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13 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
True Reality
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Lasting sexual fulfillment is primarily about the quality of our relationship with our spouse
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Sexuality in God's plan
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Sacred powers of procreation” “multiply & replenish”
Unifying spouses with each other and God – “an expression of love” |
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Guiding principles
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Equal Partnership
Equal Counsel & Consent Cleaving Spousal Preeminence Divine Triangle - Alignment with spouse & God 3 Types of Intimacy Emotional, Affectionate, & Passionate |
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Four phases of the Sexual Response Cycle
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1) Desire phase
2) Arousal phase 3) Orgasm/Climax phase 4) Afterglow phase |
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Can couples in a loving marriage still struggle with passionate intimacy?
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1) Physical reasons
2) Psychosocial reasons 3) Relationship reasons |
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Good girl syndrome
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Negative conditioning about sex and our bodies.
Discomfort or embarrassment in discussing sexual matters Underlying belief that sex is bad, wrong, dirty, or sinful. Inability to relax and “let go” within the sexual experience. Inappropriate inhibitions, guilt, shame, or awkwardness associated with sexual relations. Lack of understanding of the divine purposes of sex |
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Bad boy syndrome
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Internalized sexual conditioning of mainstream society.
Pre-pornographic and Pornographic Images Objectification and Distortion Intimacy detached from relationship outcomes Marriage = License to Lust Marital Finish Line of Chastity |
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Wife's sexual response
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Brain = 60%
Clitoris = 30% Vagina = 5% Other = 5% |
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Husband's sexual response
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Brain = 51%
Penis = 44% Other = 5% |
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Types of Intimacy
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Emotional Intimacy: Conversation, shared time, etc. Affectionate Intimacy: Holding hands, cuddling, etc.
Passionate Intimacy: Arousal, orgasm, afterglow, etc |
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Pace of Arousal
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Spouses typically proceed through arousal phases at a different pace (wife up to 10x longer).
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Sequence of Arousal
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- Desire & Arousal phases are reversed for many spouses.
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Selfless intimacy
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can “literally double your sexual pleasure: You get satisfaction not only from your own sexual response but from your partner’s as well…love and concern for one’s partner shifts the focus away from the self in a sexual relationship and toward the other person. This selfless approach to sex, paradoxically, is far more likely to bring sexual satisfaction to both men and women”
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