Psychology 2075 : miderm 1- human sexuality review.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Chris Roney

Document Summary

1400s 1700s women sexuality changes drastically and women were eventually seen as more sexual, more emotional, less in control and men more rational : later seen that women were less sexual and more loving/seeking relationships and men were the opposite, why did this change, one hypothesis: comes with industrialization and economic change overtime; little mobility, farmland with roles for men and women. 60s/70s sexual norms opened up considerably ( sexual revolution : revolution for females, swinging sixties , large double standard for men and women having sex, percentage of sexually experienced male and female students at one college from 1965 1975 increased during this period, mostly for females, hypothesis: birth control started at the same time, hippie era; rebellion and eagerness to change norms, laws of abortion changing, empowerment of women economically and sexually (feminism, speculation that a bigger sexual revolution started in the 20s, sigmund freud saying sex is a normal thing.