Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Human Sexual Activity, Human Sexuality, Sexual Dysfunction

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Us funding for abstinence only programs increased from million to million. Abstinence was the cornerstone of the us gov"ts hiv-prevention strategy. Teach no sexual intercourse until marriage these programs must: Teach the social, psychological and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity until marriage. Teach that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity. Teach that sexual activity outside of context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects. These programs were prohibited from discussing contraception or sti prevention methods. Abstinence-plus programs encourage abstinence while also teaching about contraception and sti prevention methods. These programs might delay sexual activity by 12-18 months. Some results: review found that none of the three abstinence-only programs demonstrated evidence of efficacy for delaying sexual activity. The programs did not reduce frequency of sex or number of sex partners among the students who had sex.