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Gender & Sex Flashcards

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Gender role

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Societal expectations for appropriate male and female behaviour

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Sexual orientation

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Erotic attraction towards members of the same sex, opposite sex, or both sexes

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Sex

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Biological maleness and femaleness, or sexual behaviours

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Gender

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Psychological and sociocultural meanings added to biological maleness & femaleness

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Gender identity

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Self-identification as either male or female

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Androgyny

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Combining typically male characteristics and typically female characteristics
Andro - Male
Gyn - female

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Sexual response cycle

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Masters and Johnson’s description of the 4 stage bodily response to sexual arousal, containing:

  • excitement
  • plateau
  • Orgasm
  • resolution
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Excitement phase

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1st stage

Increased levels of arousal and engorged genitals

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Plateau phase

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Second stage

Levelling off in a state of high arousal

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Orgasm phase

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Third stage

Pleasurable sensations peak

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Resolution phase

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Final stage

Body returns to unaroused state

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Refractory period

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Phase after orgasm where orgasm is now impossible for men

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Sexual prejudice

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Negative attitudes toward someone because of their sexual orientation

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Sexual dysfunction

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Impairment of normal physiological processes of arousal and orgasm

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Performance anxiety

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Fear of being judged in connection with sexual activity

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Double standard

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Beliefs that encourage male sexuality and discourage female sexuality

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Sexual scripts

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Socially dictated descriptions of appropriate behaviour for sexual inter course

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Masters and Johnson’s sex therapy program’s 4 major principles

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  1. Relationship focus
  2. Integration of physiological and psychological factors
  3. Emphasis on cognitive Factors
  4. Emphasis on specific behaviour techniques
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AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)

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Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) destroys the immune system, leaving the body vulnerable

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HIV positive

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Being affected with HIV

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Steps to safer sex

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  1. Abstinence or sex with an uninflected partner
  2. Don’t use/have sex with someone who uses intravenous drugs
  3. Avoid contact with blood, vaginal secretions, or semen
  4. Avoid anal intercourse
  5. Do not have sex if you/your partner are impaired by alcohol or drugs
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Sympathetic vs. parasympathetic during sex

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Sympathetic - excitement
parasympathetic - plateau
Sympathetic - orgasm

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