies and different historical periods. The behaviours and attitudes constituting sexual repression differ across cultures, religious communities and moral systems. Sexual repression can largely be categorised as physical, mental or an amalgam of both.
Sexual repression is enforced through legislation in certain countries, many of which are located in the Middle East and North Africa region, and South Asia. Common practices associated with the practice include female genital mutilation. Individuals believed to have engaged in behaviours contradicting social, religious or cultural expectations of sexual repression, such as same-sex sexual activity, may be punished through honor killings, persecution or the death penalty.
Broader Problems:
RepressionCounter-dependencyRetarded socialization Narrower Problems:
Denial of sexual freedom Strategies:
Awakening sexual desireRepressing sexual desires Subject(s):
Psychology → Psychology Society → Sex-related questions
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
13.01.2021 – 19:17 CET