Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria

Flashcards covering key vocabulary from a lecture on sexual dysfunctions, paraphilic disorders, and gender dysphoria.

Heterosexual behavior

Sex with the opposite sex

Homosexual behavior

Sex with the same sex

Sexual Dysfunction

Sexual disorder in which the client finds it difficult to function adequately while having sex.

Lifelong

Present during entire sexual history

Acquired

Interrupts normal sexual pattern

Generalized

Present in every encounter

Situational

Present only with certain partners or at certain times

Desire Phase

Sexual urges occur in response to sexual cues or fantasies

Arousal Stage

A subjective sense of sexual pleasure and physiological signs of sexual arousal

Plateau Phase

Brief period that occurs before orgasm

Orgasm Phase

In males, feelings of the inevitability of ejaculation, followed by ejaculation; in females, contractions of the wall of the lower third of the vagina.

Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

Dysfunction in which a man feels distress from having little or no sexual interest.

Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder

Recurrent inability to attain or maintain adequate lubrication and sexual excitement swelling responses until completion of sexual activity.

Erectile Disorder

Recurring inability in some men to attain or maintain adequate penile erection until completion of sexual activity.

Delayed Ejaculation

Disorder in which a man achieves orgasm only with great difficulty.

Female Orgasmic Disorder

Recurring delay or absence of orgasm in some women following a normal sexual excitement phase, relative to their prior experience and current stimulation.

Premature Ejaculation

Recurring ejaculation before the person wishes it, with minimal sexual stimulation.

Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder

Sexual dysfunction in which a woman experiences pain or difficulty with penetration during intercourse

Vaginismus

Recurring involuntary muscle spasms in the outer third of the vagina that interfere with sexual intercourse.

Paraphilic Disorders

Sexual disorders and deviations in which sexual arousal occurs almost exclusively in the context of inappropriate objects or individuals.

Frotteuristic Disorder

Paraphilic disorder in which the person gains sexual gratification by rubbing against unwilling victims in crowds from which they cannot escape.

Fetishistic Disorder

Long-term, recurring, intense sexually arousing urges, fantasies, or behavior that involve the use of nonliving, unusual objects, that cause distress or impairment in life functioning.

Voyeuristic Disorder

The practice of observing, to become aroused, an unsuspecting individual undressing or naked.

Exhibitionistic Disorder

Achieving sexual arousal and gratification by exposing genitals to unsuspecting strangers.

Transvestic Disorder

Sexual arousal is strongly associated with the act of dressing in clothes of the opposite sex.

Sexual Sadism

Paraphilia in which sexual arousal is associated with inflicting pain or humiliation

Sexual Masochism

Paraphilia in which sexual arousal is associated with experiencing pain or humiliation

Pedophilia

Sexual attraction to children or young adults generally aged 13 years or younger.

Incest

Deviant sexual attraction directed toward a family member, often the attraction of a father toward a daughter who is maturing physically.

Sex Reassignment Surgery

Surgical procedures to alter a person’s physical anatomy to conform to that person’s psychological gender identity.

COVERT SENSITIZATION

• cognitive-behavioral intervention to reduce unwanted behaviors by having clients imagine the extremely aversive consequences of the behaviors and establish negative rather than positive associations with them

ORGASMIC RECONDITIONING

• learning procedure to help clients strengthen appropriate patterns of sexual arousal by pairing appropriate stimuli with the pleasurable sensations of masturbation.

GENDER DYSPHORIA

• psychological dissatisfaction with biological gender, a disturbance in the sense of identity as a male or female. the primary goal is not sexual arousal but rather to live the life of the opposite gender.

GENDER NONCONFORMITY

• a phenomenon in which prepubescent children do not identify with their biological sex, but instead identify strongly with the gender of the opposite sex and display varying degrees of behavior more characteristics of the opposite sex.