PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Virginity, Sexology, Human Sexuality
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Sexual behaviour: behaviour that produces arousal and increases the change of orgasm. Encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction. Experienced and expressed in thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviours, practices, roles, and relationships. Nb: not all of these dimensions are always experienced or expressed. In uenced by the interaction of biological, psychological, social, economic, political, cultural, ethical, legal, historical, and religious and spiritual factors. Physiological responses (especially in sexual arousal)nb: sexual response is the term that is used to describe physiological responses during arousal. Stis: nb: stis not stds - more accurate in terms of viral infections, etc; diseases usually have symptoms but many people can be asymptomatic. Eroticism: images, symbols, and ideas that promote sexual desire and arousal - very subjective: ex. Some pedophiles are attracted to the innocence of children, others are attracted to children"s bodies, etc.
