UNIT 5: SEXUALITY Flashcards
describe characteristics of the different types of relationships.
Romantic Relationship: Intimate, emotional, and often exclusive connection between partners involving love and physical attraction.
Friendship: Non-romantic bond based on mutual trust, support, and shared interests or activities.
Familial Relationship: Ties among family members based on blood, adoption, or marriage, involving strong emotional connections and shared history.
Professional Relationship: Formal association between colleagues or business partners based on shared goals and mutual respect.
Platonic Relationship: Non-romantic and non-sexual relationship based on deep emotional connection and affection, often between friends.
Casual Relationship: Informal association characterized by limited commitment and typically focused on short-term interactions.
Toxic Relationship: Unhealthy bond with harmful dynamics, manipulation, or abuse, leading to negative impacts on one or both individuals involved.
Long-Distance Relationship: Romantic or platonic relationship where individuals are geographically separated, requiring communication and trust to maintain the connection.
Open Relationship: Romantic partnership where partners agree to engage in other romantic or sexual connections outside the primary relationship.
Parent-Child Relationship: Bond between a parent or guardian and their offspring, characterized by care, guidance, and nurturing.
compare and contrast intimacy and love.
Intimacy: Emotional closeness and vulnerability, shared personal experiences.
Love: Affection, care, and attachment, desire for the well-being of the other person.
Intimacy is about deep emotional connection, while love includes emotional attachment and a broader range of emotions and behaviors.
list types of families.
Nuclear Family: Parents and their children living together in one household.
Extended Family: Includes relatives beyond parents and children, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Single-Parent Family: One parent raising one or more children.
Blended Family: Combination of two families through remarriage, with step-parents and step-siblings.
Same-Sex Family: Household headed by same-sex partners or parents.
Childless Family: Married or cohabiting couple without children.
Adoptive Family: Family formed through adoption, with one or more adopted children.
Foster Family: Provides temporary care for children in need, often through a government agency.
Grandparent-Headed Family: Grandparents raising their grandchildren due to various circumstances.
Child-Free Family: A couple who chooses not to have children.
Please note that family structures can vary significantly based on
explain the role of family in how one forms relationships.
The family plays a central role in shaping how individuals form relationships by providing early models for social interaction, emotional connection, and communication. Family dynamics, attachment styles, and the quality of relationships within the family can influence an individual’s beliefs, expectations, and behaviors in future relationships with friends, partners, and others.
differentiate the concepts of sexual identity, gender identity, and gender roles.
Sexual Identity: Refers to an individual’s emotional and physical attraction to others, typically categorized as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or other orientations.
Gender Identity: A person’s internal sense of their own gender, which may align with their sex assigned at birth (cisgender) or differ from it (transgender).
Gender Roles: Societal expectations and norms regarding the behaviors, roles, and responsibilities considered appropriate for individuals based on their perceived gender.
list the types of sexual orientation.
Heterosexual (Straight)
Homosexual (Gay/Lesbian)
Bisexual
Pansexual
Asexual
Demisexual
Queer (inclusive term for non-heterosexual orientations)
Androphilia/Gynephilia (attraction to men/women regardless of own gender)
Polysexual
Skoliosexual (attraction to non-binary or genderqueer individuals)
describe health-related issues that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) may encounter
- Higher rates of mental health issues (e.g., depression, anxiety).
- Increased risk of substance abuse and smoking.
- Greater vulnerability to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
4.Discrimination and stigma negatively affecting overall well-being.
- Disparities in accessing healthcare and lack of cultural competency in medical settings.
explain different types of sexual activity and behaviour.
- Vaginal Intercourse: Penile penetration into the vagina.
- Oral Sex: Stimulation of genitals using the mouth.
- Anal Sex: Penile penetration into the anus.
- Manual Stimulation: Genital stimulation using hands or fingers.
- Masturbation: Self-stimulation for sexual pleasure.
- Kissing: Romantic or sexual lip-to-lip contact.
- Petting: Non-penetrative sexual touching and caressing.
- BDSM: Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission, Sadism, and Masochism activities.
- Cybersex: Sexual interactions online through text, images, or webcams.
- Voyeurism and Exhibitionism: Observing or exposing oneself sexually without consent.
describe characteristics of adolescent sexuality in Canada.
- The age of consent for sexual activity or age of protection for sexual consent in Canada is 16 years.
- the age of consent is 18 years where the sexual activity “exploits” the young person—when it involves prostitution, pornography or occurs in a relationship of authority, trust or dependency (e.g., with a teacher, coach or babysitter).
- Sexual activity can also be considered exploitative based on the nature and circumstances of the relationship, (e.g., the person’s age, the age difference between the person and their partner), how the relationship developed (quickly, secretly, or online)
- The Criminal Code provides “close in age” or “peer group” exceptions. For example, a 14 or 15 year old can consent to sexual activity with a partner as long as the partner is less than five years older and there is no relationship of trust, authority or dependency or any other exploitation of the young person.
outline characteristics of the Canadian sex work industry.
Legal status varies by province.
Diverse work settings, from street-based to online.
Involves Canadian and migrant workers.
Advocacy for rights and safety.
Policy debates and challenges.
Intersects with human trafficking concerns.
Mixed attitudes within society.
identify the components of the male and female reproductive anatomy and physiology, and explain their functions.
Male Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology:
- Testes: Produce sperm and testosterone.
- Epididymis: Stores and matures sperm.
- Vas Deferens: Carries sperm from the testes to the urethra during ejaculation.
- Urethra: Transports both urine and semen out of the body.
- Prostate Gland: Secretes fluid that nourishes and protects sperm.
- Seminal Vesicles: Produce fluid containing nutrients for sperm.
- Penis: Organ for sexual intercourse and urination.
Female Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology:
- Ovaries: Produce eggs (ova) and female hormones (estrogen and progesterone).
- Fallopian Tubes: Carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus and are the site of fertilization.
- Uterus: Nurtures a fertilized egg during pregnancy.
- Cervix: The lower part of the uterus that opens into the vagina.
- Vagina: Receives the penis during intercourse and serves as the birth canal.
- Vulva: External female genitalia, including the clitoris and labia.
describe conditions that can hinder sexual function.
- Sexual Desire Disorders. These may occur in women and men and are a common reason why people seek out a sex therapist. Inhibited sexual desire, which may be described as a lack of sexual appetite or simply a lack of interest and pleasure in sexual activity, is very common.
- Sexual Arousal Disorders. Erectile dysfunction (or impotence) is the most common of the sexual arousal disorders. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a difficulty in achieving or maintaining a penile erection sufficient for intercourse.
- Orgasm Disorders. One type of orgasm disorder is premature ejaculation; ejaculation that occurs prior to or very soon after the insertion of the penis into the vagina. Retarded ejaculation, another orgasm disorder, is the inability to ejaculate once the penis is erect.
- Sexual Pain Disorders are the final common group of disorders. These include dyspareunia (pain experienced by a female during intercourse) and vaginismus (involuntary contraction of vaginal muscles that makes penile insertion painful or impossible).
