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Define: Sex |
a person’s identity as a male or female OR sexual behavior |
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Define: Sexuality |
the feelings, behaviors, and identities associated with sex |
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Define: Gender |
the biological traits that differ between males and females |
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Define: Sexual Orientation |
the direction of one’s sexual feelings |
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Name 5 ways that sexuality has changed over time and been influenced by culture |
1. development of social controls 2. transition from hunter-gatherer to city states 3. organized religion 4. development of large-scale societies creating class structures 5. early humans didn't understand coitus led to reproduction and did it out of instinct |
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How did the transition from hunter-gatherer to city states influence sexuality? |
caused the regulation of sexual behavior |
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How did the development of class structures influence sexuality? |
Sex for pleasure became something for the upper class to do in their spare time |
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Sociologists focus on the connection between ____ and ______. |
Sex and society |
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Evolutionary psychology tries to explain how evolution has molded our genetic endowment to favor ____ _____ ____ ____ _____ and _____. |
certain patterns of sexual feelings and behaviors |
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Most important branch of psychology in terms of sexuality |
Social Psychology |
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Social psychologists look at ____ _____, _____ _____ ____, _______, and _______ _______. |
sexual attraction, violence between partners, homophobia, and sexual relationships |
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the female external genitalia is made up of 6 parts: |
1. mons pubis 2. the clitoris 3. labia minora 4. vestibule 5. the labia majora 6. vaginal oriface |
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Define: Vulva |
entire external genitalia |
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Define: Mons Pubis |
mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic bone |
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Define: clitoris |
the erectile organ in females |
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Define: Labia Minora |
thin, hairless folds of skin between the labia majora |
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Define: Vestibule |
the space between the left and right labia minora |
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Define: Labia Majora |
fleshy skin folds that extend from the mons pubis |
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Define: Vaginal Orifice |
opening to the vagina |
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What are the external part of the clitoris? |
The glans |
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The ______ and the ____ are _____ _______, so they become _____ and ______ during arousal. |
The clitoral shaft and the glans are erectile structures so they become larger and firmer during arousal |
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The erectile tissue within the clitoral shaft is made up of _____ ______ ______ |
two corpus cavernosa |
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The erectile tissue within the glans is made up of a ______ _______ |
corpus spongiosum |
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Two internal extensions of the clitoris are the _____ |
crus |
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The internal portion of the clitoris is made up of the _______ _______ |
vestibular bulbs |
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When the vestibular bulbs are are erect they help: |
stiffen and lengthen the vagina |
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The process of clitoral erection involves the ____ and the ______ ______ |
crus, vestibular bulbs. |
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3 kinds of female circumcision |
1. Sunnah 2. Excision 3. Infibulation |
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Sunnah |
removal of the clitoral hood |
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Excision |
removal of the clitoral glans, shaft, clitoral hood, and sometimes portions of the inner labia |
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Infibulation |
removal of the clitoral glans, shaft, clitoral hood, inner labia, and part of the outer labia, then the cut edges of the two outer labia are stitched together to cover the vestibule |
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the female internal genitalia is made up of 5 parts: |
1. vagina 2. cervix 3. uterus 4. ovaries 5. oviducts |
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Define: Vagina |
a muscular tube extending 3-4 from the vestibule to the cervix |
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Define: Cervix |
the lowermost, narrow portion of the uterus that connects with the vagina |
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Define: Uterus |
the womb |
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Define: Ovaries |
the organs that produce ova and secrete sex hormones |
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Define: Oviducts |
tubes that lead from the uterus to the ovaries; the site of fertilization |
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3 layers of the wall of the uterus |
1. Endometrium 2. Myometrium 3. Perimetrium |
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Define: Endometrium |
the internal lining of the uterus |
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Define: Myometrium |
the muscular layer of the wall of the uterus |
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Define: Perimetrium |
the outer covering of the uterus |
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Define: Mucosa |
a thin, cellular lining that is the first layer of the wall of the vagina |
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When the vagina is aroused it becomes _______ and creates ________ |
vasocongested, lubrication |
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What is the role of the Endometrium layer? |
nourish the embryo and transport the sperm up the reproductive tract |
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What is the role of the Myometrium layer? |
help push a baby out |
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The female reproductive tract serves 5 purposes |
1. transport the ova 2. transport the sperm 3. fertilization 4. pregnancy 5. passage of the fetus during childbirth |
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Define: Ovulation |
the release of an ovum about midway between one menstrual period and the next |
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The male external genitalia are made up of 2 parts |
1. penis 2. scrotum |
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When uncircumcised, the penis has three parts |
1. shaft 2. glans 3. foreskin |
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The shaft of the penis contains three erectile structures |
2 corpus cavernosa and 1 corpus spongosium |
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The penis has a class of sensory nerve endings called _____-____ ______ which detect stimulation occurring during sexual behavior |
genital-end bulbs |
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After six weeks, the embryo develops ______ and ______ ______ |
Mullerian and Wolffian ducts |
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Male embryos eliminate the _____ _____ by _____-______ ______ |
Mullerian duct, anti-Mullerian hormones |
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In female embryos, the _____ _____ degenerate due to the lack of ________ |
Wolffian ducts, testosterone |
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The cloaca becomes the: |
common exit for waste |
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The urethral folds become: |
the inner labia or shaft |
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The genital swelling becomes: |
the outer labia or scrotum |
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The genital tubercle becomes: |
the clitoris or the penis |
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The earliest social influences on a child are that of ____ ______ |
their family |
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the influence of family may influence their gendered attitudes or behavior like: (5 examples) |
-the way their parents dress them -the toys they give them -the way they decorate their room -the way they reward or punish them -the activities they engage them in. |
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Define: Transgender |
having a gender identity that isn't the same as one's sex |
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Define: Transsexual |
a person who identifies with the other sex and seeks to transition to the other sex |
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3 Types of Transgender People |
1. Transsexuals
2. Transvestites 3. Genderqueer |
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Define: Genderqueer |
people who do not identify with male or female |
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4 non-visual cues that cause attraction |
1. smell (pheromones) 2. hearing (pitch of voice) 3. behavior 4. personality |
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Men’s sexual fantasies usually involve: (4) |
-visual imagery -explicit anatomical detail -multiple sexual partners -dominance/submission. |
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Women's sexual fantasies usually involve: (5) |
-emotion -intimate interaction -2 people -submission -being seduced |
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6 common sexual fantasies for men and women |
1. reliving sexual experiences 2. imaging sex with a current partner 3. imagining sex with a different partner 4. oral sex 5. sex in a romantic location 6. forced sex. |
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Sexual ideation or behavior increases _____ ______ in both sexes. |
testosterone levels |