People get hung up a lot on sexuality. What does
it mean? Is it an abstract element of our being, or does it describe
what we are attracted to, what interests us sexually? The word is
used for both. When someone says that people should celebrate or
nurture their sexuality, they don't always mean their sexual
orientation – and some people object to the word orientation there,
for a range of reasons.
For now, I am using the word sexuality
to mean all of that, and perhaps more. It is that part of us that
desires that sort of physical intimacy. It is about the sort of
intimacy we desire. It is what we like to do, and the sort of person
we like to do it with. It is even involved in things we do entirely
on our own. It is what we do, it is what we want, it is what we dream
of.
