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Test 2 Flashcards

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Intersex

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Variations in congenital sex anatomy that are considered atypical for females or males

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Turner’s Syndrome

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a female who possess a single X chomosome 1 in 2000 births

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Kleinfelter Syndrome

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Males have one or more extra X chromosomes

Up to 1 in 600 births

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mosaicism

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Condition in which cells within the same person have a different genetic makeup
different chromosome pairs within the same person

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Androgen insensitivity syndrome

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When a person is genetically male but is resistant to male hormones or androgens
present female but are genetically male
infertile (internal testicles)

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androgens

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male hormones

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

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A group of inherited disorders of the adrenal gland
can affect males and females

females: have a a vagina and ovaries, but present more male
males: generally develop male, but experience puberty very early

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5-Alpha reductase deficiency

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A condition whereby a genetic male will not produce enough of a hormone called dihydrotestosterone

may have ambiguous genitals

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9
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Cutaneous phase of infant sexuality

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Infant’s skin is considered a “single erogenous zone”

Babies derive sensual pleasure from stroking, cuddling,
bathing

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Precocious puberty

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Appearance of physical and hormonal signs of pubertal development at an earlier age than is considered normal (7 to 8 for girls, 9 for boys)

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Nocturnal emissions

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Appearance of semen during sleep (wet dreams)

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red flags in child sexuality

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Persistently intrusive, Coercive, Developmentally abnormal, Abusive

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Puberty

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Stage of human development when the body becomes capable of reproduction

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Adolescence

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Social and psychological state

Occurs between the beginning of puberty and full acceptance into full adulthood

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Influences on psychosexual development (4)

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Parental influence, Peer influence, The media, Religiosity

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Adolescent sexual behavior

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Hormonal changes during puberty bring about a dramatic increase in sexual interest

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17
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three models of sexual orientation

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dichotomous-psychoanalytic
-you are either straight or gay (or bisexual)
unidimensional bipolar (kinsey)
-you fall on a scale from straight to gay
two-dimensional orthogonal (storms)
-you fall on a plane from straight to gay to asexual

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18
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klein sexual orientation grid

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includes past, present, and ideal

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

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Prostate enlarges, puts pressure on bladder, urge to urinate; difficulty urinating

20
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Four moral standards of nonmarital sexuality among college students

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  • Abstinence standard
  • Double standard (on the decline)
  • Permissiveness with emotional affection (the most common standard)
  • Permissiveness without affection (hook up culture)
21
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Menopause

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cessation of menstrual and ovarian cycles

Average age is 51 (typically between 45 and 55)

22
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Important characteristics in terms of sexual attractiveness

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Youthfulness, Health, Fertility

23
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Autoeroticism

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Consists of sexual activities that involve only the self

Includes sexual fantasies, erotic dreams, and self-masturbation

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Sexual Fantasies

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94% of men and 76% of women think about sex at least once a day
men’s fantasies more often focus both on own pleasure
and pleasure of the partner

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Function of Sexual Fantasies

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  • Help direct and define our erotic goals
  • Allow us to plan for or anticipate situations that may arise -Provide escape from a dull or oppressive environment
  • Bring novelty and excitement into the relationship
  • May offer a clue to our current interests, pleasures, anxieties, fears, or problems
26
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Reasons for masturbation

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Relaxation 
Relief of sexual tension 
Partner is not available or does not want sex 
Physical pleasure 
An aid to falling asleep 
Means to avoid STIs
27
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Pleasuring

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Nongenital touching and caressing

28
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Tribidism

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“Dry Humping”, “Scissoring”, Pressing together

of bodies with genital thrusting

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Interfemoral intercourse

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Rubbing the penis between the thighs of a partner

30
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Sexual Variations

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Refer to behaviors that are not statistically typical of American sexual behaviors and occur in addition to the “mainstream” expression of sexuality

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Paraphilia

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A mental disorder characterized by recurrent, intense
sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or sexual behaviors lasting at least 6 months

generally involves:

  • Nonhuman objects
  • Suffering or humiliation of oneself or one’s partner
  • Children or other non-consenting people
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Domination and Submission

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Sexual arousal derived from the consensual acting out of sexual scenes

33
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Noncoercive Paraphilias

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Regarded as relatively benign or harmless because they are victimless; include Fetishism & Transvestism

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fetishism

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Sexual attraction to objects that become, for the person with the fetish, sexual symbols

35
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Partialism

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Exclusive attraction to body parts

Continuum from preference to a certain body part to exclusive attraction

36
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Transvestism

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Wearing of clothing of the other sex, for any reason, sometimes sexual arousal

Cross-dressing occurs almost exclusively in males, both heterosexual and gay men

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Coercive Paraphilias

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Involve victimization, A source of concern for society because of the harm they cause others

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Zoophilia

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Deriving sexual pleasure from animals; a coercive paraphilia

39
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Voyeuristic Disorder

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Secretly observing an unsuspecting person who is nude,

disrobing, or engaging in sexual activity; CP

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Exhibitionism Disorder

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Recurring, intense urge or fantasy to display one’s genitals to an unsuspecting stranger; 1/3 of paraphilia arrests
CP

41
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Telephone scatologia

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The making of obscene phone calls to

unsuspecting people; Considered a paraphilia because the acts are compulsive and repetitive

42
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Frotteurism

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(mashing, groping, frottage)
Fantasies to touch or rub against a nonconsenting person

usually happens in subways, buses, concerts, sporting events

43
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Necrophilia

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Sexual activity with a corpse

44
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Pedophilia

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Fantasies involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children

(Different from child sexual abuse or child molestation)

45
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Sadism and Masochism

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Separate but sometimes related phenomena that tend to
accompany each other

People with sadism do not necessarily practice masochism, and vice versa

46
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Sexual Sadism Disorder

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Real behaviors in which physical or psychological harm is
inflicted upon a victim for purposes of sexual arousal

includes violent sexual thoughts and fantasies involving a desire for power and control

47
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Autoerotic Asphyxia

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Links strangulation with masturbation

Human Sexuality 116 (2 decks)

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