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18 Cards in this Set
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Sex |
Sexual Anatomy & Sexual Behavior |
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Gender |
State of being male or female or something beyond the binary |
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Sexual Behavior |
Produces arousal & increases the chance of organism |
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Where Do We Learn About Sexuality? |
Religion, Science, and The Media |
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Religion |
- Until about 100 years ago, religion provided most of the information people had about sexuality + People of different religions hold different understandings of human sexuality |
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Science |
- Scientific study on sex began in the 19th century |
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Important Sex Researchers |
- Sigmund Freud + Henry Havelock Ellis ^ Richard von Krafft * Magnus Hirshfeld < Margaret Sanger > Alfred Kinsey = Mashers ~ Johnson |
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The Media |
Has three different types of influences: Cultivation, Agenda Setting, and Sexuality Socialization. |
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The Media; Cultivation |
The idea that what people see on media is what will happen to them. EX. Porn, Sleeping with Coworkers. |
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Agenda Setting |
Idea that news reporters decide what they will report on and what will not be reported. |
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Sexuality Socialization |
Throughout our lives, we learn about sexuality from many different agents of socialization, including families, friends, the media, schools, religion, and more. |
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Culture |
Traditional ideas and values transmitted to a group which influence patterns of behavior |
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Ethnocentrism |
Tendency to regard one's culture as superior. Belief that it's own customs are the standard by which other cultures should be judged. |
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Incest Taboos |
Regulations prohibiting sexual interaction between blood relatives are nearly universal. |
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What do different Societies repond differently to? |
Sexual Techniques; Kissing, Masturbation, Premarital/(parent household), Extramarital Sex, Same Sex (Gendered Partners), Standards of Attractiveness. |
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What are the significances of cross-cultural studies? |
- Indicates the enormous variation in human sexual behavior + Places personal standards and behavior in perspective ^ Provides evidence concerning the importance of culture and learning in shaping of sexual behavior. |
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Cross- Species Perspectives on Sexuality |
Maturbation- Found among many Same gender behavior- Found in many Sexual Signaling "Flirting"- Found in other species |
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Sexual Health Perspective |
- Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality. + For sexual health to be attained & maintained, the sexual rights of all persons must be respected, protected & fullfilled (World Health Organization 2002), |
