Lecture 3: Sexual Response cycle Flashcards
True or false:
All five senses are used in the Sex Response
True
Are aphrodisiacs a ting?
Nope, they are all contextual
What about red jin-sing?
It is a stimulant, so it helps with arousal
What is the only thing that has been shown to increase arousal?
Testosterone.
What is the sexual response cycle?
Master & Johnson
Excitement
Plateau
Orgasm
Resolution
What is the sex cycle (kaplan)
Desire
Excitement
Orgasm
What is Desire within the sex response?
The drive and interest to have sex or begin sexual activity
What is Excitement within the sex response?
Both sexes experience increased muscle tension, heart rate, and blood pressure-.
What is the Womens Excitement response:
Engorgement of Clitoris, labia and Vagina
Vaginal lubrication
Elevation and enlargement of the uterus
Enlargement of Breasts
What is the Mans excitement response?
- Erect
- elevation of testies
- Cowper gland secretions
What is the Plateau stage in the sex cycle?
The stage that is marked by increased myotonia, hyperventilation, heart rate, and blood pressure.
What is the Orgasm stage in the sex cycle?
There are involuntary muscle spasms occur throughout the body, most significantly in the vagina and the penis.
Male Orgasms has how many steps?
two
emission and expulsion
What is the emission stage?
Involves contraction of the prostate, seminal vesicles, and the upper part of the vas deferes called the (Ampulla)
What happens after the Prostate contracts during the emission stage of the Sexual Response cycle?
The force of the contractions propels seminal fluids into the prostatic part of the urethral tract (Urtheral blub) which balloons out as muscles close at either end, trapping the semen.
What is the second stage of the Orgasm stage in the sexual response cycle?
The Expulsion stage.
What is retrograde Ejaculation?
The ejaculate empties into the bladder rather than out of the body
What is the final stage of the Sexual response cycle?
Resolution
True or False:
Females demonstrate a wider variability in their sexual response patterns
True.
True or false:
Multiple orgasms occur with greater frequency in females, more often while masturbating rather than during sex.
True
True or false:
There is a refractory period found in both men and women.
False:
There is only a refractory period in men, and it remains to be the largest difference between the sexes.
How do you maintain a shot refractory period?
A man who is sexually active their whole adult life will retain a short refractory period.
Why would a women have multiple orgasums?
Each one makes her more and more likely to become fertile and allows the sperm to reach the egg easier.
where do sperm mature?
The epididymis
Takes 70-72 days.
How many sperm reach the egg?
Thousands of sperm reach the egg and race to get in.
True or false:
The fertilized egg grows then divides.
The egg will not grow, it will only divide.
What are the main reasons people get their kids circumcised?
hygiene
Religious or cultural reasons
What is the difference between the heads of circumcised and uncircumcised penises?
Men without foreskin have feeling and thinner skin.
True or false:
More people get their kids circumcised than not
True
True or false:
Circumcision can lead to more sensitive to pain later in life
True.
What are the types of Female circumcision?
Removal of the hood of the clitoris
Removal of entire clitoris
Removal of entire clitoris, labia minora and parts of labia major are pulled over the vaginal opening and held together with sutures. Sealing it shut.
When is a female circumcised?
Performed at the age of 7 (give or take)
What are the reasons for the female circumcision?
Economic factors
Sexual control of women
Religious factors and cultural beliefs
What is Menstruation?
The cyclical bleeding that stems from the shedding of the uterine lining (edometrium) when fertilization has not occurred.
Do nay cultures talk about menstruation in a positive manner
NdN populations
What are the five common types of Taboo around menstruation?
- Ban on sexual intercourse
- Restrictions on activities and contact with people
- Taboo to touch men ritual equipment and weapons
- taboo to touch food
- seclusion in special areas
What is PMS?
Pre-menstural Syndrome
What are the sysmptoms of PMS Generally?
Some combination of anxiety, depression, irritability, weight gain, and abdominal discomfort.
(symptoms are more caused by the individuals reactions to the changes)
When do you start getting mammograms?
Annually after the age of 50, if there is a strong family history on maternal side annually after the age of 40.
Breast Self examination process:
A method women employ to detect suspicious lumps in the benign.
How many breast lumps are benign?
80-90%
What is a testicular self examination?
using thumb in fingertips, the man should feel the entire surface of the testes for any lumps, hardnening, or enlargement
What are the warning signs of Testicular cancer?
- slight enlargement of one testicle
- A change in consistency of the testes
- a dull ache in the lower abdomen or groin
- sensation of dragging and heaviness in the testicles.
How many men will get prostate cancer?
1/8 men will get prostate cancer.
second most common form of cancer for men behind skin.
What is the attraction Similarity hypothesis?
We are attracted to other who are similar to ourselves in physical attractiveness and other traits
What is Propinquity?
We develop relationships within our life bubble
What is reciprocity?
We like people who like us
Do opposites attract?
Nope they do not.
