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16 Cards in this Set
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Moral guidelines for sexual behavior
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sexual values
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Sexual value system based on unconditional allegiance to the authority of science, law, tradition, or religion e.g. (sexual intercourse before marriage is wrong).
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absolutism
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The conscious decision of a sexually active person to refrain from intimate encounters for a specified period of time.
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secondary virginity
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The belief that giving in to carnal lusts is wrong and that one must rise above the pursuit of sensual pleasure to a life of self-discipline and self-denial.
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asceticism
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Sexual value system whereby decisions are made in context of the situation and the relationsip (e.g. sexual intercourse is justified in a stable, caring, monogamous context).
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relativism
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A relationship consisting of non-romantic friends who also have a sexual relationship.
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friends with benefits
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Sexual value system emphasizing the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
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hedonism
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Stimulating one's own body (usually genitals) with the goal of experiencing pleasurable sexual sensations.
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masturbation
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The oral stimulation of a man's genitals by his partner.
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fellatio
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The oral stimulation of a woman's genitals by her partner.
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cunnilingus
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The sexual union of a man and woman by insertion of the penis into the vagina.
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coitus
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beleived ways people should act.
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social scripts
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The state in which a stimulus loses its value with repeated expsoure. Partners sometime get tired of each other because they are around each other all the time.
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satiation
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Sexually transmitted infections sociosexual contact.
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STI
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Human immunodeficiency virus, which attacks the immune system and can lead to AIDS.
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HIV AIDS
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Mentally observing one's own and one's partner's sexual performance. Often interferes with performance because of the associated anxiety.
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spectatoring
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