Final Flashcards
gender identity
psychological sense of self
sexual identity
your self label/
sexual orientation
who person is emotionally and sexually attracted to
critique of kidney scale
refers only to sexual behaviour which isn’t always your sexual orientation
gay rights and 1969
became decriminalized to be gay
gay rights and 1980’s
gay men and women allowed to serve in military
gay rights and 1996
banned hate speech and protected gay adoption rights
is gender variance in childhood a predictor for homosexuality
no
paraphilia
other activities that are not vanilla
sociological approach to defining abnormal sexual behaviour
what violates norms of society
psychological approach to defining abnormal sexual behaviour
dysfunctional behaviour
cause distress
dievent
dangerous
transvestism
men dressing in women’s cloths for sexual purpose
sexual sadist
like to give pain during sex
sexual masochist
likes to receive pain in sex
what does BDSM stand for
bondage
dominatirx
sadism
masochism
learning theory of BDSM
boy getting spanked by parent
penis touches something
gets hard
association
Psychological theory of BDSM
desire to escape from self awareness
voyeur
wanting to watch some unsuspecting person naked
exhibitionism
wanting to expose yourself to unsuspecting personm
non arousal OSA
googling sex info online
solitary arousal OSA
watching porn
partnered arousal OSA
phone sex
sexual double standard
when the same behaviour
is evaluated differently depending on whether a man or woman engages in it
3 ways of conceptualizing sexuality
they typology
Kinsey contimuim
two dimensional scheme
role of genetics and being gay
theory with most support through twin studies
not 100% genes
prenatal factors and being gay
if mothers are stressed during pregnancy it can effect babies hypothalamus which may be connected
frotteuristic disorder
touching or rubbing against a non-consenting person
RACK
Risk-Aware Consensual Kink
PRICK
Personal Responsibility Informed Consensual Kink
sexual abnormal behaviour - statistical definition
frequency of occurrence
sexual abnormal behaviour - sociological definition
deviance
sexual abnormal behaviour legal definition
breaks laws
sexual abnormal behavior psychological definition
cause distress or impairment
sexual abnormal behavior medical definition
paraphilia
does interest/preference = behaviour
no
Blanchard
male’s paraphilic tendency to be sexually aroused by the thought/image of himself as a female
courtship theory - 4 phases
- looking for a potential partner – initial phase of courtship
- pretactile interaction – talking or flirting with a potential partner
- tactile interaction – usually consists of touching, hugging, hand holding, etc. (this could also be considered foreplay)
- affecting genital union – more commonly known as sexual intercourse
biological theory for asexual interest
because of your brain mapping
lovemap theory
during childhood you develop a template for sexual relationships
any disruptions during would result in praphilias
aversion therapy for atypical sexual interests
classical conditioning
pair unpleasant stimuli with problematic stimuli
orgasmic reconditioning
pairing of sexual arousal with appropriate target
Behavioural Treatments for atypical sexual interest
aversion therapy
social skills training
orgasmic reconditioning
Carne’s 4-step cycle: triggered by negative affect
-preoccupation
-rituals
-compulsive sexual behaviour
-despair
hyper sexuality in women
nymphomania
hypersexuality in men
satyriasis
3 types of date rape drug
rohyphol
GHB
ketamine
3 theories of sa
psychopathology
feminist
social disorganization
7 categories of sexual dysfunction
hypoactive sexual desire
erectile dysfunction
premature ejacualtion
delayed ejaculation
female orgasmic disorder
female sexual interest disorder
genito pelvic pain
2 duration categories for sexual disorders
lifelong OR acquired
2 types when sexual disorders could arise
situational OR generalized
freud on sexual response
clitoral orgasm → immature (i.e., childish) vaginal orgasm → mature (i.e., adult)
kinsey on sexual response
females and males are similar in anatomy and physiology but females “lesser sexual capacity”
masters and Johnson on sexual response
- claimed that females’ and males’ orgasms are far more similar than different
claimed that females’ capacity exceeded males’ (i.e., ability to have multiple orgasms until total exhaustion)
how is Kaplan’s Triphasic Model different from Masters and Johnson model of sexual response
Kaplan includes desire as first step - a psychological symptom not physiological
Dual Control Model of sexual response
a scale of inhibition and excitation
people can have a more sensitive of either
most people have well balanced
eventually there will be a tipping point and it’ll make a decision
2 reasons for sex - Bason
avoidance and approach reasons
most common sexual disorder
premature ejaculation
most often treated sexual disorder
erectile dysfunction
what is Sensate Focus
type of sexual therapy
steps of Sensate Focus
- self exploration
- self pleasuring
- mutual pleasuring
- intercourse
sociological explanations for being gay
being labeled gay is a self fulfilling prophecy
aversion therapy
pairing of unpleasant stimuli with problematic stimuli
social skills training
learn to better interact with appropriate target
orgasmic reconditioning
pairing of sexual arousal with appropriate target
Three Feminist perspectives:
- Expression of patriarchal culture
(radical) - Respect for free speech, and women’s rights to choose what they will do with their bodies (liberal)
- Porn, sex work has benefits for women; sexual freedom (pro-sex, sex-positive)
Socio-Cultural criticism of porn
belief that sex is a private matter, shared between two people in a committed, loving relationship
- subverts common social and moral good
- pornography is obscene/explicit depictions of human sexuality
most common female sexual disorder
Female sexual interest/arousal disorder
2 non bio theories on being gay
learning theory
interactionist theory
Blanchard
a male’s paraphilic tendency to be sexually aroused by the thought/image of himself as a female
Carne’s 4-step cycle:
-preoccupation
-rituals
-compulsive sexual behaviour
-despair
when is something considered obscene
if it does not pass the Community standards of tolerance test
new proposed categories for reasons for female sexual dysfunction
- Sexual problems due to socio-cultural, political, or economic factors
- Sexual problems relating to partner and relationship
- Sexual problems due to psychological factors
- Sexual problems due to medical factors
7 psych factors of sexual dysfunction
myths and misinfo
negative attitudes
relationship distress
lifestyle
psych distress
communication
anxiety
