PSYC 3390 Chapter Notes -Dissociative Identity Disorder, Multiple Sclerosis, Female Sexual Arousal Disorder
17 Sep 2013
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Week 11 - chapter 13: sexual variants, abuse, and dysfunctions (pg. Some aspects of sexuality seem cross-culturally universal (such as men"s greater emphasis on their partner"s physical attractiveness), while others seem to vary across cultures (such as one"s beliefs towards premarital sex). Influences of time and place are so influential in shaping our sexual behaviour, so what is right to us in a certain culture/time, may not be right to others in other cultures/times in history. The following three cases help illustrate how opinions on normal and acceptable sexual behaviour change 1750s: physician simon tissot developed degeneracy theory: belief that semen is necessary for physical/sexual viour in men and for masculine characteristics. Based theory on human eunuchs and castrated animals. However we know this is testosterone and not semen that give men their male characteristics. Asserted that two practices were especially harmful: masturbation and patronizing prostitutes. Believed these wasted semen and overstimulated/exhausted the nervous system.
