PSY 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Narcissism, Masters And Johnson, Orgasm
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Gender, culture, & love: men and women respond similarly to: Love at first sight, passionate love, companionate love, unrequited love, being securely or insecurely attached, or suffering when a relationship ends: men and women do differ in how they express love. Males more likely to express love in actions. Women more likely to express love in words. Motives for sex: sex is not necessarily a natural act . What is considered natural differs from culture to culture and in historical times. People learn their acceptable sexual practices from their culture and experience. People"s motivation for sexual activity are not only or always for intrinsic pleasure: human sexuality influenced by biological, psychological, and cultural factors. Canadians have sex at earlier ages than teens in other countries. Average canadian adult has sex around 150 times a year. Biology of desire: testosterone promotes sexual desire in both sexes, but relationship unclear, many myths about female sexuality have been dispelled by physiological studies.
