sex exam 1

sexual selfhood

the totality of oneself as a sexual being, including positive and negative feelings

Krafft-Ebing

• Coined the terms “fetishism” and “perversion”

• attraction to physical objects such as boots or to human appendages

psychoanalysis

ascribes behaviors to unconscious desires

William Masters and Virginia Johnson

believed direct observation in a laboratory was a scientifically accurate research method

Participatory Action Research (PAR)

• collecting information that honors, centers, and reflects the experiences of people most directly affected by issues in their communities

• aim to motivate greater community participation in the study

cultural relativism

the viewing of people's attitudes and behavior in the context of their own culture

great world religions

• hinduism

• judaism

• buddhism

• christianity

• islam

sexual socialization

the training of people from infancy to adulthood to follow expectations and norms

double stigma

experienced by individuals when they are excluded from their own community as well as from the larger society

strange familiarity

• a person's ability to feel like they know someone intimately without the other person knowing who they are

• i.e. parasocial

Tumescence

the state of being swollen or engorged with blood

introitus

the opening of the vagina

phases of ovulation

• proliferative phase

• secretory phase

• shedding of endometrium

proliferative phase

• first phase of ovulation

• usually lasts 6-10 days

secretory phase

• second phase of ovulation

• ends with the shedding of the uterine lining

• the endometrium further thickens and the corpus leteum develops (this is tissue formed from a ruptured ovarian follicle)

Marks the end of the menstraul phase

shedding of endometrium

menarche

a female’s first menstrual period

cremaster muscle

a muscle in the scrotum that helps to create the ideal temperature for sperm production no matter the climate

Masters and Johnson's four-phase EPOR model

• Excitement

• Plateau

  • sex flush

• orgasm

• resolution

Helen Singer Kaplan's model of sexual response

• desire

  • criticism: desire is not necessary for sexual interaction or response

• excitement

• orgasm