psych chap 6

Identify factors that impact sexual behavior

-Background, culture, reilgion, past relationships, childhood, sexual orentation, personal interest, previous sexual education

Define erotophobia/erotophilia? What factors ifluence the level of sex comfort?

Erotophobia- neg view towards sexuality

Erotophilia- pos view towards sexuality

factors- family upbringing, religion, education, past experiences, media

Know about frequency and diversity of sexual fantasies that can occur?

-95% during day

-experience during masturbation and intercourse

-70% fantisies during sexual activities with partner

-people who do have better outcomes

When will sex fantisies cause problems?

-25% guilt during intercourse

-84% instrusive and unpleasent ones

-reliance on it

-taboo content

-fantasy vs real

-partner reaction varies

common differences between m vs f sexual fantsies

-Men report more, more visual,

-Women more intimate

-number around the same

-contents differ

Define masturbation? Benefits?

-Sexual activity performed on oneself involves stim of genitals to get orgasm

-92 men 58 women

-learn about body, orgasm, release of tension, encahncement, overcome sexual problems, relief stress, pain, relief menstural pain, safer sex

Define consent?

-Freely given, informed, voluntary agreement to participate in sexual activity

What is included in erotic touch? what differences exist in the frequency of erotic touch over a relationship?

-Kissing, sensual massage, touch boob/nip, genital touch

-foreplay

-beginning touch is cruical and declines as it continues

-still needed and deserves attention

-verbal comm important

What is pattern of erotic touch(start vs continued)

-Begin kiss outside stuff then more intimate

-then more frequent touch

What is cunnilingus? fellatio? Dislikes and likes of it?

-Female oral

-Male oral

-Likes: Mutal enjoyment, increased intimacy, more focused, avoid intercourse

Dislikes- Uncomfy 10-30%, mechanics of it, ejacluation, smell/hygenie

Health Considerations related to anal? How common?

-36 women 44 men

-Gay men 10-40%

-Highest risk sexual behavior

-delciate tissue, lack of lube, bacteria, condom doesn’t help

What hygenie considerations relate to sex

-Wash hands/body

-No douching

-pee

-hydrate

-wash toys

-never wash inside vag

-wash under foreskin