It includes interviews, articles, essays, updates on member activities, conference announcements, and book reviews. Members receive the complete AHP Perspective as part of their membership. Dee Michael Conventional wisdom has it that people must be monogamously coupled to reach sexual potential and that life-long marriage is its best vehicle. While many may be blessed with the grace of a marriage of happiness, the central issue germane to sexual fulfillment can be found in the hierarchy of Maslow's conception. While self-actualization is a major motivator in Maslow's Hierarchy, it was sometimes conceived of as coming later in development.
Skills develop in a cyclic fashion, increasing throughout the lifespan.
This relates to sexual development and fulfillment as well. In order to develop and explore oneself sexually, certain basic levels must have been dealt with on at least a rudimentary level. Physical health is a developmental issue and sexual development takes most of the first decades of growth and learning to mature. This includes the knowledge to maintain and promote sexual health in the process of sexual experience. A sense of physical and psychological safety requires the integration of experience and knowledge with interpersonal skills and communication skills.