Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Safe Sex, Sexual Dysfunction, Human Papillomavirus Infection
11 Jun 2018
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Lecture 9
From Sex to birth and beyond
What is Sexuality?
• Sexuality is a dimension of personality shaped by biological, psychosocial, and cultural forces
and concerning all aspects of sexual behaviour
Sexual Response Cycle
Sexual Stimulation
• Physical Stimulation
• Psychological Stimulation
Sexual Dysfunction
• Disturbances in sexual desire, performance, or satisfaction are referred to as sexual dysfunctions
• Males: Erectile or ejaculation problems, performance anxiety
• Females: lack of desire to have sex, the failure to become physically aroused, the failure to have
an orgasm, or pain during sexual contact
• Rule out that there’s not any other medical condition. Eg undiagnosed diabetes
• Or hormonal disturbance in women
Consent
• Ask first- don’t assume
• Verbal and non-verbal agreement – BEFORE
• Specific to the activity- not a blanket permission
• Know whether consent is valid or compromised
• Valid consent = Body autonomy + Free voluntary choice
Responsible Sexual Behaviour
• Open, honest communication
• Agreed-on sexual activities
• Sexual privacy- make sure it stays between
• Using contraception
• Safer sex
• Sober sex
7 major STIs
• Chlamydia-
• Gonorrhea
• Syphilis
• Human papillomavirus (HPV)
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Document Summary
What is sexuality: sexuality is a dimension of personality shaped by biological, psychosocial, and cultural forces and concerning all aspects of sexual behaviour. Eg undiagnosed diabetes: or hormonal disturbance in women. Consent: ask first- don"t assume, verbal and non-verbal agreement before, specific to the activity- not a blanket permission, know whether consent is valid or compromised, valid consent = body autonomy + free voluntary choice. Responsible sexual behaviour: open, honest communication, agreed-on sexual activities, sexual privacy- make sure it stays between, using contraception, safer sex, sober sex. 7 major stis: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, human papillomavirus (hpv, genital herpes (hsv 1 & hsv 2, hiv/aids, hepatitis b (hbv) What can you do: education, diagnosis and treatment, get vaccinated, be alert for symptoms, get tested, get treated, prevention. Birth control method: barrier methods, hormonal methods, surgical methods, natural methods (aka rhythm or family planning) You are pregnant when blastocyst implants into uterus. At 9 weeks- critical period- all the organs are made.
