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What is the difference between sex and sexuality?
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Sex is your gender
Sexuality is the aspect of personality that emcompasses an indiviuals thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and actions. |
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Set of psychological and social chacteristics that people associate with being a boy, girl, man or woman.
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Gender
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What affects a person's identity, self esteem, emotions, personality,relationships, lifestyle, and overall health?
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Sexuality
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We engage for pleasure relaxation, and to maintain emotional bonds. HOWEVER, some use this to dominate, exploite, and harm others.
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Sexual behavior
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Motivation to persue sexual activity.
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Libido
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How dose your libido (sex drive) work?
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Hypothalamus tells the pituitary gland yo secrete hormones that cause the maturation of the male and female reproductive structures.
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Stimulates sperm development, secondary sex characteristics such as facial hair, deep voice etc.
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Testosterone
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Stimulates maturation of uterus vagina, seconday sex characteristics such as development of breasts, change in body fat distribution.
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Estrogen
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Scientists who study human sexuality.
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Sexologist
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What is the Human Sexual Response based upon?
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Masters and Johnsons research
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What are the names of the four stages of The Human Sexual Response?
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1. Excitement
2. Plateau 3. Orgasm 4.Resolution |
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Heightened sexual awareness
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Excitement
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Increased blood flow to the genitals.
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vasocongestion
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muscle tension throughout body.
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myotonia
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What happens to the male during the excitement stage?
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erection begins
the scrotum is drawn closer to the body |
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What happens to the female during the excitment stage?
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vaginia swells and luricates
clitoris swells with blood nipples erect vagina lengthens 2-3 cm |
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Heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate, and the level of vasocongestion and myotonia are intensified.
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Plateau
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What happens to the male in the Plateau stage?
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erection intensifies
fluid from cowpers galnd |
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What happens to the female during the Plateau stage?
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vagina constricts around penis
color of labis is deeper clitoris is engorged |
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Physiological reactions meet thier most intense level,
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Orgasm
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What happens to the male during the orgasm stage?
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releases semen into the vagina
no longer a controlled ejaculation cannot urinate at this time seminal vessels and prostate relase secretions pelvic muscles rythmically contract. |
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What happens to the female during the orgasm stage?
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rythmic contractions of the uterine and vaginal muscles
extreme awareness of clitoral-pelvic region (warm feeling) |
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Relax, tension dissipates. Blood pressure, temperature, and heart rate return to normal.
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Resolution
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Can a male be restimulated right after the resoluution stage?
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No, it may take a few minutes to several hours.
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Masters and Johnson observed that __% of all sexual problems are not caused by disease but by... (7)
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90%
hostility poor commuincation double standard unrealistic expectation deceptions differences in reporductive goals fears of sexual failure |
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Inability for a man to develop and/or sustain an erection firm enough for penetration
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Erectile dysfunction
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What could erectile dysfunction be associated with?
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Blood/ heart problems
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A man consistantly attains orgasm shorty before intercourse begins (less than 2 mins) and before he wishes to cum.
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Premature ejaculation
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low interest in sex. Affects both males and females but more so in ...
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Hypoactive sexual desire disorder
females |
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no erotic pleasure from sexually oriented stimulation, unable to remain lubricated
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Female Arousal Disorder
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Lower third of the vaginal canal contracts involuntaily to prevent penetration. painful
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Vaginismus
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pain during intercourse
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Dyspareunia
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A collection of beliefs that helps a person identify and classify things as being good or bad, or neither good or bad. This guides reasoning and behavior of the individual in all things.
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Value System
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Belief that an object, idea or action has value.
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Value
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Individual perception of him or herself as male or female.
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Gender Identity
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Lower third of the vaginal canal contracts involuntaily to prevent penetration. painful
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Vaginismus
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pain during intercourse
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Dyspareunia
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A collection of beliefs that helps a person identify and classify things as being good or bad, or neither good or bad. This guides reasoning and behavior of the individual in all things.
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Value System
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Belief that an object, idea or action has value.
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Value
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Individual perception of him or herself as male or female.
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Gender Identity
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patterns of behavior, attituides and personality sttributes that are traditionally considered in a particular culture to be feminine or masculine
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Gender Role
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Widespread association of certian perceptions with one gender.
EX: blue=boy pink=girl |
Sexual Sterotype
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discrimination, bias against one sex
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sexism
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direction of a person's romantic thoughts, feelings and attrations
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Sexual orientation
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Do homosexuals decide their sexual orientation?
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NO
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person objects to homosexuality, but is not hostile or afraid.
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antihomosexual
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Cotius
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Vaginal sex
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activities, messing around
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petting
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use of mouth and tounge to stimulate a womans vag
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cunnilingus
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collection of behaviors thoughts and emotions that are associated with phsyological attractions towrad other individuals
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love
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Desire to spend time with someone to give and recive emotional support
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Attachment
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deep intimate passionate intense attraction
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romantic love
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less intense, steadier, trust, sharing, affection, togetherness
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Compasionate love
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Name the three things i Sternbergs Love triange
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intimacy
commitment passion |
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Name some reasons why we get married
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parental pressure
media pressure literture sexual freedom fulfill needs escape |
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name some reasons why we don't get married. (6)
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loss of freedom
fear of making the wrong choice career infringe on the ability to get ahead havent found the right person subjugate needs to another |
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men marry women expecting...
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...them not to change
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Women marry men expecting...
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...to change them
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by the age __, __% of americans will have been mariied.
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45
95% |
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How long does the average marriage last?
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7.2 years
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85% of all problems are due to..
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poor communication
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what is the single most important factor in marrigae?
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Mutuality: religion lifestyle
cutoms attitudes intersts values |
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What will you most likely argue about in marriage?
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kids money vactions romance days off and relatives
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this type of parent is bribing pleading giving in needing to make the kid happy. coax kids
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Permissive
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This type of parent is rigid and controlling like a law enforcer. demands mature behavior, harsh punishment, takes control
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Authoritarian
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This type of parent is in the middle of the road has high standards and expectations understands the needs to set limits and provide structure but treats kids with dignity and respect
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Authoritive
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how many sperm are in one teaspoon of semen
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200-500 mil
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where is spern deposited?
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Near the cervical opening/
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What secretes fluids that are alkaline and protect sperm in the acid environment of the vagina?
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Cowper's gland, seminal vesicles, and prostae gland
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what moves sperm upward?
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Uterine contractions
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How fast does sperm move?
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1 inch per hour
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How long can the spem live in the fallopian tubes?
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72 hours
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what helps and makes it easy for the sperm to move?
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the mucus from ovulation
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underlying principal is to keep sperm and egg from uniting.
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Contraception.
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What are the 5 types of contraception?
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abistence
natural adviodance chemical or barrior methods hormones surgical alteration |
