KNH 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sexually Transmitted Infection, Gender Dysphoria, Sexual Identity

• School: Miami University
• Department: Kinesiology and Health
• Course: KNH 242
• Professor: lauren Bartsch

Document Summary

Sexual anatomy and physiology: female, male, sexual health. Men: desire (libido, ability to sustain an erection, assessment and treatment of male infertility. Women: desire (libido) driven, per research, more by both physical and emotional needs, annual visits to gynecologist. Both men and women: prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (infections, sexuality: includes thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Puberty: this time of sexual maturation includes the pituitary gland, which releases gonadotropins that stimulate the testes/ovaries to make appropriate sex hormones: male & female secondary sex characteristics, gender vs. These are also called disorders of sexual development (dsd): gender dysphoria . Different from gender identity: heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, sexual prejudice: negative attitudes and hostile actions directed at those with a different sexual orientation, kinsey scale, expressing sexuality . The human sexual response cycle: common (i. e. normal?) sociocultural standards in western culture include, the coital standard, the orgasmic standard, the two-person standard, the romantic standard, the safer-sex standard, options for sexual expression, celibacy.