Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Havelock Ellis, Premarital Sex, Human Sexual Activity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Sex has many ambiguous meanings but here it is used in context referring to sexual anatomy and sexual behaviors, while the term gender will refer to being male or female. Most canadians have sex for pleasure rather than for procreation. Sexual behavior: behavior that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm. Ancient greeks believed that we were all double creatures; some double males, some double females, and some were half male and half female. Heterosexuals were the half male, half female creatures and the doubles were the homosexuals. Fifteenth-century christians believed that wet dreams resulted from intercourse with tiny spiritual creatures called incubi. Wet dreams, sexual dysfunction, and sexual lust were seen to be caused by witchcraft. Muslims believe that sexual intercourse is one of the finest pleasures in life. They regard sexuality primarily as a source of pleasure and only secondary as a means of reproduction. Started in the late 1800"s as a result of religious constriction.