Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Correspondence to: Dr. E-mail: ancips sify. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. There are significant gaps in the scientific literature concerning female sexual behavior and attitudes surrounding sexuality, which have definitive implications on public health and clinical work.
The study group comprised consecutive women attending the Department of Pediatrics for the care of noncritical children in a multispecialty, tertiary care teaching hospital setting in North India.
Peno-vaginal sex continues to be considered the most desired and actually performed sexual activity for arousal and orgasm, followed by kissing and foreplay. The present study is a preliminary effort to understand the contemporary female sexual behavior, knowledge and attitude by employing standard instruments.
Still further studies are required in this area. Keywords: Female sexual behavior, knowledge and attitude, practices, sexual difficulties. Human sexuality is the sum total of an individual's biological constitution, life experiences, knowledge, behavior and attitudes; it is influenced by a myriad of physical, psychological, interpersonal, and cultural factors. Human sexuality has numerous symbolic meanings to an individual, and it is important for the clinicians to understand human sexuality.
Despite advances in the treatment of human sexual problems, various lacunae remain in our knowledge of human sexuality. In particular, our knowledge of female sexuality has consistently lagged behind that of male sexuality.
