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Sexual Process, Act 1: Willingness & Non-Willingness
Sexuality integrates both the mind (cognitive) and body (anatomy & physiological). A person's willingness to be sexual is the event that defines an event as sexual, since it is the act of permission (consensual threshold) which must be crossed before any activity can be determined as sexual .
Examples of sexual willingness:
I am willing to be sexual with my partner, even though I'm not aroused yet. I have been willing, ready, and able to be sexual ever since I heard her voice on the phone.
Examples of sexual willingness for only certain behaviors:
I am willing to kiss her, but I do not want to do anything else. I want to cuddle and get each other off (both have orgasms), but I don't want to be penetrated.
Examples of no willingness:
I didn't want to be sexual and said no. I didn't want to be sexual, but she touched me anyway.
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