PSY354H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Adolescent Sexuality, Heterosexuality
Document Summary
Understand the structure and function of human anatomy. Learning how science communicates on sexual topics. Understand the connections between human sexuality and anatomy with our brain. The transition from anatomy to behaviour or appearance. Shift from sex as anatomical to the idea of a flexible gender identity. The fluidity of gender: whether or not you associate yourself with the gender associated with the gender given at birth; and any other form within that spectrum. A term that embraces topics regarding attraction and expression of sexual behaviour. Sexuality is a central aspect of being human throughout life and encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction . Sexuality is experienced and expressed in thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviours, practices, roles and relationships. While sexuality can include all of these dimensions, not all of them are always experienced or expressed.
