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the four stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson - excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution
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Sexual Response Cycle
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a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm
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Refractory Period
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a problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning
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Sexual Disorder
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sex hormones, such as estradiol, secreted in greater amounts by females than males and contributing to female sex characteristics. In nonhuman female mammals, its levels peak during ovulation, promoting sexual receptivity
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Estrogens
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the most important of the male sex hormones. both males and females have it, but additional hormones in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and development of the male sex characteristics during puberty
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Testosterone
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an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex (homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation)
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Sexual Orientation
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