Chapter 14: Sexual Behaviour Flashcards
first sexual experience factors:
Positive emotional connections with family members
Parental disapproval of early sex and contraceptive use
Greater parental control
Sexual education
Expectations of and Reactions to First Sexual Experiences
Most people recall their first experience as good - Men reported more pleasure than women, women more likely to experience pain, men reported more orgasm
reluctant virgins
unsatisfied with virgin status, and attribute it to their body image, shyness, dating experience
3 key components of sexual consent
- clear understanding of what they are consenting to
- .consent given freely
- consent is ongoing
sexual compliance
willingness to comply sexually when they do not desire sexual activity. can be good in couples
levels of social script theory
cultural, interpersonal, individual
Masturbation - Children as young as
2-3
fellatio
oral simulation of penis
frottage
dry humping
Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction (IEMSS)
discrete sexual behaviours called “exchanges” experienced as a reward (pleasing) a cost (displeasing). both a reward and a cost (pleasing in some ways and displeasing in others) or neither a reward nor a cost
sexual preferences: men report what?
engaging in masturbation using sexually explicit material more frequently and have more casual sex
what background have lower sexual knowledge, more conservative attitudes about sex, later first sexual experiences, less sexual experience, lower sexual functioning, and fewer sexual responses
east asian canadians
what is associated with better sexual health and functioning
vibrator use
exposure to what in early identity development for SGD youth leads to positive outcomes
positive family and peer support
couple who are relationally satisfied tend to stay __ over decades, and vice versa
sexually satisfied
___ is no longer associated with greater well being at a frequency greater than one week
sexual frequency
divorce rate - avg length
33%, 14.5 yrs
Consensual non monogamy CnM
lesbians, gay, bi more likely to engage, - explicitly agree that each partner may have romantic or sexual relationships with other people
polygyny
men and multiple women
polyandry
women and multiple men
Non-consensual Nonmonogamy
Most common causes for separation and divorce - relational factors (considered divorce, spousal violence)
Agenda-Setting Theory
Proposes that media affect what we think is important by highlighting what we should pay attention to
media set the agenda
Media highlights what is sexually relevant
cultivation theory
Develop a shared set of values and expectations about reality based on depictions of reality in media
Media depicts sex in similar ways
social learning theory
Suggests that individual model their attitudes and behaviours on the fictional characters they see in media
New Sexual Quality Theory
Four factors
The content of the sexual media being viewed
Short term/long-term factors can influence sexual quality and may differ according to the type of sexual media being viewed
The extent to which the sexual scripts that one is exposed to in sexual media are actually applied in ones sexual encounters
The influence of the couple context
What are some things that partners can incorporate into their sexual repertoire to enhance pleasure and sexual satisfaction?
Sex Toys
Sexual Fantasy
Good sexual communication
What are two factors that have been found to predict an earlier age of first sexual intercourse, and what are two factors that have been found to predict a later age of first sexual intercourse?
Earlier
Greater peer pressure to have sex
Substance use with friends
Having an older partner
Later
Sexual education
Better support group
Parental disapproval of sex
Briefly describe the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction.
Describes sexual behaviours as rewards (pleasing) or costs (displeasing) , both a reward or a cost, or neither a reward or cost
