Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Aphrodisiac, New Device, Pelvic Pain

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

Document Summary

Unit 11 sexual variations and sexual disorders. Professionals used to use terms like sexual deviations and perversion. However, these terms are imprecise, are heavily value laden, and are part of our erotophobic. Western legacy: recall that in north america much of our ethics and morality come from a combination of traditional judeo- Initially, theologians in the christian tradition created and reinforced the archetype that sex--stemming from original sin--is bad. In victorian times, sex was viewed not only as bad, but immature, indulgent, and generally just in bad taste. It was during this time, before we developed more sophisticated understanding of mental illness, that. Defi(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:862)ab(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863: although the term abnormal is coming to be replaced by the less pejorative expression, atypical, it is still worth considering what has been historically meant by this idea. Inefficient this criteria is a measure of how well or poorly someone is having their sexual needs met.