PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Clitoral Hood, Erectile Tissue, Moral Absolutism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Peggy Keall

Document Summary

Off the coast of ireland: sex is considered a taboo and is not discussed, nudity is not permitted, no knowledge of sex before marriage, oral sex or masturbation, female orgasm is unknown, no sex education (menopause or menstruation, sexual intercourse is initiated by the husband, missionary and fully dressed. Indonesia: spend most of their lives abstaining from sex, no prostitution or masturbation or porn, no energy toward sexual expressiveness or repressiveness, no biological or differences in sanctions, general tone to the culture (no war, sex 2 years after marriage, sex 4 6 after having a child. Projection/displacement onto witches: luther, try to control sexuality, debates of celibacy of priests, martin luther said that celibacy does not work, more people began seeking more liberal reforms, brought their sexual negativity to north america, the earth is a test for the chosen and work dominates thinking (sex is a chore of achieving climax, sexual repression was justified in terms of christian beliefs.