PSY 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Human Sexual Response Cycle, Testicular Torsion, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
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Sexual response cycle: physiological mechanisms, vasocongestion, muscular tension, four phases characterize the sexual response cycle, excitement phase, plateau phase, orgasmic phase, resolution phase, males (refractory phase) Sexual problems: conditions commonly affecting women, vaginitis, vulvodynia, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease (pid, 50 75% of pid cases are caused by stds, conditions commonly affecting men, prostatitis, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, epididymitis, testicular torsion. Sexual orientation: person"s preference in sex partners, heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, the origins of sexual orientation, genetic, twin studies, hormonal, exposure in womb, cultural, social, psychological. Varieties of human sexual behavior: celibacy, abstinence, autoeroticism and masturbation, erotic fantasy, touching and foreplay, oral-genital stimulation, cunnilingus (stimulation of the female genitals, fellatio (stimulation of the penis, anal intercourse, sexual intercourse, sexual coercion. Commercial sex: conflicting feelings about sexuality, society"s attitude toward sexually oriented material and prostitution, commercial sex, pornography, soft-core porn vs. hard-core porn, online porn and cybersex, sexting, prostitution.
