PSYC 300 Lecture 7: Chapter 7
8 Mar 2017
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Menstruation ad: first moon party (video, girl pretends she got her period but she just used red nail polish, mom threw her a party until she confessed that she faked her period. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder: 3-9% of women experiences severe pms, severity disrupts daily routines, does it exist, some researchers determine it is a distinct clinical entity, some psychologists say there is no evidence it exists. **the symptoms associated must be clinically significant with distress or interfere with school, usual social activities and/or relationships. Women"s issues: laws, cultural norms, medical practices vs. women"s rights (decision-making, behaviors, freedoms, contraception (most types, pregnancy, abortion, childbirth. History of contraception: birth control used to be illegal but it is legal now. **know that there is a difference between typical use and perfect use. Insufficient power and control in heterosexual relationships: diminishment of sexual pleasure.
