Sexual Self

Sexuality

Encompasses
personal and social
meanings as well as sexual
behavior and biology. It
includes ways our bodies
develop and respond
sexually, includes sexual
acts: kissing, touching,
intercourse, includes
feelings about these
activities and responses.
Also includes what we
think is right and wrong,
good or bad. Includes life
experiences that have
shaped these feelings and
values.

Erogenous zones

Sensitive areas of the body from which
instinctual satisfactions can be obtained

Psychosexual stages

Sigmund Freud believed that children can
gain sexual gratification from any part of their bodies, and
during childhood, they go through 5 psychosexual stages that
shape their adult personality

Psychosexual stages

Freud proposed that we go through a series of psychosexual
stages in predetermined sequence during childhood. These
stages contain activities that revolve around a certain
erogenous zone - an area of our body that is sensitive to
stimulation.

Psychosexual stages

by successfully moving from one
psychosexual stage to the next, we develop a healthy
personality. Failure to resolve issues or getting stuck at any of
the psychosexual stages will result in a problematic personality.

Oral

0-1
Erotic Focus: mouth
Tasks: weaning

Anal

1-3
Erotic Focus: anus
Task: toilet training

Phallic

3-6
Erotic Focus: genitals (sexuality explored)
Tasks: identifying with adult role models, oedipal crisis

Latency

6-12
Erotic Focus: None (sexuality refined)
Tasks: expanding social contacts
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Genital

puberty onward
Erotic focus: genitals (sexually intimate)
Tasks: establishing intimate relationships
contributing by working

oral-dependent personality

a passive person who takes more than gives

oral-aggressive personality

a hostile individual who is also exploitative

anal-expulsive personality

a disorderly, messy person (Oscar of "The Odd Couple")

anal-retentive personality

a stingy, compulsive "neatnick" (Felix of "The Odd Couple")

phallic-personality

a person who is vain, narcissistic, & exhibitionistic

Lust

testosterone and estrogen
initial stage of love

developed due to human instinct to mate and procreate with a partner.

Attraction

dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin
We begin to irrationally and idealize our lover. The initial stages of feeling good when meeting someone is attraction and not love

Attachment

oxytocin, vasopressin
In this stage, the passion for each other turns into attachment towards your significant other

Dr. Helen Fisher

broken down love into lust, attraction, and attachment, characterized by hormones stemming from the brain

Lust

is driven by the desire for sexual gratification. The
evolutionary basis for this stems from our need to
reproduce, a need shared among all living things. Through
reproduction, organisms pass on their genes, and thus
contribute to the perpetuation of their species.

Attraction

seems to be a distinct, though closely related,
phenomenon. While we can certainly lust for someone we are
attracted to, and vice versa, one can happen without the other.
Attraction involves the brain pathways that control "reward"
behavior, which partly explains why the first few weeks or
months of a relationship can be so exhilarating and even
all-consuming

Attraction

High levels of dopamine and a related hormone,
norepinephrine, are released during attraction. These
chemicals make us giddy, energetic, and euphoric, even leading
to decreased appetite and insomnia - which means you actually
can be so "in love" that you can't eat and can't sleep. In fact,
norepinephrine, also known as noradrenalin, may sound
familiar because it plays a large role in the fight or flight
response, which kicks into high gear when we're stressed and
keeps us alert.

Attachment

is the predominant factor in long-term
relationships. While lust and attraction are pretty much
exclusive to romantic entanglements, attachment
mediates friendships, parent-infant bonding, social
cordiality, and many other intimacies as well. The two
primary hormones here appear to be oxytocin and
vasopressin

Attachment

is the predominant factor in long-term
relationships. While lust and attraction are pretty much
exclusive to romantic entanglements, attachment
mediates friendships, parent-infant bonding, social
cordiality, and many other intimacies as well. The two
primary hormones here appear to be oxytocin and
vasopressin

Oxytocin

often nicknamed "cuddle hormone" for this
reason. Like dopamine, oxytocin is produced by the
hypothalamus and released in large quantities during sex,
breastfeeding, and childbirth. This may seem like a very
strange assortment of activities - not all of which are
necessarily enjoyable - but the common factor here is that
all of these events are precursors to bonding.

Triangular theory of love

holds that love can be
understood in terms of three components that together
can be viewed as forming the vertices of a triangle. The
triangle is used as a metaphor, rather than as a strict
geometric model. These three components are intimacy,
passion, and decision/commitment. Each component
manifests a different aspect of love.

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

the most
common STI in the United States, but most people
with the infection have no symptoms. These pink
or flesh-colored bumps can itch, cause discomfort,
and bleed. _____ can cause some health effects that
are preventable with vaccines.

Herpes

is one of the most contagious — and costly
— STDs around. ____ is a common STD,
but most people with the infection do not know
they have it. While there is no cure, there are
medicines available that can prevent or shorten
outbreaks. These medicines also can make it less
likely to pass the infection on.

Syphilis

Direct contact with a ____ sore, called
a chancre, can lead to transmission. The infection
may begin with a round, firm, painless sore located
on the penis, vagina, anus, or mouth. Sometimes,
these sores go unnoticed, because they are
painless, and then symptoms clear. However, the
infection continues to advance, during this stage. If
untreated, later stages of the disease can damage
the heart, blood vessels, liver, bones, joints, and
skin

Trichomoniasis

parasitic infection caused by the parasite
_____ vaginalis. It has serious implications
for pregnant women, according to a 2021
International Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology review. This parasitic infection can
lead to preterm delivery, low birthweight, and
pre-labor rupture of membranes, researchers have
found.

Gonorrhea

was so problematic in 19th-century
England that parliament passed a law to thwart
"the perilous infirmity of burning." There's also
evidence that the disease plagued the Roman
army as far back as 100 BCE.

Chlamydia

The bacterium ______ trachomatis is
responsible for this STD, which can have no signs or
symptoms. Others, however, may experience burning
during urination or abnormal vaginal or penile
discharge; can also lead to PID in women and
subsequent infertility, ectopic pregnancy

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

___ can lead
to AIDS—the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
People may experience swollen glands, fever, muscle
aches, headaches, or extreme fatigue lasting for 2-4
weeks. Then, the disease progresses to "clinical
latency," during which symptoms can vanish for years,
depending on whether a person receives treatment..

Freud

Theorized that all human behavior is motivated by the desire to feel pleasure.

Eros

Life Instinct or Sexual Instinct.
Known as libido (energy of life instinct).
The physical desire, erotic tendencies, sexual
desires, and the motive of sexual life.
Energy for preserving life and others. These drives
also include such things as thirst, hunger, and pain
avoidance.

Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health
Act of 2012

Guarantees universal access to methods of contraception,
fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care.
Provides for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS
and STIs.
Aims to keep couples and women to be well-informed
about available family planning methods that they can
freely use depending on their needs and beliefs.
Aims to promote awareness among adolescents and youth
on sexuality and reproductive health through proper sex
education.

human immunodeficiency virus

Transmitted through
unprotected sex,
contaminated, needle
exchange, blood
transfusion, and
during pregnancy.

antiretroviral therapy

helps keep
HIV from progressing to AIDS.

Chancroid

Bacterial infection that causes sores or ulcers in the genitals. Highly
contagious yet curable.
Symptoms usually occur within four days to ten days from exposure
Chancroid sores usually appear in the head of penis and on labia majora

Pubic lice

Also known as crabs; Very small parasites that infest the genital area Primarily
spread through sexual contact Parasites are attached to the pubic hair
May even be transmitted with contaminated clothes, beddings and other items