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Lessons aimed at hereo females in popular magazines
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females must learn about many different types of sexual behavior in order to keep their mates
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characterizes primetime TV portrayals of sexuality
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TV shows disproportionate number of unmarried couples engaging in sex
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regulation on sex to be universal
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incest taboo
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scientific sexual research taken place
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within the last 100 years
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following is NOT Freud's idea
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womb envy
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Reiss- all societies regard sex important because
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great physical pleasure and self-disclosure
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case studies provide data that have which advantages
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data have a high degree of internal validity
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Masters and Johnson - first to study sex with this method
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labratory research
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research method that involves recording information about natural behavior
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systematic observation
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each member of population has known probability of being included in sample
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probability sampling
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sexual expression is comprised of
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all of the above: sexual maturation, sex hormones, sex behavior
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defining meaning in context of interaction theory "meaning" is completely arbitrary and depends on cultural context
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true
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medicalization of PMS characterized by
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All: labeling PMS as a condition, prescribing treatment, using medical rhetoric
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female external genitals
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vulva
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primary physiological purpose of the hymen today
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NOTHING!
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spermatogenesis occurs in the
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seminiferous tubules
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functions of hypothalamus
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All: regulates pituitary gland, hunger, thirst, and sex behavior
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gonad differentiation ovvurs
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earlier for males
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hormones regulates tetosterone production in males and estrogen in females
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lutenizing hormone
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last phase of menstrual cycle
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menstruation
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dysmenorrhea is
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painful menstruation
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pheromones have relationship with
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menstuation
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people understand own bodily states via
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social learning
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first person to recognize plasticity of sexual motivation
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Freud
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physical characteristics are attractive becasue they indicate fertility; this argument is made by
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evolutionary psychology
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testosterone and related hormones
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increase sexual desire in males and females
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female orgasms
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indistinguishable from male orgasms from a description of sensations
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rating intimacy encounter
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males like intimate encounters, females like less intimate encounters
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norm of homogamy, look for mates who...
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similar to us on social characteristics
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propinquity (proximity) determines
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who we develop relationships with
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compared to hereosexuals, homosexuals
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All: less goal-oriented, take their time, communicate
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aphrodisiacs are
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unreliable and dangerous
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good communicators use technique
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documenting points with specific examples
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NOT a reason society regulates sexual expression
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ensuring that all members of the society are able to experience sexual intimacy
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rewards for conformity yo and punishments for violation of norms
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sanctions
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sex within marriage
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universilly prescribed
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psychologists found gender differences in
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All: aggressiveness, self-disclosure, decoding non-verbal cues
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True concerning the use of the bogus pipline method
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women reported higher numbers of sex partners than men using the bogus pipline
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culturally defined expectations of one gender
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gender roles
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sexual ethics in church
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debate within U.S. Catholicism mirrors controversy that has been going on in society
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two traditions in buddhism
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men should live celibate lives as monks
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10 year olds regulating gendered behavior
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gender policing
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age you understand sexual object choice
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5
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we discussed this in lecture
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men and women report having masturbated with similar frequency
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infants and children are
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egocentric
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age ___ children know what gender they are; age ____ ideas about gender are rigid
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2 1/2 - 3 ; 4-6
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masturbatation once thought to cause problems, now accepted. T/F
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true
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for men sex is a biological urge; women sex should be repugnant
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double standard
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NOT Reiss attitude
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okay for women to have sex before marriage
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Udry - which group was popularity associated with transition to non-virgin
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white males
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study of premarital standards that Reiss used
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convienence sample
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faithful to partner, end relationship, faith to new partner
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serial monogamy
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researchers interested in transition to non virginity becasue
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rapidity people movie to adulthood
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habituation is
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behavior becomes less rewarding the more you do it
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sexual relationships in High school had overall structure
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small dense groups connected by weak ties
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love is
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a social construction
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love stories developed by
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Sternberg
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triangle theory components
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intimacy, passion, commitment
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B&W? argued 2 components of romantic love
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state of arousal and attaching the label of love
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research indicates
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men are more romantic and fall in love faster
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culture influences
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All: importance in mate selection, standards of beauty, likelihood you'll marry someone you don't love
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masturbation is important becasue
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give a sense of agency and control
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female teens revealed
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little knowledge of structure and function of body
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reaction to first sex doesn't include
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the female expecting and experienceing and orgasm
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kinsey's way of conceptualizing orientation
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continuum
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freud, homosexuality is
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not abnormal
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Bem associated with theory or orientation
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interactionist
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person who first conceptualized homosexuality as continuum
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Kinsey
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kids with gay parents are normally
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hetero
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___ fear of homos; ___ negativity
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homophobia; anti-gay prejudice
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orientation
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person's erotic and emotional attraction
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Tiefer, sexual problems
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A & C: commercial intrest, and anxiety
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education effect on extramarital sex
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more education, more extramarital sex
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"presense of healthy partner" is
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a social component
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old people not seen as sexual
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A & B: emphasis on youth, lack of intrest in old
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monogamy exists when couple reaches agreement of unacceptable behavior
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managed monogamy
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organized sexual activity
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swinging
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sex in public with people watching
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dogging
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sex work settings now
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massage parlors
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precedure doesn't effect hormones
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hysterectomy
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mate retention tactics
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NOT normal in aging males
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increase volume of ejaculate
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process people learn the norms and values of culture
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socializtion
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a general knowledge framework that a person has a bout a given t op, which shapes and guides his/her perception of phenomena is known as a
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schema
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Homologous organ? example?
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homologous organs are a male and femlae organ that comes from the same embryonic tissue Ex: clitoris and glas penis
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two kinds of stimuli that produce arousal
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sensual and erotic
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factor that sex partners typicaly negotiate?
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behaviors they feel comfortable engaging in
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three of five institutions that influence sexuality in US
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religion, government, mass media
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generalization about a group of people that distinguishes those people from others
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stereotype
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_____ethics rejects external supernatural authority
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humanism
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psychological bond that forms between an infant and a caregiver
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attachment
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preadolescent children have a social organization that is essentially
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gender segregated
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contact with and atrtraction to people who are approx. the same as us in terms of age, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status
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homophily
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3 components of love stories
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plot, theme, characters
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the maternal stress hypothesis suggests that mothers of gay men experienced ____ levels of stress during gestation, and that _____ is the mediating hormone
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higher; testosterone
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sexual satisfaction occurs when ____ meets or exceeds ____
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experience; expectation
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four influences on marital sexual activity
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religion, sexual development, lifestyle, marital satisfactin
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3 measures of strain in the research conducted by edwards and booth
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frequency of arguments, leaving residence, thinking about divorce
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"household composition" is one example of this type of influence on marital sexual activity
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lifestyle
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people who repeatedly engage in sexual liaisons outside of their committed relationships
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philanders
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