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24 Cards in this Set
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sexual identity
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your sense of yourself as a sexual person
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Your sexual identity includes four key features
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Sexual orientation
Body image Sexual values and ethics Erotic preferences |
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heterosexuals
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seek emotional-sexual relationships with members of the other gender
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homosexuals
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seek emotion-sexuall relationships with members of the same gender
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bisexuals
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seek emotional-sexual relationships with members of both genders
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gonands
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sex glands
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androgens
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the principal class of male hormones
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estrogens
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the principal class of female hormones
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vasocongestion
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encouragement of the blood vessels
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orgasm
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when sexual arousal reaches its peak intensisty and discharge is released in a series of muscular contractions that pulsate through the pelvic area
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refractory period
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time following a male orgasm during which the male is largely unresponsive to further stimulation
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erogenous zones
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areas of the body that are sexually sensitive or responsive
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cunnilingus
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oral stimulation of the female glands
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fellatio
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oral stimulation of the penis
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anal intercourse
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involves intercourse of the penis into a partners anus and rectum
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coitus
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involves intersecting the penis into the vagina and pelvic thrusting
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sexually transmited disease
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a disease or infection that is transmited primarily through sexual contact
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sexual dysfunctions
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impairments in sexual functioning that cause subjective distress
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erectile difficulties
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occurs when a man is persistently unable to achieve or maintain an erection adequate for intercourse
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premature ejaculation
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occurs when sexual relations are impaired because a man consistently reaches orgasm to quickly
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orgasmic difficulties
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occurs when people experience sexual arousal but have problems in achieving orgasims
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hypoactive sexual desire
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lack of interest in sexual activity
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sex therapy
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involves the professional treatment of sexual dysfunctions
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senate focus
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an exercise i which partners take turns pleasuring eachother while giving guided verbal feedback and in which certain kinds of stimulation are temporarily forbidden
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