PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Heterosexism, Sexual Minority, Egosyntonic And Egodystonic

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Lisa Henry

Document Summary

What is normal sexual behaviour: couple uses bondage and goes to private sex parties to play with other couples. This is normal: training cat to lick vulva to achieve orgasm. This is bestiality and taking advantage of cat. Issue of consent from the cat: man masturbates to porn for hours. This is abnormal because it interferes with daily life. The six criteria: sociocultural norms, statistics, the law. Within the norms of the society/outside the norms (non- conventional) Media: the government: controls what you"re allowed to see on television, radio, advertisements etc. Media is a good consensus and way to understand what every canadian finds acceptable or tolerable. Subcultures: some sexual behaviour is acceptable, but society as whole may not accept it. What percentage of a given population practices this behaviour? (practiced by a majority of people or by a minority of people) Sexual minority: usually people who have a different sexuality orientation than heterosexuals.