SEXUAL HEALTH Flashcards

1
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A multi dimensional phenomenon: physical,
emotional social and intellectual.

A

Sexuality

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2
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Biologic Gender chromosomal sexual development: male __

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XY

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3
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Biologic Gender chromosomal sexual development: female __

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XX

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4
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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

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societal expectations

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5
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The inner sense a person has of being male or female

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Gender identity

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6
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the behavior a person
conveys about being male or female. may not be the same of biologic gender Or gender identity.

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gender role

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7
Q

amount of testosterone
secreted in the utero Is called __

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Sex typing

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8
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influenced by the
environment; role model cultural influences; according to the norms and standards of the society.

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Gender role

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9
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Start of orientation in a manner of handling as evidenced by toys, dress/ wear and saying “boys don’t cry..

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Infancy

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10
Q

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?”

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Preschool period

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11
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Age separate activities and expecting beliefs that boys are poor readers, write less neatly, act tougher etc…

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School aged child

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12
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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

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Adolescents

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13
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most women with spinal cord injuries cannot experience orgasm but are able to

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Conceive and have children

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14
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4 stages of human sexual response

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Excitement
plateau
orgasm
resolution

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15
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sensual stimulation by both physical (sound, touch, smell) and psychological (emotion).

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excitement

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16
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just before orgasm ; vasocongestion, vaginal congestion

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Plateau

17
Q

• Discharge of accumulated sexual tension.
• This occurs when stimulation proceeds through the plateau stage to a point at which the body suddenly discharges accumulated sexual tension

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Orgasm

18
Q

• The return of unaroused state
• This is the period during which the external and internal genital organs return to an unaroused state

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Resolution

19
Q

Female have no __ period

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Refractory period

20
Q

one who finds sexual fulfillment with a member of the opposite gender because interest in the opposite sex and sexual relationships may begin as early as the beginning of puberty healthcare providers need to provide information on safer sex practices and planning for their use to children as young as 10 to 12 years of age for the knowledge to be most helpful

A

heterosexuality

21
Q

a person who finds sexual fulfillment with a member of his or her own sex many homosexual

A

Homosexuality

22
Q

They achieve sexual satisfaction from both homosexual and heterosexual relationships gay and bisexual men may be at greater risk for HIV and
STIs than others female partners of bisexual men need to be aware that they are at increased risk for HIV and
other STIs

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Bisexuality

23
Q

They achieve sexual satisfaction from both homosexual and heterosexual relationships gay and bisexual men may be at greater risk for HIV and
STIs than others female partners of bisexual men need to be aware that they are at increased risk for HIV and
other STIs

A

Bisexuality

24
Q

is an individual who although of one biologic gender feels as if he or she should be of the opposite gender

A

Transsexuality

25
Q

It is also a way of life for many adults and one that is becoming fashionable among a growing number of young adults. The theoretical advantage of
celibacy is the ability to concentrate on means of giving and receiving love other
than through sexual expression

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Sexual abstinence

26
Q

self-stimulation for erotic pleasure it can also be a mutually enjoyable activity for sexual partners, it offers sexualrelease which may be interpreted by the person as overall tension or anxiety relief

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Masturbation

27
Q

the use of visual materials such as magazines or photographs for sexualarousal although this is thought to be mostly a male phenomenon there is increasing interest in centerfold photographs in magazines marketed primarily to women

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Erotic stimulation