Sex and Motivation

Question 1

What percentage of Canadian teens have had sex? How long has this been a trend?

Answer 1

30% by 17, 70% by 18-19, 90s

Question 2

Who was the first (single) pioneer of sexual studies? What misconceptions did he alleviate?

Answer 2

Kinsey (40s): Women enjoyed sex in a similar way to men

Question 3

Name the 4 stages of sexual response outlined by M/J

Answer 3

1. Excitement: increased heart rate, breathing, etc. Vasocongestion - engorgement of blood vessels results in erections and clitoral strengthening
2. Plateau: building excitement, slower pace
3. Orgasm: muscle contractions, peak intensity
4. Resolution: subsides, men enter refractory period

Question 4

How do men and women experience orgasms differently. How does this change with age?

Answer 4

Men: (between 35-39) 75% reported one
Women: (same) only 28%!
(this is “all the time”)
This widens over time

Question 5

Why might men experience more orgasms?

Answer 5

1. Need to to produce more offspring

2. women have sexual scripts that suck

Question 6

Give a high level overview of parental investment theory

Answer 6

The sex with the lower investment for producing offspring will compete for the one that has the greater investment (men for women). Basically, women need to rear children so are choosier with competent mates. Men are looking for healthier (more attractive) mates

Question 7

What fate awaits men according to PI theory?

Answer 7

Reproductive potential is maxed out with the most amount of mates, will be more interested in sex

Question 8

Explain how sex works as a motive

Answer 8

Technically a biological need, but you won’t die without it. Instead is linked with a plethora of things like family, careers, art. So also social

Question 9

What are some alternate explanations to why women desire stable, competent partners?

Answer 9

1. this could be a recent trend from the emergence of capitalism
2. Women have been held back economically for centuries

Question 10

What is the refractory period for men? How does it change?

Answer 10

Time between ability to have orgasms. Increases with age.

Question 11

What hormones regulate desire/arousal?

Answer 11

Estrogen and Androgen (testosterone). Men and women have both, just in different levels

Question 12

What’s the deal with pheremones?

Answer 12

We don’t really know much about them. Basically chemicals that are detected sensorially

Question 13

What’s up with aphrodisiacs?

Answer 13

Nothing

Question 14

What’s the Coolidge effect? What does it imply?

Answer 14

phenomenon of someone getting revived sexual interest when getting new partner (Ethan effect) . Sometimes elimination of refractory period

Question 15

Can you guess what increased sexual desire is based off of?

Answer 15

Attractiveness

Question 16

Describe the monkey porn experiment

Answer 16

Monkeys were willing to give up fruit juice in exchange for looking at monkey porn

Question 17

Briefly describe the casual sex experiment

Answer 17

Basically, a group of men asked women out A. on dates B. to their place. C. for sex. No woman said yes for sex while 75% of men did. Might be because of 80s atmosphere

Question 18

What is one problem gathering data on LGBTQ+ peeps?

Answer 18

Persecution prevents people from speaking out/truthfully

Question 19

What are the gay/bi rates in Canada? Where’s the catch with this?

Answer 19

1.8 and 1.3% respectively. Most respondents claimed SOME sort of attraction to more than one sex. So, where do you draw the line?

Question 20

What causes the gay?

Answer 20

A good chunk is biology. Might be different brain laterality, processing info differently
Certain genes may be dampenened which awakens the gay (epigenetic processes)
- prenatal hormones impacting neruological development in feotoses

Question 21

What’s the relationship between genetics and the Gay?

Answer 21

Probably a link. Half of all gay twins have a gay twin

Question 22

What is sexual plasticity? How is it’s relationship with women?

Answer 22

How malleable your sexuality is based on sociocultural forces. Women tend to have a higher one. Report developing interest in girls into adulthood and not from childhood

Question 23

How did Ace people used to be classified as?

Answer 23

People with disorders. Should be noted that people who have lost sexual desire may have one and are NOT Ace.