PSYC 3760H Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fallopian Tube, Clitoris, Scrotum
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Period between having sex, and then being able to do it again. Most widely used model, only is a description of physiological. Arousal can trip both cognitive and physiological arousal. Sexual orientation; talking about people who identify as straight, gay, bisexual, questioning. Gender; transsexual is not an orientation, but a gender. Was born as a male, surgical accident during circumcision which caused the loss of his penis. Bruce was burned badly during circumcision; was not repairable. Thought that babies were gender neutral during the. Appeared that nurture was more important than nature became david. Went through the process of becoming male again: 8 different variables of gender. Develop ovaries as a fetus, but then the adrenal gland functions abnormally produces more testosterone. Androgen insensitivity system: intersex society of north america. Signals used to engage in sexual behaviour o o o.