-Sexuality -Sexual response -Types of Sexual Orientation -Other types of sexual expression -Sexual Harassmnet -Disorder of sexual fuctioning Flashcards
It is a multidimensional phenomenon
that Includes feelings, attitudes, and
actions.
It has both biologic and cultural
components.
It encompasses and gives direction
to a person’s physical, emotional,
social, and intellectual responses
throughout life.
SEXUALITY
is the term used to denote a
person’s chromosomal sex: male (XY) or female
(XX).
Biologic gender
identity is the inner
sense a person has of being male or female,
which may be the same as or
different from biologic gender.
Gender identity or sexual
is the male or female
behavior a person exhibits, which,
again, may or may not be the same
as biologic gender or gender identity
Gender role
SEVERAL THEORIES EXIST
REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
GENDER IDENTITY ARISES FROM
PRIMARILY A BIOLOGIC OR A
PSYCHOSOCIAL FOCUS.
a The amount of testosterone secreted in
utero (a process termed sex typing) may
affect how gender develops.
b Role models portray their gender roles
may also influence how a child envisions
himself of herself.
c Gender role is also culturally
influenced
Four discrete Stages in Sexual Response are
- Excitement,
- Plateau,
- Orgasm,
- Resolution.
It occurs with physical and
psychological stimulation (i.e.sight,
sound, emotion, or thought)
Excitement
This leads to arterial dilation and
venous constriction in the genital area
leading to vasocongestion and
increasing muscular tension.
Excitement
In women, this vasocongestion causes
the clitoris to increase in size and
mucoid fluid to appear on vaginal walle
as lubrication
The vagina widenan diameter and
increases in length
The nipples become erect
Excitement
In men, penile erection occurs, as
well as scrotal thickening and
elevation of the testes.
In both sexes, there is an increase in
heart and respiratory
rates and blood
pressure.
Excitement
It is reached just before orgasm
Plateau Stage
Plateau Stage in woman
n woman, the clitoris is drawn forward
and retracts under the clitoral prepuce;
the lower part of the vagina becomes
extremely congested (formation of the
orgasmic platform), and there is
increased nipple elevation
Plateau Stage in men
In men, the vasocongestion leads to
distention of the penis, heart rate
increases to 100 to 175 bpm and RR to
approx.. 40 respirations per minute.
It occurs when stimulation proceeds
through the plateau stage to a point at
which the body suddenly discharge
accumulated sexual tension.
. Orgasm
It is a 30-minute period during which the
external and internal genital organs
return to an unaroused state.
Resolution
Types of Sexual Orientatio
Heterosexuality
Homosexuality
Bisexuality
Transsexuality or transgender person
is a person
who finds sexual fulfillment
with a member of opposite
gender
Heterosexuality
is a person who finds
sexual fulfillment with a member of his
or her own sex Many
homosexual men prefer
to use the term “gay”
“Lesbian” refers to a
homosexual woman.
Homosexuality
if they achieve sexual
satisfaction from both homosexual and
heterosexual relationships. Like men
who have sex with men, bisexual men
may be at greater risk for HIV and STIs
than are others.
Bisexuality
is
an Individual who, although of one
biologic gender feels as if he or she is of
the opposite gender. Such people may
have sex change operations so that they
appear cosmetically
Transsexuality or transgender person
Other Types of Sexual Expression
Sexual Abstinence (celibacy)
Masturbation
Erectile Stimulation
Fetishism
Transvestism
Voyeurism
Sadomasochism
Exhibitionism
Bestiality
Pedophiles
is separation from sexual activity). It is the
avowed state of certain religious orders.
Sexual Abstinence (celibacy)
is self-stimulation for
erotic pleasure
Masturbation
is
the use of visual materials
such as magazines or
photographs for sexual arousal
Erectile Stimulation
is sexual arousal resulting
from the use of certain objects or situations.
Leather, rubber, shoes, and feet are
frequently perceived to have erotic qualities
Fetishism
is an individual who
dresses in the clothes of the opposite sex.
Transvestites can be heterosexual,
homosexual, or bisexual.
Transvestism
is obtaining sexual arousal
by looking at another person’s body. Almost
all children and adolescents pass through
a stage when ____ is appealing.
Voyeurism
involves inflicting pain
(sadism) or receiving pain (masochism) to
achieve sexual satisfaction.
Sadomasochism
inflicting pain
____ or receiving pain ____ to
inflicting pain
(sadism) or receiving pain (masochism) to
is revealing one’s
genitals in public.
Exhibitionism
is sexual relations with
animals.
Bestiality
are individuals who are
interested in sexual encounters with
children. Known pedophiles are
registered as sex offenders.
Pedophiles
The female orgasm has been a topic of
much controversy over the years,
beginning with Freud, who deducted that
there were two types of female orgasms:
clitoral orgasm and vaginal orgasm
Freud believed that clitoral orgasms
(originating from masturbation or other
noncoital acts)
sexual
immaturity.
And that only vaginal orgasms were the
authentic, mature form of sexual
behavior in women
Accordingly, he
considered women to be
___ if they could not
achieve orgasm through
intercourse.
neurotic
Masters (1998) showed that there is no
physiologic difference between an
orgasm achieved through
intercourse and
one achieved by direct stimulation of the
clitoris