ABSTRACT
It cannot be overemphasized that although sexuality is an important component of people’s lives, everywhere it is difficult to study. This has been poignantly observed in a recent workshop on human sexuality. “Human Sexuality is simultaneously one of the most fascinating and one of the most challenging domains of inquiry. Major concerns in the lives of people revolve around their sexuality. Human sexuality is a pleasurable activity: it dominates fantasy; it both establishes common bonds and identifies gulfs between people; and it occasionally conceives new life” (Zeller, 1989:48). [However] “The AIDS epidemic caught us ill prepared to answer basic questions about people’s sexual behavior. Efforts to fill this void have not always been based on sound methodological footing. Unfortunately, we are in the uncomfortable position of having to play catch up” (Catania, 1990:88).
