PSYC 3480 Study Guide - Final Guide: Physical Exercise, Menopause, No Worries
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Describe the four phases of sexual response cycle of women, according to masters and. Sexual response cycle = the physio responses of women and men to sexual stimulation from any source: excitement phase sexually aroused by touching/thoughts. Blood rushes to genitals via vasocongestion: plateau phase clit shortens and draws back, is now very sensitive, orgasmic phase uterus/outer vagina contract strongly, 3-10 rapid contractions, resolution phase sex organs return to unstimulated size. May have additional orgasms without going into resolution. 2. this question, and then how masters and johnson would answer it. Freud believed that vaginal orgasm is a more mature and sexually adequate form of orgasm than clitoral orgasm. Masters and johnson would say there are more than 2 type of orgasms and one is not more adequate than the other. The sexual double standard is that women are stigmatized and judged harshly for the same sexual behaviors that men are praised for.
