FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Labia Minora, Semen, Libido
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FRHD*2100 (DE) Chapter 4
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Chapter 4: Sexual Arousal and Response
The Senses and Sexual Arousal
• “ight: The Bette to “ee You With
– Visual cues can be sexual turn-ons.
– Men appear to be more responsive to visual stimuli than women; however, women
also respond to visual stimuli.
– Common visual stimulation:
• Haig se in front of a mirror.
• sexually explicit media
–Men appear to be more interested in visual erotica.
• “ell: Does the Nose Ko Best?
– Smell plays a lesser role in governing sexual arousal in humans than in lower
mammals.
– Ou od’s atual odous a pla a ole i seual attatio ad aousal.
– Aphrodisiacs
• Definition: a dug o othe aget that’s seuall aousig o that ieases
sexual desire
– Pheromones
• Definition: chemical substances that are secreted externally by certain animals
and that convey information to, or produce specific responses in, other
members of the same species
• Gaeig attetio i eent years, and are considered to have an impact on
sexual attraction.
– Menstrual synchrony
• Eposue to othe oe’s seat a odif a oa’s estual le.
– Body odours and sexual orientation
• Odous a play a role in the selection of sex partners.
• Ga ales ad lesias a podue ailla odous that a e distiguished
from those of heterosexuals.
• Ga ales ae ost likel to e attated to the od odous of other gay
males; heterosexual males are least likely to be attracted to body odours of
gay males.
• Touh: “e as a Touhig Epeiee
– Erogenous zones
• Definition: parts of the body that are especially sensitive to tactile sexual
stimulation
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• Pia eogeous zoes
–Areas richly endowed with nerve endings.
• “eoda eogeous zoes
–Parts of the body which become erotically sensitized through
experience.
• Taste: O “aou “e
– Some people are sexually aroused by the taste of genital secretions.
– Biologically arousing or learned?
• Heaig: The Bette to Hea You With
– Sounds can be turn-ons or turn-offs.
• Talking dirty
• Musi
A World of Diversity
• Y“EX: The Reasos People Gie Fo Watig To Hae “e Mesto& Buss,
– Questionnaire examining most/least common reasons for sex.
– Sample of 1549 undergraduate students.
– Most common reasons
- Feelings of attraction
- Desire for physical pleasure
- Expression of feelings of love
- Feeling desired by other person
- Desire to deepen relationship
- Novel experience
- Celebration of special occasion
- Opportunity
- “eeig to just happe
– Least frequent reasons
- Hurt their partner
- Get a job or promotion
- Be more popular
- Get rid of headache or cramps
- Because of pressure
- Sense of duty
– Gender differences
• Me epoted oe easos elated to: physical reasons, opportunity, bragging
rights, enhancing social status.
• Woe epoted oe easos elated to expressing love.
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• Y“EX: The Reasos People Gie Fo Watig To Hae “e Wood, Milhause &
Maitland, 2013)
– Sexual Minority Women (lesbian, bisexual, queer & questioning).
• Most oo easos fo se iluded:
– Pleasure
– Physical desirability
– Express love for partner
Aphrodisiacs, Anaphrodisiacs, and Psychoactive Drugs
• Aphodisia
– A substance that arouses or increases one’s apait fo seual pleasue o espose.
– Some are subject to the placebo effect.
– Examples:
• Food
• Dugs poppes al itate, Viaga, L-dopa
• Hooes Testosterone
• Plaeo Effet
– The perception that consumption of a substance (e.g., medication) results in an effect
(e.g., relief), even though the substance does not contain properties (e.g., active
ingredients) that cause the effect to occur.
• Anaphrodisiac
– A substance that is an inhibitor to sexual arousal and desire.
– Anti-androgens may have anaphrodisiac effects; have been used in the treatment of
deviant sexual behaviour patterns.
– Other examples:
• High blood pressure
• Premature ejaculation
•
• Pshoatie Dugs
– Alcohol
• “all aouts a idue feeligs of well-being, but large amounts can
Curb sexual response.
• Ca loe seual ihiitios ad idue feelings of euphoria.
• Epetatios egadig alohol a ifluee seual esposieess.
• Appeas to ipai ailit to eigh ifoatio.
• Leads us to asie ou ehaiou to the effets of alcohol rather than to
ourselves.
– Marijuana
• Failitates desie ad heightes seual pleasue aog soe oe.
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