Module 11.3 Sexual Motivation

Alfred C. Kinsey

• he concluded the first important survey of human sexual behavior

acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

a sexually transmitted disease that attacks the body’s immune system.

• HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) causes AIDS

• it must enter the other person’s blood.

• Anal intercourse is the riskiest type of sexual contact, but vaginal intercourse is risky also.

William Masters and Virginia Johnson (

pioneered the study of human sexual response by actually observing hundreds of people masturbating or having sexual intercourse in a laboratory.

climax or orgasm

• third stage

• a sudden release of tension known as______

intersexes.

People with an anatomy that appears intermediate between male and female are known as

Gender identity

is the sex that someone regards him or herself as being

Sexual orientation

someone’s tendency to respond sexually to male or female partners or both or neither.

nymphomaniac

“someone who wants sex more than you do.”) according to kinsey

Four physiological stages in sexual arousal (EPOR)

1. first stage, excitement

   -a man’s penis becomes erect and a woman’s vagina becomes lubricated

2. Second stage, PLATEAU

   -lasts for varying lengths of time depending on a person’s age and the intensity of the stimulation

   • releases OXYTOCIN

3. third stage, CLIMAX / ORGASM

   -a sudden release of tension known as

4. The fourth and final stage RESOLUTION

   -a state of relaxation

estradiol

• Levels of the hormone ______ increase more in females

testosterone (7/8 WEEK)

male fetuses secrete higher levels of the hormone