PSY 4346 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Havelock Ellis, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Oscar Hertwig
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Ch. 1 & class lecture notes #1: sexuality in perspective. An individual engages in sexual activity on the basis of a complex set of motivations and organizes that activity on the basis of numerous external factors and influence. (p. 2 textbook) Sex refers to sexual anatomy and sexual behavior. Gender refers to the state of being male or female. Sexual behavior produces an arousal and increases the chance of orgasm: understanding sexuality: religion. Christians believed wet dreams resulted from sexual intercourse from tiny creatures called incubi and succubi. Muslims believe sexual intercourse is one ogf the finest pleasures of life, reflecting the teaching of the great prophet muhammad. Greeks- heterosexuals came frm the splitting of male and female. Homosexuals from the splitting of a double male or double female. Until about 100 years ago, religion provided most of the information people had about sexuality. People of different religions hold different understandings of human sexuality.
