PSY354H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Granulosa Cell, Eve Ensler, Lumpectomy
Document Summary
Sex worker was coined in the late 1970s; the word prostitute had a lot of negative feelings accommodate with it. Sex worker is an umbrella term and it encompasses not just prostitute, but other legal or non legal workers. Gender is defined as female or male; sexuality is on a spectrum. Naming the parts and the description of their layout is the crucial first stage of education in sexuality. The vulva is the entire external genitalia of the female. The mons veneris is made up of fatty tissues with skin and hair; fatty tissue means protection from pressure; the amount of pressure from sex needs protection of the area. Hair tends to trap bacteria or any foreign substance. Labia majora (two folds of skin that folds on top of labia minora) also has fatty tissues which protects the labia minora which is tissue without skin; it also has hair on it for protection; extension of function.
