Masters And Johnson Video Analysis

The video “History with Masters and Johnson” explained how two people, Virginia Johnson Masters and William H. Masters did a major scientific study on the human sexual response. Masters and Johnson started their study during the 1957 and 1965. Around this time, talking about the scientific reasoning behind having sex was not well known. People only knew that sex was a reason for creating life and for pleasure. In 1966, they published their book, “Human Sexual Response,” and it became popular in an instant. Around this time people’s views on sex were changing because they were getting rid of the taboos and repression around their own sexuality. Throughout the video it emphasized how Masters and Johnson were shown going against the social norms, …show more content…
The website (http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/article/sexual-response-cycle) summarized each of the four phases of the model. Another source (https://www.britannica.com/topic/sexual-response-cycle) gave additional information on each of the phases as well. While both gave information on each stage, they both provided information on what happens to the body. The four phases of the sexual response cycle are excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. The first phase, excitement, is when the body prepares itself for sexual activity. The second phase, plateau, is when sexual excitement continues to grow. This phase is like the excitement phase, but the plateau phase heightens the sexual pleasure even more. The third phase, orgasm, is when a person releases all their pent up tension. This tension was created from all the muscles contracting then finally relaxing. During this stage the females can have longer orgasms than males, but still feel the same pleasure from the orgasm. Lastly, the fourth phase is resolution. In the resolution phase, the body gradually returns to a resting state. This allows the body to become more relaxed and sexual urges are low. After a person undergoes all of these phases, they start to enter a refractory period. The refractory period is when a person does not become aroused with sexual stimulation. This can last minutes or hours depending on the …show more content…
This site gives information about different orgasms and orgasm disorders in both males and females. The different types of orgasms described in this article are combination or blended, multiple, pressure, relaxation, and tension orgasms. Next, the article talks about orgasm disorder. These disorders vary in males and females. In males, the most common disorder is premature ejaculation. Premature ejaculation is when a male ejaculates within a minute of penetration. The causes are usually linked to anxiety, guilt, hormone levels, or nerve damage in the penis. In women, orgasm disorders revolve around the absence or delay of having an orgasm. This disorder is called anorgasmia. Women who suffer from anorgasmia this usually never experienced an orgasm, or have experienced an orgasm but can no longer have one.

Overall, all the sources I used contain a lot of information. I was able to learn more information about the sexual response cycle and orgasms. Some sources were more detailed than others, but all in all they each gave me more knowledge on the topic searched. I was able to get an in depth reasoning on the four phase sexual response cycle Masters and Johnson created, alternative cycles created due to Masters and Johnson's findings, and orgasms as a