gender and sexual health Flashcards
A group of rare conditions resulting from hormonal errors during fetal development in which internal genitalia differ from external genitalia. Also called intersex disorders.
disorders of sexual development
Any procedure involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs, for nonmedical reasons.
female circumsision
An individual’s personal, social, and legal status as a male, female, both, or neither. Also called gender identity.
gender
Distress associated with psychosocial incongruence between an individual’s assigned gender and the gender with which the individual more clearly identifies.
gender dysphoria
The behaviors, dress, appearance, and mannerisms individuals develop to express their gender identity.
gender expression
An evolving aspect of identity defined by an individual’s personal, social, and legal status as male or female.
gender identity
Condition or state of being that occurs when an individual’s gender expression or experience differs from the gender assigned at birth.
gender incongruence
The degree to which an individual’s dress, behavior, and identity do not conform with expected or conventional norms for masculinity and/or femininity.
gender noncomformity
(female circumcision) Any procedure involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs, for nonmedical reasons.
genital mutilation
The use of oxygen deprivation to enhance sexual arousal and orgasm (also called autoerotic asphyxiation or asphyxiophilia).
hypoxyphilia
A group of rare conditions resulting from hormonal errors during fetal development in which internal genitalia differ from external genitalia.
intersex
Sexual pleasure or arousal derived from receiving physical or mental abuse or humiliation.
masochism
A broad category of online exploitation, including sextortion, the grooming of an individual for illicit sexual purposes.
online enticement
An intense and persistent sexual interest other than sexual interest in genital stimulation or preparatory fondling with consenting adult human partners.
paraphilia
Sexual activity with a prepubescent child.
pedophilia
Sexual arousal associated with causing mental or physical suffering to another person.
sadism
Biological indicators of an individual’s sexuality, including sex chromosomes, hormones, and genitalia; also, sexual intercourse.
sex
The manifestation of several psychosexual factors: sexual identity, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
sexuality
Persistent or recurring impairment in achieving sexual arousal or orgasm or pain associated with intercourse.
sexual dysfunction
The ability to experience sexual pleasure and satisfaction when desired and how the body reacts in different stages of the sexual response cycle.
sexual functioning
Physical, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality.
sexual health
Description that refers to the object of the individual’s sexual attraction.
sexual orientation
The cycle of human sexual response, which occurs in a predictable cycle with five distinct phases: desire, excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.
sexual response cycle
An individual whose gender identity is different from cultural norms and expectations of the sex assigned at birth.
transgender
