Human Sexuality Flashcards

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abnormal sexual behavior definition:

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  • causes harm to other people
  • causes persistent or recurrent distress
  • causes impairment in important areas of fxn’ing
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Normal sexual behavior definition

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  • brings pleasure to oneself and one’s partner involves stimulation of primary sex organs including coitus, devoid of inappropriate feelings of guilt or anxiety and is not compulsive.
  • recreational sex is normal
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stages of normal sexual response

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  • desire
  • excitement
  • plateau
  • orgasm
  • resolution
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Sexual dysfxn =

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disturbance in sexual response cycle or pain with intercourse

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Abnormality in individual responsiveness:

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  • indiviudually defined
  • usually related to other problems
  • must distinguish from physical and psychological
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sexual dysfxn can be:

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  • lifelong or acquired
  • generalized or situational
  • biological or intrapsychological/intrapersonal
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Spectatoring

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  • stage fright in the bedroom

- person may self-impose performance anxiety

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Desire Disorder definition

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  • desire for and fantasy about sexual activity are chronologically or recurrently deficient or absent
  • judged on the basis of the pt’s age and other life circumstances that may affect sexual fxn’ing
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Causes of Sexual Dysfxn

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  • medications, dz, injuries, and psych problems
  • medical causes: endocrine, vascular, local genital dz, surgical/post-op problems
  • meds: CV meds, psychotropics, hormones, opiates, GI meds, methantheline bromide, anticonvulsants
  • psychological: lack of info, negative family/religious attitudes, sexual trauma, rape, incest, childbirth, infidelity, sexual dysfxn in partner, psychiatric illness, interpersonal issues
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treatment for sexual dysfxn:

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  • meds: cyproheptadine, buproprion, yohimbine, amantadine, busprione, sildenafil (viagra)
  • psych/behavioral interventions: psychoeducation, sensate focus, homework assignments
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Types of Arousal/Erectile Disorders:

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  • Hypoactive sexual desire disorder
  • Sexual Aversion Disorder
  • Female Sexual Arousal Disorder
  • Male erectile disorder
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Arousal Disorder=

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  • no other Axis I disorder explains it better
  • it is not directly caused by substance use (medication or drug of abuse) or by general medical condition
  • causes marked distress or interpersonal problems
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Hypoactive Sexual desire D/O =

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  • abnormally low interest in sexual activity

- usually results from other physiological problems

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Sexual Aversion disorder =

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  • active dislike/avoidance of sexual activity
  • may lead to anxiety/panic attacks
  • often related to: negative parental or religious attitudes, sexual trauma, pattern of sexual pressuring, gender identity or confusion
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Female Sexual arousal disorder

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  • persistent or recurrent inability to maintain physiological arousal ( lubrication) during sexual activity
  • sexual desire remains
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Male erectile disorder

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  • recurrent failure to attain/maintain an erection

- sexual desire remains

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Orgasmic Disorders =

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  • Male/Female Orgasmic DIsorder

- premature ejaculation

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Male/Female Orgasmic Disorder

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  • inability to achieve an orgasm
  • situational or generalized
  • 75% of women do not achieve orgasm
  • 25% of men do not achieve orgasm
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Premature Ejaculation

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-male reaches orgasm with minimal sexual stimulation, often ejaculating earlier than he wants to (before, during or just after penetration)

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Sexual Pain disorder

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  • not caused by a substance use or by general medical condition
  • causes marked distress or interpersonal problems
  • 2 types: dyspareunia and vaginismus
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Dyspareunia

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=persistent genital pain before, during or after intercourse in male or female pts
-much more common in women

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Vaginismus =

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persistent involuntary spasm of musculature of the outer third of the vagina that creates problems with intercourse

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Paraphilia =

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  • attraction to deviant object
  • individual is unable to feel sexual gratifications in the absence of their desired stimulus
  • recurrent intense obsessions and compulsive behavior related to the desired target
  • desire must persist for 6 mnths
  • exclusively male disorder
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Paraphilia Tx

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  • is generally ingrained behavior
  • hormone and antidepressant meds
  • behavioral and cognitive therapies
  • group, couple or family therapy
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Exhibitionism =

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  • derives sexual gratification from exposing genitals to un-suspecting strangers
  • *shock is arousing
  • 100% male
  • may prefer this to sexual behavior
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Fetishism =

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  • strong sexual attraction related to non-living object
  • sexual activity may be directed toward fetish itself or fetish may be incorporated into sexual intercourse
  • may look at, smell, rub or wear object to get sexually aroused
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Partialism =

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-attraction to a body part

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Sadism/Masochism

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  • sadist= derives sexual gratification from inflicting pain/humiliation
  • masochist= derives sexual gratification from being humiliated/injured
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Transvestic fetishism =

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  • man derives sexual gratification from wearing women’s clothing
  • must be heterosexual
  • often begins in childhood and adolescents
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Voyuerism =

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  • derives sexual gratification from watching nudity or sexual activities of un-suspecting victims
  • *not porn
  • usually sexually frustrated
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Pedophilia =

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uncontrollable urge to have sex with children

-persons with pedophilia must be at least 16 y/o and 5 yrs older than child

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Types of Molesters

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  • situational molesters
  • preference molesters
  • child rapists
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Must specify sexual attraction of pedophile

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  • sexually attracted to women
  • sexually attracted to men
  • sexually attracted to both
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Must specify pedophile’s sexual attraction limitations

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  • limited to incest
  • exclusive: only attracted to children
  • nonexclusive: not just children
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Tx of Pedophilia

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  • Biological Tx
  • Behavioral tx
  • cognitive tx
  • group therapy
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Biological tx in pedophilia

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  • lowering level of testosterone = chemical castration
  • surgical castration (rare)
  • hypothalamotomy
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Behavioral tx in pedophilia

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adversive tx

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Cognitive tx in pedophila

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  • relapse precention

- tx depression and anger

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Group therapy tx

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  • confront denial and rationalizations

- supportive context to discuss desires and conflicts

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Gender Identity disorder

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-aka transexualism
=discrepancy btwn assigned sex (biological) and gender role (cultural and societal): feeling that they were born the wrong sex

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Gender identitiy disorder features:

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  • must be evident before age 4
  • refusal to engage in gender appropriate behaviors
  • strong and persistent cross gender identification: repeated desire to be or insistence are other sex; insistence of dressing in opposite sex’s clothing; strong/persistent preference for cross-sex role in make believe play
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Prevalence of transsexualism

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  • 1 in 30,000 males

- 1 in 100,000 females

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Biological factors for Transsexualism

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  • Abnormal fetal hormones

- vulnerability to high sensory level

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Psychological Factors to transsexualism

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  • parental preferences for child of other sex

- parental unintentional reinforcement of cross-gender bias

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Ways to help transsexualsm young child:

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-help develop self esteem

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-transsexualism in older child tx:

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  • deal with cross gender behavior and fantasy
  • help manage low self esteem
  • cope with peer rejection
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transsexualism in adults tx:

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  • focus on the biopsychosocial causes

- provide support and coping strategies