This sexual related article is about Sexual characteristics- a contemplation concerning male and female dichotomy and its effects on contemporarysociety.

Although, the twentieth century had laid down the patterns of female liberation, specially on sex and sexual relationships, in western society, discussions crop up still today with regards to male and female sexual demeanors.

Basically, -“I’m referring to dichotomy in relation to human sexual behavior, polarizing a male orientated and active world, and another feminine and passive. Obviously, the degree of association is likely to vary according to context. Probably in more traditional circles there exist major association between “being female” and being passive, tamed and docile, and, “ being male” and being active, dominant and aggressive. In less traditional circles such dichotomy is less robust but always has expression on sexuality and sexual life. However, more often than not viewpoints mushroom in the general consensus of which, for example, women display certain qualities stemming from their “sensitivity”. On the other hand, men posses qualities stemming from their strength.In order to give raise to reflection, lets consider that are there such differences and ask. - Is the origin of such differences essentially sexual or sex orientated? Would it be possible that men and women are already born with pre-established leanings?

In 1935, the famous American anthropologistMargaret Mead wrote the book “Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies”. Therein the researcher responds our question plainly also in sexuality aspects. Mead verified that the Arapesh Indians from Brazil displayed homogeneous temperament, defined by non-aggressiveness., maternal attitude and susceptible to alien demands. And as such, both male and female showed the same kind of endeavor. As for the Mundugumor-also Brazilian tribe, there was different situation altogether. In this tribe, both men and women were implacable, aggressive and definitely sexually orientated. In contrast, among the Tchambuli the situation was totally different and unlikely to what the author called as “our own culture”( she referred to the American society at the time) . In turn, the Tchambuli womenwere bossy and dominant. The Tchambuli men were not so responsible and emotionally dependent. So far, this research likewise others of the same anthropologist, contributed to lay foundations for equal rights between male and female, during the mid-twenty century. Therefore, if in other parts of the world social leadership was exercised by women, then, why accept female submission in relation to masculine domination?

Shaping sexual personality lies in social origins. Thus, depending upon society and historic period, certain characteristics and attitudes are attributed to men and others

Since childhood individuals are taught to behave some way or another. Though, there are models to guide the human sexual endeavor. Each model is constituted of a set of attitudes that vary between the more “active’ and the more “passive”. So much as the public practices as the intimate ones and connected to sexual relation are stemmed from those differences in terms of model.