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Sexual Health and Wellbeing through the Life Course: Ensuring Sexual Health, Rights and Pleasure for All
Tim Sladden1, Anne Philpott2, Doortje Braeken3
1Senior HIV Adviser, UNFPA (The United Nations Population Fund), New York, NY, USA.
Summary
Sexual health, rights, and pleasure are integral to overall well-being and human rights. This commentary explores their interconnectedness across the lifespan, emphasizing often-overlooked aspects of sexual health.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Human Rights Law
- Sexual Health
Background:
- Sexual health and wellbeing (SH&W) is a critical component of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
- SRHR is a fundamental aspect of overall health, yet aspects of sexual health are frequently neglected.
- The interconnectedness of sexual health, rights, and pleasure requires further exploration.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize the context and positioning of sexual health, sexual rights, and sexual pleasure.
- To highlight their indivisible nature within sexual health and wellbeing.
- To examine their linkages and contributions to overall health throughout the life course.
Main Methods:
- Commentary synthesizing existing literature and concepts.
- Utilizing a life course approach to illustrate the interplay of the tripartite aspects.
- Reviewing scientific literature and policy narratives.
Main Results:
- Sexual health, rights, and pleasure are interlinked and indivisible components of SH&W.
- SH&W is a core part of SRHR and overall health.
- The life course perspective reveals dynamic linkages contributing to general health.
- The connection between pleasure, health rights, and health attainment needs more attention.
Conclusions:
- Sexual health, rights, and pleasure are fundamental to human health and well-being.
- A life course perspective is crucial for understanding their integrated impact.
- Increased attention to the role of sexual pleasure in health and rights is warranted in research and policy.
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