Exam 4- Human Sexuality

Definition of Pornography:

Sexually arousing art, feature, or films

Definition of Erotica:

Sexually arousing material that is not degrading or demeaning to women, men, or children

Risks of sex workers:

Theft, exposure to sexually transmitted diseases, violence, and arrests

Coping strategies for sex workers:

Depersonalization, drugs and alcohol, social support of other sex workers, and control of time and place of sexual interactions

Definition of Sex Tourism:

Leisure travel with the purpose of purchasing sexual services

Definition of Sex Trafficking:

Recruitment and control of people for sexual exploitation

Statistic of sex trafficking for girls and women:

estimated 45,000-50,000 girls and women are trafficked in the US each year

Types of Male Sex Workers:

Hustlers, gigolo, escorts/call boys, and workers in massage parlors

Definition of a Hustler:

A male version of a street walker

Definition of a Gigolo:

A sex service and compianionship offered on a daily basis

Types of Female Sex Workers:

Prostitute, call girls, streetwalkers, and cam girls

Definition of Prostitution:

Sexual services for payment

Definition of a Call Girl:

They are their own bosses and are reached out to for sexual services

Definition of a Streetwalker:

They walk down the street to sell sexual services

Definition of a Cam girl:

Sells sexual services online

What is the most expensive female sex worker position?

Call girls

Type of sex worker Bosses:

Pimps, madam, and managers

Venues for Sex Workers:

Street, sex worker’s home, brothel, massage parlor, strip club, in-call service, and out-call service(escort service)

Treatments for Pedophilia:

Lupron, antidepressants, behavioral treatment, and cognitive behavioral treatment

Effects of Lupron:

Blocks testosterone

What is the most common kind of behavioral treatment for pedophilia?

Classical conditioning

Different types of sexual attraction to children and adolescents:

Pedophilia, hebephilia, and ephebophiles

Definition of Pedophilia:

Sexual attraction to prepubescent children

Definition of Hebephilia:

Sexual attraction to children about to begin puberty 11-14 yrs

Definition of Ephebophiles:

Sexual attraction to children who have gone through puberty 15-16 years

In child sexual abuse cases most perpetrators are…

Males

In child sexual abuse cases, most involve…

The touching of genitals and are known to the family and victim

20% of child sexual abuse cases involve…

forced sexual intercourse

Ways to define “abnormal” sexual behavior:

Statistical, sociological, and psychological

The 4 D’s of the psychological definition of “abnormal” sexual behavior:

Dysfunction, distress, deviant, and dangerous

Definition of dysfunction:

Behavior impairs functioning in daily life

Definition of distress:

Behavior causes emotional distress

Definition of Deviant:

Behavior violates socially acceptable norms

Definition of dangerous:

Behavior is dangerous to self or others

Definition of kink:

Nontraditional sexual preference oe behavior

Out of Kink and Fetishism, which one is enjoyed, but not required

Kink

A kink is not apart of every….

sexual act

Definition of fetishism:

Sexual desire and fixation with deep significance, often required for arousal

Definition of Paraphilia:

Unconventional sexual behavior

Definition of Paraphilic Disorder:

Paraphilia that causes a person distress, interferes with their daily functioning, or causes harm to self or others

Most common Paraphilias:

Cross-dressing, sadism/masochism, voyeurism, and exhibitionism

Definition of Cross-dressing:

Dressing as a member of the other gender

What gender is most likely to take part in cross-dressing?

Males are more common

Definition of a Sexual Sadist:

Experiences sexual arousal from the physical or psychological suffering or another person

Definition of a Sexual Masochist:

Experience sexual arousal from fantasies or behavior of being humiliated or made to suffer

Definition of Voyeurism:

Experiences intense sexual arousal from watching an unsuspecting person who is undressing, naked, or having sex

Definition of a Exhibitionist:

Desires sexual pleasure from exposing genitals to nonconsenting persons

What gender is more reported on for exhibitionism?

Males because women are usually never reported

Definition of Rape:

Nonconsensual oral, anal, or vaginal penetration obtained by force, threat of force, or when the victim is incapable of giving consent

4 Major Theoretical Views Regarding Rape:

Victim-precipitated rape, psychopathology of rapists, feminist perspective, and social disorganized perspective

Which of the 4 Major Theoretical View Regarding Rape means “They asked for it?”

Victim-precipitated rape

Which of the 4 Major Theoretical View Regarding Rape means “Rape is a result of gender roles.”

Feminist perspective

Which of the 4 Major Theoretical View Regarding Rape means “The suspect has something wrong with them.”

Psychopathology of rapists

Which of the 4 Major Theoretical View Regarding Rape means “Product of a disruptive society.”

Social Disorganized perspective

Common Rape Myth: Dressing provocatively means…

You’re asking for it

Common Rape Myth: Going back to someone’s room, house, etc., means…

You want to have sex

Common Rape Myth: It’s not rape if…

You know each other

Common Rape Myths: Only _____ and _____ are raped.

Young and pretty

Common Rape Myth: It’s only rape if…

You put up a fight

Effects of Viewing Porn:

More permissive sexual attitudes, dissatisfaction with sexual partner/sexual relationship, greater likelihood of engaging in risky sexual behavior, more accepting attitudes of violence towards women, and increased likelihood of engaging in sexual violence

Effects of alcohol on both perpetrators and victims of sexual assault:

Pharmacological and psychological effects on the perpetrator and victim