Sexual Self Flashcards
Refers to the categories of
being Male and Female –
needed for the act of mating
to result in biological
reproduction
Sex
Sex is?
Biologically determined and Constant
is about your sexual feelings, thoughts,
attractions and behaviours towards
other people
Sexuality
the feelings you have about your
body and your confidence level in
how you relate intimately to
someone else. It’s what you bring
of yourself, both emotionally and
physically, to sex and
relationships
Sexual Self-esteem
subsumes the processes of intrasexual competition and intersexual selection
Sexual Selection
The sex that invests more than the
other in offspring would be more
choosy about mates. In species with
internal female fertilization, the
greater parental investment by
females makes them a valuable
reproductive resource.
Paternal Investment
suggesting that one male would indulge in reproductive activities with more than one female. One reason for this could be that they had a shorter period of growing and reached adulthood faster than modern humans.
Polygynous Relationship
Neanderthals indulged in ________ within their clan. The males would impregnate the female and then to ensure lineage, the female was protected by the male.
Monogamous mating
having or involving many sexual partners,
regardless of class
Promiscuous relationship
men can have social and sexual relationships with more than one female.
Polygamy
refers to the characteristics of
women, men, girls and boys that
are socially constructed. This
includes norms, behaviours and
roles associated with being a
woman, man, girl or boy, as well
as relationships with each other.
Gender
Things as simple as areas on our bodies where we are supposed to feel sexual pleasure would end up with incorrect and even at times dangerous beliefs
Erogenous Zones
What are the Erogenous Zones
Neck
Fingertips
Knees
Toes
Back of the Ears
Genitalia
Is something that occurs when you are unable to resolve an issue during any of your psychosexual stages.
Fixation
is the key ingredient by which every creature share. Mainly, we have sex because of this goal in mind… in a psychoevolutionary view, that is.
Survival
Factors in Sex
Biological Features
Social
Psychological
sexual activity is a cycle which consists mainly of four phases:
(1)excitement (desire/arousal)
(2)plateau
(3) orgasm
(4)resolution
Excitement as the first phase in the cycle is divided into two.
Desire and Arousal
This is usually the brief period before
orgasm
plateau
In men, there is the feeling of inevitability of ejaculation, followed by ejaculation itself. In females, there is the feeling of intense sexual pleasure and contractions on the lower third of the vagina
Orgasm
Characterized by the decreased arousal and sexual urge after ejaculation which is most commonly seen in males
Resolution
Love is divided into three different
stages:
Lust, Attraction, Attachment
is the first of the
three stages. Usually this stage is highly influenced by two main hormones,
testosterone and estrogen.
Lust
