Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Human Sexual Activity, Magnus Hirschfeld, Havelock Ellis

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

Document Summary

The word sex can be ambiguous and often needs to be given further context when it comes to knowing its meaning. Sex can refer to gender or actual sexual activity. In terms of the textbook, sex will refer to sexual anatomy and gender will refer to being male or female. Sexual behaviour will be defined in this book as behaviour that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm. Religion is a source of values and ethics regarding sexuality and, as such, is a powerful influence on the sexual attitudes and behaviour of many individuals. The moral code for each religion is unique- each religion has different views on what is right and what is wrong with respect to sexuality. The ancient greek"s openly acknowledged homosexuality and heterosexuality in a myth in which human were double creatures i. e. double male/female or half male/female.