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33 Cards in this Set
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Sensuality
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accepting and enjoying your own body and its ability to respond sexually as well and enjoying the body of a sexual partner
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Intimacy
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the basic human need to be emotionally close to another person and to have that closeness returned
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Sexual identity
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a person's understanding of who they are sexually, including their sense of being male or female
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Reproduction and sexual health
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all the behaviors and attitudes that have to do with reproduction and keeping the sexual parts of the body healthy
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Gender identity
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your strong belief that you are either male or female
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Gender role
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all learned behavior
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Sexualization
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the using of sex or sexuality to influence, manipulate, or control other people
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Correlation
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a relationship between variables
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Causation
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a specific type of relationship in which one factor causes another
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Eros
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an erotic love that included an uninhibited expression of sexual desire and full enjoyment of sexual passion
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Philia
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a platonic-like love consisting of devoted relationships and compatible friendship
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St. Paul
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an early influential Christian writer that believed celibacy was needed to obtain the highest spiritual state
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St. Augustine
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stated that any sexual activity that could not result in procreation was sinful
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St. Thomas Aquinas
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reinforced Augustine's writings, but was better received because it was clear and well-organized. He stated that masturbation was more sinful than rape because it could not result in conception
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Martin Luther
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believed that celibacy was not natural and that sexual activity, appropriate only in marriage, should not be limited to the purpose of procreation
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John Calvin
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a French protestant who developed a branch of Christian religion called Calvinism. He believed that sexual expression was important in marriage and helped diminish one's daily stressors
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Queen Victoria
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reigned England for almost 70 years and influenced sexual climate by projecting a sense of morality on the culture. Ex: asexual terms, traditional gender roles
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Sylvester Graham
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believed that med should not masturbate, should not have vaginal sex until married in late 20's or early 30's, and that married couples should only have vaginal sex once a month during ovulation and not again until child was weaned. Also believed some food stimulated sexual desire and invented bland grain crackers (graham crackers)
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Dr. John Kellogg
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invented Corn Flakes so individuals would not eat food that caused sexual arousal
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Richard von Krafft-Ebing
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believed masturbation had potentially harmful psychological effects and would block normal interest in sex, leading to erectile dysfunction or homosexuality. Also developed the terms masochism and sadism
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Masochism
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experiencing sexual pleasure from being physically or emotionally hurt in controlled circumstances
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Sadism
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experiencing pleasure from physically or emotionally hurting another
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Havelock Ellis
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believed there was no harm in masturbation, reduced tension, common for men and women. Stated that women had sexual desire, no single norm for sexual desires, and that homosexuality and heterosexuality are a matter of degree. Believed that orgasms in men and women were similar, should be no laws against contraceptives, and his beliefs were not widely supported in his life
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Sigmund Freud
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believed that sexuality and sexual pleasure are integral to human life and that early childhood experiences influence adult functioning
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Margaret Sanger
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founder of Planned Parenthood, started the first birth control clinic in 1916, and worked toward the development of an oral contraceptive
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Griswold v. Connecticut
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made it legal for married couples to use contraceptive in 1965
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Eisenstadt v. Baird
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made it legal for single individuals to possess and use contraception in 1972
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William Baird
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was charged with a felony for distributing contraceptive foams during lectures at Boston University. The decision was found in his favor and overturned state laws
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Stonewall Riots
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riots for several days in Greenwich Village in the 1960's. Often considered the start of the gay rights movement
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Alfred Kinsey
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a biologist and zoologist at Indiana University who interviewed 18,000 students about their sexual activities and beliefs in the 1940's and 1950's. Developed the Kinsey scale, a 7 point scale (0 for only opposite sex behavior and 6 for only same-sex behavior). Also exposed the gap between public perceptions and the private behavior of individuals
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Tuskegee Experiment
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In the 1940's the US Public Health Service conducted experiments on how syphilis affected the body and did not tell participants nor offer a cure. The study lasted over 40 years and in 1997 Bill Clinton made a formal apology. Caused distrust by the black community of the medical establishment
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Roe v. Wade
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In 1973, stated that it was unconstitutional to restrict access to abortion and overturned state laws
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Lawrence v. Texas
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In 2003, decriminalized same-sex behaviors
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