Articles about Biodanza

The complexity of human sexual behavior is a result of our culture, our intelligence and our complex societies. It is not entirely governed by instinct, as is the case with almost all animals. However, the fundamental driver of human sexual behavior remains instinct, although its form and expression depend on culture and personal choices, giving rise to a very complex range of sexual behaviors, in which aspects related to health, pleasure, law, religion, etc. The concept of sexuality encompasses the sexual impulse aimed at immediate pleasure and procreation, as well as the various aspects of one's psychological relationship to one's own body (feeling male, female, or both) and society's behavioral expectations. In everyday life, sexuality plays an important role because, from the point of view of emotions and relationships between people, it goes far beyond the reproductive purpose and the norms or sanctions imposed by society. For centuries, sexuality in animals and humans has been regarded as essentially instinctive. Theories were based on this belief to establish unnatural forms of sexuality, including all non-procreative practices. This led to discrimination and many feelings of fear. Today, however, even highly evolved mammals, such as dolphins, and even birds, such as penguins, are known to display differentiated sexual behaviors that include forms of manifest homosexuality, variations of masturbation, and even rape. Modern psychology deduces from this that sexuality can or should be learned. Psychoanalysis isolates the concept of instinct in man and considers sexuality in a broader sense than genital, because human sexual desire does not overlap with the procreative instinct. Recent studies on sexuality have shown that gender issues are of great importance in the construction of the person's personal identity and social development. Human sexuality not only requires instinct and/or behavioral stereotyping, as in animals, but is also influenced by different mental activities and the social, cultural, educational and regulatory characteristics of the environment in which people grow up and develop their personalities. A serious study in the field of sexuality should be based on the convergence of several lines of development, including affectivity, emotions and relationships. These lines of development, or potentials, are the basis of Biodanza. In the sexual dimension, one does not focus on the symptom (lack of frequency, erection, orgasm, desire, etc.), but on the integration of the healthy aspects of the identity for its proper progressive development. A survey conducted in the United States among 1,000 young people from different social backgrounds, between the ages of 12 and 19, found that nearly 50 percent were sexually active. More than twenty percent were only 12 years old. Psychiatrist Dylan Griffiths, who led the study, says: "The constraints traditionally exercised by family, church and other institutions have disappeared, leaving young people as unprotected victims." A team of researchers formed by R. Rector, L. Noyes and K. Johnson established a direct link between the two in 2003. In 2003, Johnson made a direct link between being sexually active, depression, and more suicide attempts. After 6,500 interviews, the team concluded that "girls who were sexually active were more than three times as likely to be depressed as those who were not," while young men were "more than twice as likely." This study suggests that if this happens to young people, where and how do adults deal with such a delicate and vital issue? The Biodanza system contributes to the sexual development of adults as a progressive, pedagogical and creative activity. Adults, teachers, professors, and especially parents must be responsible for opening a natural organic sexual dialogue with children so that, as young people grow up, they can share this dialogue and continue to build their sexual identity in private.