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Understanding Sex and Gender. Zrozumieć płeć III

There are many species of plants and animals which reproduce sexually on earth. However, for all of them sex has not turned out to b e so important as for human being. Sex defines human motivation, forms behaviour, releases emotions. On the one hand it makes our se nse of reality stable but on the other hand it pushes into constant changes. Sometimes it is a burden to people, sometimes an advant age. It can be a source of the most magniflcent creative inspiration but also a basis for negative stereotypes and discrimination. W hat attitude should we take towards evolutionary `sexuality profits` from a perspective of the achievements of the contemporary worl d? What was and is today a role of sex in human life? What does sex have to do with the desire to find our `Platonic` half, with edu cation, science and creativity, professional life, politics and economy? Is the question of who we are and what our nearest future w ill be still connected to sexual diversity?