B2 Flashcards
Male
•Outgrowth of facial and bodily hair
•Emerging Adam’s apple
•Deepening of the voice
•Muscle developmen
Female
•Onset of menarche
•Noticeable changes in the hips, breast, and skin
•Aside from these observable changes in males and females, release
of hormones triggers physiological changes in the reproductive
system.
•They are capable of reproduction
Sexual Response Cycle
•Excitement
•Plateau
•Orgasm
•Resolution
Erogenous Zones
described as parts of the body
that are chiefly sensitive and cause increased sexual
arousal when touched in a sexual manner
Solitary Behavior
Self-gratification is self-stimulation with the
intention of causing sexual arousal and
generally, sexual clima
Sociosexual Behavior
May be heterosexual or homosexual
•Petting: hugging, kissing, and generalized
caresses of the clothed body
•Coitus: the insertion of the male
reproductive organ into the female
reproductive organ.
•Premarital coitus | Marital coitus |
Extramarital coitus | Postmarital coitu
Biological Sex
one’s assignment upon birth and is
dependent on the physical features the person has:
Gender
An identity that is learned and embraced by
the individual; is both a personal and social construct
Gender roles
societal expectations of how men
and women should act.
the period of rest after ejaculation
Refractory Period
•D: Sexual urges occur in response to sexual cues
or fantasies.
•A: subjective sense of sexual pleasure and
physiological signs of sexual arousal (males –
penile tumescence; females – vasocongestio
Excitement Phase (desire/arousal)
•Brief period occurs before orgasm
Plateau Phase
In males, feelings of the inevitability of ejaculation,
followed by ejaculation; in females, contractions of
the walls of the lower third of the vagi
Orgasm Phase
Decrease in arousal occurs after orgasm
(particularly in
Resolution Phase
is when a person is
born a man, but assumes womanly traits.
An aspect of sexual orientation
