Sexual Self Flashcards
This is considered the “fundamental” sex because if a particular chemical prompting is absent, all fertilized eggs will develop into females
Female Sex
What does “SRY” stand for?
Sex determining region of the Y Chromosome
These are called gonads
Testes and Ovaries
The stage of development at which individuals become sexually mature.
Puberty
Girls: 8-11 Ovaries enlarge and hormones start
Boys: 9-12 Male hormones are active
Puberty Stage 1
Girls: 8-14 Breast development first aureole will increase in size first stage of pubic hair roundier and curvier body
Boys: 9-15 Height increases and body shape Testicles and scrotum grow
Puberty Stage 2
Girls: 9-15 Whitish discharge from the vagina First menstrual period
Boys: 11-16 Penis grows in length Shoulders broaden voice deepens Facial hair on the upper lip
Puberty stage 3
Girls: 10-16 Pubic hair grows in an adult triangular pattern Menarche (First menstruation) should really start now Ovulation may start
Boys: 11-17 First fertile ejaculation Penis grows in width
Puberty stage 4
Girls 12-19 Full height and Regular Ovulation
Boys: 14-18 Full height Some continue to grow in their 20s
Puberty Stage 5
These are Areas of the body that are highly sensitive to stimuli.
Erogenous zones
This serves as the primary erotic stimulus.
Skin
These regions are Similar to any other portion of the usual-haired skin
Nonspecific Type
It is found in the mucocutaneous regions of the body or those regions made both of mucous membranes and of cutaneous skin. These regions favor acute perception genital regions
Specific Type
foreskin; retractable fold of skin on the tip of the penis which covers it
Prepuce
A male erective organ of copulation by which urine and semen are discharged
Penis
External female genitalia
Vulva
a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women
Mons pubis
Small female sexual organ in front of the opening of the vagina
Clitoris
fleshy lips around the vagina and are larger outer folds
Labia Majora
Inner labia or lips
Labia Minora
The opening that leads to the vaginal canal
Vaginal Introitus
A membrane that surrounds the external vaginal opening
Hymen
The area of the body surrounding the anus
Perianal skin
Designed to be perceived by touch through kissing
Lips
Raised region of the surface of the breast
Nipples
A sequence of physical and emotional occurrences during sexually stimulating
Sexual Response Cycle
They pioneered research on the sexual response cycle in the late 1950s
William Masters and Virginia Johnson
Muscle tension increases
Heart rate quickens and breathing is accelerated
Skin may become flushed
Nipples become hard and erect
Blood flow to the genitals increase
Vaginal lubrication begins
Breasts become fuller for women
Man’s testicles swell, and scrotum tightens
Men begin secreting a lubricating liquid.
Excitement Phase
The changes in phase 1 become intensified
Vagina continues to swell and vaginal wall turns dark purple
Woman’s clitoris becomes highly sensitive
Testicles are withdrawn up into the scrotum
Breathing, heart rate, and BP continue to increase
Muscle spams may begin in the feet, face, and hands
Tension in the muscle increases
Plateau Phase
The climax of the sexual response cycle
The shortest phase, and only lasts a few seconds
A sudden forceful release of sexual tension
Men ejaculate
A rash or “sex flush” may appear over the entire body
Orgasm Phase
The body slowly returns to its normal functioning. This phase is marked by a sense of well-being; intimacy is enhanced and fatigue sets in.
Resolution phase
An event where recovery time is needed after orgasm
Refractory period
It is the process of combining male and female genes to form an offspring.
Sex
This is the largest sex organ which controls the biological urges, mental processes, and emotional and physical responses to sex
Brain
Sexual thoughts and fantasies are theorized to lie here, which is the same area used for thinking and reasoning
Cerebral cortex
Emotions and feelings are believed to originate here
Limbic System
This is the most important part of the brain for sexual functioning.
It has several groups of nerve cell bodies that receive input from the limbic system
Plays an important role in motivated behaviors.
Hypothalamus
It relates to the hypothalumus.
It secretes the hormones produced in the hypothalumus
Pituitary Gland
Also known as the “love hormone”, and believed to be involved in our desire to maintain close relationship.It is released during orgasm in sex
Oxytocin
this hormone is responsible for ovulation in females
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
This is crucial in regulating the testes in men and ovaries in women.
Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
This is involved in the male arousal phase. The increase of this hormone is directly associated with increased motivation to engage in sexual behavior
Vasopressin
Regulate motivation to engage in sexual behavior for women.’’
This increases motivation
Estrogen
This regulates motivation to engage in sexual behavior.
This decreases motivation
Progesterone
She was in Rutgers University. She proposed three stages of falling in love
Helen Fisher
What are the three stages of falling in love?
Lust
Attraction
Commitment
This stage is marked by physical attraction. You want to seduce and be seduced. It is driven by testosterone in men, and estrogen in women.
Lust (Erotic Passion)
At this stage, you begin to crave for your partner’s presence. It triggers norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin
Attraction (Romantic Passion)
This involves the desire to have a long lasting commitment with your significant other. At this point, you may want to get married and/or have children.
Attachment (Commitment)
Responsible for the extra surge of energy, and triggers heart rate, loss of appetite, and the desire to sleep. Your body is in a more alert state..
Norepinephrine
Associated with motivation and goal-directed behavior so you can pursue your object of affection. It creates a sense of novelty.
Dopamine
Thought to cause obsessive thinking. Low levels of this hormone is said to be present in people with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder.) People with OCD have less of this hormone transporter.
Serotonin
Viewed as an interest in sexual objects or activities.
The subjective feeling of wanting to engage in sex.
Represents a more complex psychological experience that is not dependent on hormonal factors.
Sexual Desire
This represents a basic, biologically mediated motivation to seek sexual activity or sexual gratification.
Sex Drive
What are the three factors that influence the notable gender difference on sexual desire?
Culture, Social Environment, Political Situations
An important limbic system structure for sexual motivation.
An integrative center for emotions, emotional behavior, and motivation
Amygdala
An important limbic system structure for sexual motivation.
Plays a role in motivation and cognitive processing of aversion. Has a significant role in respone to reward and reinforcing effects, translating emotional stimulus into behaviors.
Nucleus accumbens (pleasure center)
Defined as an individual’s general sexual disposition towards partners of the same sex, the opposite sex, or both sexes.
It is a person’s emotional and erotic attraction towards another individual.
It is an inherent or immutable enduring attraction to some other people.
Sexual Orientation
This refers to one’s sense of being male or female. Our identities correspond to our chromosomal and phenotypic sex.
A person’s innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither.
Gender Identity
This is an umbrella term for a wide spectrum of gender identities, sexual orientation, and romantic orientations.
LGBTQ+
Stands for “L”. These are females who are exclusively attracted to women.
Lesbian
Stands for “G”, This can refer to males who are exclusively attracted to any other males. It can also refer to anyone who is attracted to his or her same gender.
Gay
Stands for “B”, refers to someone who is sexually/romantically attracted to both men and women.
Bisexual
An umbrella term for people who do not identify with the gender assigned to them at birth.
Trans Woman is a male to female transition
Trans Man is a female to male transition
Transgender
A term for those who are question their identities and are unsure about using more specific terms, or those who simply do not wish to label themselves and prefer to use a broader umbrella term.
Queer
It signifies that many identities are not explicitly represented by the letters.
The plus (+)
A part of the plus+, these are people who are born with a mix of male and female biological traits that can make it hard for doctors to assign a sex
Intersex
A part of the plus+, it is a person who is not interested, or does not desire sexual activity.
Asexual
This is a label of male or female that you’re assigned by a doctor at birth based on your genitals and chromosomes. It goes on your birth certificate
Sex (Identity Context)
This is not determined biologically but is constructed socially. It is a social construct. It is a central organizing principle of societies.
Gender
An individual who would be recognized as transgender in western cultures. This is a term used in Thailand.
A kathoey
What are the challenges of Rural living for LGBTQ+ people?
High levels of intolerance
Limited social and institutional supports
and Higher incidence of social isolation.
It is a disease or infection acquired through sexual contact where the organisms are passed to another person in blood, semen, vaginal or any other bodily fluid.
STI or STD
What are the ways STD’s can be transmitted non-sexually?
Motherhood to infant during pregnancy
Blood transfusion
Sharing of needles for injection
Increases the risk of acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which could further develop into Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
STD (Medical Expert’s opinion)
It is a parasitic bacterium that can cause pregnancy problems for women when left untreated.
Chlamydia
This is caused by a bacterium passed from person to person through unprotected oral, anal, or vaginal sex. It tends to infect warm and moist areas of the body such as the eyes, throat, mouth, vagina, female reproductive tract, urethra, and anus.
Gonorrhea
This is caused by a virus characterized by rough, wart-like growths.
In men, these are usually found around the head of the penis. For women, they appear around the vaginal opening. If not treated, women could develop cervical cancer.
Genital Herpes
A dangerous and life-threatening bacterial, as it could affect other vital organs such as the heart, spine, and brain.
Syphilis
within 3 months, red lesions appear around the penis for men, and labia for women.
Stage 1 Syphilis
within 6 months of the infection, a red rash appears on other parts of the body such as the chest, back, arms, and leg.
Stage 2 Syphilis
Without medication and treatment, syphilis may lie dormant inside the persons body. A patient could suffer from heart failure, paralysis, insanity, and death.
Stage 3 Syphilis
These are infectious diseases caused by parasites such as lice or mites transmitted through sexual contact.
Endoparisitic Infection
A parasite called crab louse that live on the pubic hair. This can be treated with anti-crab louse shampoo.
Pubic Lice
These are caused by mites that live on the skin. It causes itching on various parts of the body and are characterized by small bumps on the skin. Doctors would prescribe oral or tropical medication.
Scabies
This is informally known as the RH Law, a law in the Philippines that guarantees access to contraceptive methods, such as fertility, and maternal care.
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354)
What date did the court rule that the RH law is “not unconstitutional”?
April 8, 2014
This allows both men and women to make informed choices on who and if they have decide to have children.
Family Planning
This is the method that uses the body’s natural physiological changes and symptoms to identify the fertile and infertile phases of the menstrual cycle. These methods are also known as the Fertility-based awareness methods.
Natural Family Planning (NFP)
This natural family planning method involves refraining from sexual intercourse; abstinence.
Periodic Abstinence (fertility awareness) method
The couple tracks the woman’s menstrual history with this method to predict when she will ovulate, meaning they refrain from having sex during the woman’s fertile days.
Don’t have sex 3 to 4 days before ovulation, and 3-4 days after ovulation.
The woman would need to record her menstrual cycle for 6 months
Rhythm or Calendar Method
This is a woman’s lowest body temperature at rest on a given day. Her temperature changes throughout the menstrual cycle and this coincides with hormonal changes. This indicates the fertile and non-fertile stages of the cycle.
Basal Body Temperature
This is also known as the Billing’s method. It involves examining the color and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring.
Cervical Mucus (ovulation) method
this was devised by them in the 1960s: The Billing Method
John and Evelyn Billing
The temporary infertility method that occurs in a woman when she is not menstruating after giving birth and she is breastfeeding.
Also known as the withdrawal or pull-out method.
Lactation Amenorrhea Method
Also known as the pill. These contain synthetic estrogen and progesterone. Estrogen suppresses ovulation while progestorone decreases the permeability of the cervical mucis to limit sperm’s access to the ova.
Oral Contraceptives
A medicated adhesive patch that is placed on the skin to deliver a specific dose of medication through the skin to the bloodstream.
Transdermal Patch
A medicated patch that has a combination of estrogen and progesterone.
Transdermal contraceptive patch
A birth control ring inserted into the vagina and releases hormones through the vaginal wall.
Vaginal Ring
The delivery of a steroid progestin from polymer capsules or rods placed under the skin. It is effective for 1-5 years.
Subdermal Contraceptive Implant
A contraceptive injection given once every 3 months. It suppresses ovulation. It also thickens cervical mucus. It is 100% effective in preventing pregnancy.
Hormonal Injections
a small, T-shaped plastic device wrapped in copper of hormones which is inserted into the uterus. It prevents pregnancy by damaging or killing sperm.
Intrauterine Device (IUD)
This is the lining of the uterus
Endometrium
these are used to cause the death of sperms before they can enter the cervix.
Chemical Barriers (spermicides, vaginal gels and creams, glycerin films)
A silicone cup inserted in the vagina to cover the cervix and keep sperm out of the uterus. Spermicide is added here.
Cervical Cap
A latex or synthetic rubber sheath placed on the erect penis before vaginal penetration to trap the sperm. It can also prevent STDs
Male Condoms
A dome shaped barrier method of contraception that blocks sperms from entering the uterus. They are made of latex and formed like a shallow cup.
Diaphragm
A thin pouch inserted into the vagina before sex, serving as a protective barrier. These are also called internal condoms.
Female Condoms
A surgical operation wherein the tube carries the sperm to a man’s penis is cut. They cut the ends of the vas deferens.
Vasectomy
A surgical procedure for female sterilization involving severing and tying the fallopian tubes. It disrupts the movement of the egg to the uterus.
Tubal Ligation
