ORTHOSEXUALITY - Definition

Orthosexuality
or•tho•sex•ual•ity \ ôr'thə-sĕk'shū-ăl'ĭ-tē\

Noun.

1. The sum of the physical, functional, and psychological attributes of a sex’s anatomically and biologically correct, natural, or proper sexual activity, behavior, conduct, or expression.

2. (Biology) Sexual activity, behavior, conduct or expression that is anatomically and biologically correct, natural, normal, or proper of the male or the female; the sexual attraction to members of the opposite sex.

3. (Sociology) The sexual activity, behavior, conduct, or response universally considered socially acceptable, proper, normal, or orthodox.

4. (Psychology) The psycho-erotic attraction to members of the opposite sex; the disposition to sexually behave in a mentally sane and biologically correct, natural, normal or proper manner. The quality of being free of psycho-sexual (i.e., aberrosexual) disorder such as bisexualism, fetishism, homosexualism, lesbianism, necrophilism, sadomasochism, scopophilia, voyeurism, zoophilism, etc.

5. (Sexology) The anatomically and biologically correct expression or response to sexual attraction, erotic arousal, or to one's sex, vis-á-vis genitalia and reproduction; the anatomically and biologically correct or natural purpose, responsiveness or functions of the sexual organs.

Synonyms: sexual correctness, sexual appropriateness, sexual healthiness, sexual normality. (Improperly referred to as “heterosexuality”).

Antonyms: aberrosexualism, sodomy, sexual aberrance, sexual deviance, sexual perversion

Examples of use:

1. Edward thoroughly enjoys and gaily admits his orthosexuality.

2. Orthosexuality is indispensable for sexually well-adjusted, truly gay human beings.

3. Thomas defends orthosexuality as the only healthy and sane sexual behavior for all members of society.

4. Psychologists point to orthosexuality as the standard of healthy and sane sexual activity.

TRANSLATION TO OTHER LANGUAGES:

*  French:            orthosexualité
*  Italian:             ortosessualità
*  Latin:               orthosexualitatis
*  Portuguese:     ortossexualidade
*  Russian:           ортносексуальность
*  Spanish:           ortosexualidad

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REMEMBER
Truth has never stood in the way of ideological fanatics, any more than reality has ever stood in the way of delusional psychotics.

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