Lesson 4 Flashcards
It refers to the totality of one’s self as a sexual being.
It is the result of people’s past experiences, which is presented in the current experiences and will shape his/her future sexual orientations and behaviors.
Sexual self-concept
It refers to a person’s biological status and is typically categorized as male, female, and intersex.
Sex
It describes psychological (gender identity) and sociological (gender role) representations of biological sex. It is the perception of being a male or female.
Gender
Are those who are born with either an absence or combination of both male and female reproductive organs, sex hormones, or sex chromosomes.
Intersex
It refers to a gender identity that corresponds to the culturally determined gender roles for one’s birth.
Cisgender
It is an umbrella term which includes persons who do not feel they fit into a dichotomous sex structure through which they are identified as male or female.
Transgender
It refers to the sex of those to whom one is sexually and romantically attracted to.
Sexual orientation
It refers to the total expression of who you are as a human being, your femaleness or your maleness.
Sexuality
It is the phase where an arousing stimulus prepares the genitals for sexual intercourse.
Excitement Phase
A state where the maximum arousal is attained; prepares the body for orgasm.
Plateau phase
It is an intense, pleasurable feeling that occurs at the end of the plateau phase.
Orgasm
The interval of orgasm to which the body returns to its unaroused state.
Resolution stage
This is sexual self-stimulation, often using the hand to rub the genitals or with the aid of a device.
It is also considered as a means of learning about one’s own sexuality and a way of discovering changes in one’s body.
Masturbation or Solitary sex
Sexual attraction and behavior directed to the other sex.
Heterosexuality
Sex before marriage is considered as wrong in most culture
Premarital sex