PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Blue Balls, Fetus, Broccoli
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Lots of euphemisms - need for so many shows how much importance is placed on genitals. Stigma/taboo placed on genitals: historical religious perspective, socialization - especially through language (ex. Absent from books on body parts, absent from dolls: personal insecurity, private parts: secret, not talked about. Have ambivalent feelings about genitals: they"re important yet we don"t feel that comfortable about them because of the taboo. Lots of food references (ex. sausage, wiener, lollipop, taco, milkshakes, etc. ) Proper terminology should be used because it gives children tools to understand their bodies and describe experiences. Responsible way to talk about body and sexuality. Hard to convey to children that genitals aren"t dirty, but what comes out of them is. Potty training is when proper terminology really rst starts being used. Society gives us language, and language teaches us how we should think and feel about our genitals. Vagina: reproduction - birth passage, waste elimination (menstruation), pleasure (clitoris" only function)
