SEXUAL HEALTH Flashcards
A multi dimensional phenomenon: physical,
emotional social and intellectual.
Sexuality
Biologic Gender chromosomal sexual development: male __
XY
Biologic Gender chromosomal sexual development: female __
XX
Each person is born a sexual being and his or her gender identity and gender role behavior evolved from and usually conform to the __ within that person’s culture
societal expectations
The inner sense a person has of being male or female
Gender identity
the behavior a person
conveys about being male or female. may not be the same of biologic gender Or gender identity.
gender role
amount of testosterone
secreted in the utero Is called __
Sex typing
influenced by the
environment; role model cultural influences; according to the norms and standards of the society.
Gender role
Start of orientation in a manner of handling as evidenced by toys, dress/ wear and saying “boys don’t cry..
Infancy
can already distinguish male from female;
able to tell sex of own; kind of games, color choices, manner of dressing differs; Oedipus and Electra complexes: role modeling. “is that the way a lady sits?”
Preschool period
Age separate activities and expecting beliefs that boys are poor readers, write less neatly, act tougher etc…
School aged child
Establish a sense of identity, boys for boys, girls for girls; issues to face: sexually active: 50-90% Gr 9 boys, 75 of college sophomores., increased incidence of STD, some got identity confusion increasing suicidal rate
Adolescents
most women with spinal cord injuries cannot experience orgasm but are able to
Conceive and have children
4 stages of human sexual response
Excitement
plateau
orgasm
resolution
sensual stimulation by both physical (sound, touch, smell) and psychological (emotion).
excitement