Exam 1 Health & Sexuality

sources of sexual values

Historical Heritage
• Middle Ages
• Protestant
Reformation
• “Good Women”
• “Bad Women”
• Chastity belt

• Puritan Tradition

• Bundling: Courting
custom in which a
couple would sleep
in the same bed
fully clothed in an
effort to build a
relationship

Victorian Era

 Women considered
asexual
 Sexual excesses
considered the
source of venereal
disease
 Ironically,
prostitution
flourished

1920s

Flappers and 19th Amendment

Post war II 1950s

baby boomers

1960

the pill appears and betty friedans the feminist mystique

20s/80s

broadening views of sexuality/sexual orientation

alfred kinsey

1st major sex study

• no random sampling

masters and johnson

human sexual response

• over 10k response cycles

self selection

those who want to particapte may not be typical

non response

ppl dont want to talk abt sex

self report

recall of events

why do I keep going out with ppl who arent healthy for me

pigeon experiment B.F skinner (continous reward vs partial reward)

romanticizers

unrealistic
expectations about relationships-
fairy tale fallacy

maximizers

unrealisitc expectations abt their partner

hesitater

unrealistic expectations
of themselves ‘they aren’t ready to
date/have a serious relationship

BRCA 1 & BRCA 2

gene mutations
(linked to ovarian, breast, pancreatic
cancers)- men can have this mutation as
well
• Screening vs. Diagnostic Mammogram
• Should start getting these at age 40 (or
earlier if a family history)-
recommendation varies by doctor
• Start BSE at age 20
• Conduct a BSE the week after your
menstrual period (less painful)
• 90% of breast lumps are found by
women themselves during a BSE
• Breast cancer: impacts 1% of biological
Angelina Jolie had a
preventative double
mastectomy in 2013
due to BRCA 1 gene

PCOS

Most common
hormonal disorder in
women of
reproductive age (1
in 10 women)
Very genetically
linked (especially
amongst people of
Asian or African
descent)
Symptoms: difficulty
losing weight,
excessive hair
growth, irregular
periods/anovulation
cycles, infertility
NOT the same as an
isolated cyst (those
are very common in
young women)

Mittelschmerz:

Pain or
cramping during ovulation

pap smear

Checking for
abnormal cervical cells
 Recommendation: First
screening at age 25 then
subsequent screenings
every 5 years between ages
25-65 (American Cancer
Society, 2021)

transition zone

area of the cervix
where long, column-shaped columnar
cells meet flat-shaped squamous cells
Younger women have bigger transition
zones
This zone is a prime site for STIs &
cancer
Some evidence suggests hormonal
contraceptive usage can expand the
transition zone

menarche

1st menstrual cycle

• avg age 12 yrs

Oligomenorrhea

irregular

amenorrhea

absence

menorrhagia

excessive

dysmenorrhea

painful

Two main functions of the testes

1. produce sperm 2. produce sex hormones

2. - testes “to witness”

Cryptorchidism

Undescended
Testes
 Internal testes get too hot for
normal sperm production
 Associated with an increased
risk of testicular cancer
 Affects approximately 8% of
male infants

most common cancer of young men (age 20-25)

testicular cancer

turners syndrome

• 1 in every 2,500 females\

• 45 chromosomes not 46

• girls dont develop ovaries or uterus, dont menstruate

• short adult stature

klinefelters syndrome

most common sex-chromosome variation in humans

• XXY chromosome patter

• boys are sterile and have very low sex drive due to undersized testes