Sexual Self Flashcards
Physical characteristics that are present at birth
Primary Sex Characteristics
The characteristics that distinguish male from females.
Primary Sex Characteristics
Development during the onset of puberty
Secondary Sex Characteristics
Are areas of the body that are highly sensitive and produce sexual response when stimulated.
Erogenous Zones
These includes the genitals, mouth, breast, ears, anus and to a lesser degree, the entire surface of the body
Erogenous Zones
One of the most basic forms of sexual stimulation is masturbation or self- stimulation that causes sexual pleasure or orgasm.
Erogenous Zones
Play an important role in sexual arousal of humans.
Cognitive Factors
- Influences the expression of sexual desire
- Norms continue shapes the sexual activity along the socially acceptable behaviors.
Culture
The Four Phases of Sexual Response is according to _______ and _______.
William Masters and Virginia Johnson
The beginning of sexual arousal and can last from one minute to several hours
Excitement Phase
Genitals become engorged with blood. Vagina expands and secrets lubricants. Penis enlarges.
Excitement Phase
Phase where the change in the body continue
Plateau Phase
Excitement peaks such as breathing, pulse and blood pressure.
Plateau Phase
Contractions of muscle in and around the penis stimulate the release of semen which contains the sperm cells.
Orgasmic Phase
Shortest phase. A total body response involving the sudden discharged accumulated sexual tension.
Orgasmic Phase
The body return to its normal state after orgasm.
Resolution Phase
Men goes through refractory phase. Women resolve slower. The body returns to an unaroused state.
Resolution Phase
From a scientific perspective, it can be defined as a state of activation of complex of reflexes involving the sexual organs and nervous system.
Sexual Arousal
- Psychobiology of Sex
Who described the human sexual responses cycle as consisting of four phases?
Masters and Johnson
It is an important stage in sexual development. It is the time when many boys and girls first experience their first sexual attraction.
Puberty
Initial attraction is influenced by:
Social Norms
Physical Attractiveness
Process of Interpersonal Exchange
Initial attraction is influenced by:
Social Norms
Physical Attractiveness
Processes of Interpersonal Exchange
Influence attraction in several ways such as in determining who are appropriate as lovers and spouse.
Social Norms
Social exchange theory.
Processes of Interpersonal Exchange
The degree to which a person’s physical traits are regarded as aesthetically pleasing or
beautiful.
Physical Attractiveness
Proposes that attraction is the result of an exchange process.
Social Exchange Theory
Three Components of Love
- Intimacy Component
- Passion Component
- Commitment Component
Refers to the feelings of closeness, connectedness and bondedness.
Intimacy Component
Refers to the drives that leads to romance, physical attraction and sexual consummation.
Passion Component
Refers to the decision to love and the commitment to maintain that love.
Commitment Component
Includes a complex combination of different emotions such as fear, anger, sexual desire, joy and jealousy. Some of this emotions may also be sources of suffering (Santrock, 2012)
Romantic Love
Has a strong component of sexual attraction and infatuation and is often experienced in the early stage of a love relationship.
Romantic Love
Important Ingredients of Romantic Love
Lust
Attraction
Attachment
Driven by desire for sexual attraction.
Lust
Often associated with sexual attraction.
Attraction
Occurs when individuals desire to connect with another person intimately, also be called affectionate or companionate love.
Attachment
According to ______ , a biological anthropologist and expert in the science of human attraction, suggest that the important ingredients of romantic love; lust, attraction and attachment.
Helen Fisher
He defines attachment as a strong affectionate tie that binds a person to an intimate companion.
John Bowbly
Refers to a person’s sexual identity anchored on what gender they are attracted to.
Sexual Orientation
Infections caused by direct contact body
with fluids such as through blood transfusion, breast feeding, and sexual intercourse.
HIV/AIDS
Attacks immune system and infected person eventually dies.
HIV/AIDS
Caused by gonococcal bacteria which attack the lining of the mucous membrane such as mouth, throat, vagina, and urethra.
Gonorrhea
It can be treated by penicillin or other antibiotics.
Gonorrhea
Infects the genital areas and other parts of the body including the brain.
Syphilis
Can cause paralysis or even death when left untreated.
Syphilis
Cause by chlamydia trachomatis.
Chlamydia
- In men, can cause swollen testicles and burning sensation during urinization.
- In women, can cause sterility if let untreated because it damages uterus, ovaries and fallopian tube.
Chlamydia
- Can cause tingling sensations, abscesses, and blisters in genital area.
- There is no cure for this.
Genital Herpes
Causes by human papillomavirus and women with papillomavirus are prone cervical cancer.
Genital Warts
4 Methods of Contraception:
- Condom
- Oral Contraceptive pills
- Intrauterine device or IUD
- Birth Control Injection
Refers to the methods that are used to prevent pregnancy.
Contraception
Also called Billing Ovulation Method. It is a type of natural family planning methods based on careful observation of mucus pattern during the course of the menstrual cycle.
Cervical Mucus Method
Help in determining when a woman is most likely to conceive or not
Mucus Pattern
- Guarantees universal access to method of contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and material care.
- Provides for the “Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS and other STIs/STDs.
- Aims to keep couples and women especially, well-informed about available family planning methods that they can freely use depending on their needs and beliefs.
- Aims to promote awareness among adolescent and youth on sexuality and reproductive
Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 also known as Reproductive Health law or RH Law
2 Hormones in females
Estrogen and Progesterone
Hormone for men
Testosterone
A feeling of liking someone, and often being sexually interested in them.
Attraction
Who proposed the Three Components of Love?
Robert Sternberg
Process of negotiated exchange between parties.
Social exchange Theory
How you, in your head, define your gender, based on how much you align or don’t align with what you understand to be the options for gender.
Gender Identity
The ways you present gender, through your actions, dress, and demeanor, and how those presentations are interpreted based on gender norms.
Gender Expression
At about 5 weeks of pregnancy, two organs called _____ form in the embryo.
Gonads
In men, _____ release testosterone that causes the male’s sex organs to develop,
Gonads
In women, the _______ produces estrogen and progesterone as well as small amount of testosterone.
Ovaries
__________ promotes female reproductive capacity and secondary characteristics.
Estrogen
________ stimulates growth of the female reproductive organs and prepares uterus for pregnancy.
Progesterone
_________ can occur 14 days after the beginning of the menstrual period.
Ovulation period
Made up of erectile tissue swells with blood and hardens when a woman is sexually aroused.
Clitoris
A muscular tube that serves as the receptacle for the penis and carrier of the sperm to the uterus. It is also the birth canal where the fetus passes out of a mother’s body.
Vagina
A hollow organ where the fertilized embryo grows to become a fetus.
Uterus
The lower part of the uterus is called the _________, a passageway between the uterus and the vagina that expands during childbirth.
Cervix
It carries the fertilized egg from the ovary to the uterus.
Fallopian tubes
Pregnancy starts from fertilization and end at birth, for an approximate duration of _____ days.
260 days
The organ through which males urinate and deliver the sperm cells into the vagina during sexual intercourse. It is made up of sensitive tissues and nerve endings.
Penis
Before reaching the penis, sperm cells travel through the _______ and _________.
Prostate gland;
Seminal vesicles
The _____ located in a loose pouch-like sac of skin called the scrotum are responsible for the production of sperm cells and male sex hormones,
Testes or testicles
It transports the sperm-containing fluid called semen.
Vas deferens
The _____ is a set of coiled ducts connected to the vas deferens where the sperm cells are stored.
Epididymis
The _______ and ______ produce semen and nourish the sperm cells.
Prostate gland;
Seminal vesicles
Is the release of sperm cells from the penis.
Ejaculation
Each ejaculation approximately contains ___________ million sperms.
300 to 500 million
TRUE OR FALSE:
Sperm cells can live up to 48 hours inside the uterus.
TRUE
In one sense, the _______ is where sexual desire originates and where sexual behavior is controlled (Atkinson, Atkinson, Smith, Bem, & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2009)
Brain
