Chapter 7 Notes

Question 0

What are the functions of sexual values?

Answer 0

• to serve as a moral compass
• solidifies our self-identity- our sexual values are a reflection of how we view ourselves
• helps in selecting dating partners and mates
• can help in reduce STDs

Question 1

deeply held beliefs and attitudes about what is right and wrong, desirable and undesirable sexual behaviors

Answer 1

sexual values

Question 2

premarital sex is more acceptable for men than it is for women

Answer 2

double standard

Question 3

allows premarital sex for both women and men provided that they have an affectional and committed relationship

Answer 3

permissiveness with affection

Question 4

also called recreational sex- allows premarital sex for women and men regardless of the amount of affection or stability in their relationship.

Answer 4

Permissiveness without affection

Question 5

the voluntary avoidance of sexual intercourse

Answer 5

abstinence

Question 6

people following this adhere to strict codes, usually based on religion

Answer 6

absolutism

Question 7

if it feels good do it, if you don’t hurt anyone in the process

Answer 7

hedonism

Question 8

what you do sexually depends on the person that you are with.

Answer 8

relativism

Question 9

the state of not having experienced sexual intercourse

Answer 9

virginity

Question 10

What are the agents of sexual development?

Answer 10

• parents
• religion
• peers
• sex education
• sexual partners

Question 11

children learn gender roles and related values and norms about both appropriate and inappropriate sexual expression

Answer 11

normative stage

Question 12

early adolescence young people learn about sexual anatomy and physiology (peers, school)

Answer 12

informational stage

Question 13

late adolescence and young adulthoos-people engage in sexual activity and learn the behavioral aspects of sexuality from a partner

Answer 13

behavioral stage

Question 14

a set of expectation as to now one should behave in sexual situation, ex: U.S. culture prohibits sexual intercourse with children and sexual activity in public.

Answer 14

sexual script

Question 15

________ enables individuals to organize sexual situation and interpret emotions and sensations as sexually meaningful.

Answer 15

sexual script

Question 16

a depiction through words or pictures of sexual conduct involving opposite-sex or same sex partners designed to cause sexual excitement

Answer 16

pornography

Question 17

material that explicitly depicts sexual and/or genitals

Answer 17

hard-core pornography

Question 18

suggestive material that does not depict actual intercourse or genitals.

Answer 18

soft-core pornography

Question 19

becoming sexually aroused by looking at people undressing or having sex

Answer 19

voyeurism

Question 20

a person receives sexual arousal or pleasure from focusing on a nonsexual object of party of the body
ex: shoes or foot

Answer 20

fetishism

Question 21

exposing one’s genitals in public to an involuntary observer.

Answer 21

exhibitionism

Question 22

deriving sexual pleasure from the infliction of pain or the receiving of pain

Answer 22

sadomasochism

Question 23

a lack of interest in sex and an inability to fell sexual or get sexually aroused

Answer 23

Inhibited sexual desire

Question 24

persistent problems that cause distress to the individual or the partner

Answer 24

sexual dysfunctions

Question 25

in ability to have an orgasm.
contributing factors: fatigue, stress, feeling pressures to have intercourse when not ready, and a sexual partner’s unawareness of sexual needs

Answer 25

anorgasmia

Question 26

contraction of pelvic muscles during attempted intercourse

Answer 26

vaginismus

Question 27

painful intercourse

Answer 27

dyspareunia

Question 28

the inability to achieve or sustain an erection

Answer 28

impotence

Question 29

the inability to delay ejaculation after penetration

Answer 29

premature ejaculation

Question 30

difficulty in ejaculation

Answer 30

ejaculatory delay

Question 31

infections diseases that are transmitted by contact,sexual or nonsexual, with body parts or fluids (viral or bacterial)

Answer 31

STDs

Question 32

causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS

Answer 32

HIV

Question 33

most familiar as the cause of cold sores

Answer 33

Type 1 genital herpes

Question 34

linked to genital lesions

Answer 34

type 2 genital herpes

Question 35

Hepatitis B and HPV(genital warts) are examples of what?

Answer 35

STD’s caused by viruses

Question 36

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, and Pelvic inflammatory disease are an example of what?

Answer 36

STD’s caused by bacteria

Question 37

round, small, and painless sores on the genitals, anus, or mouth, a rash on the body,especially on the palms of the hands or soles of the feet are signs and symptoms of what?

Answer 37

syphilis

Question 38

occurs when certain bacteria, such as chlamydia or gonorrhea, move upward from a women’s vagina or cervix (opening to the uterus) into the reproduction organs

Answer 38

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

Question 39

refraining from sexual intercourse.

Answer 39

abstinence

Question 40

What are long-term consequences of STI’s for women?

Answer 40

• infertility
• ectopic pregnancy
• cervical cancer
• chronic pelvic pain