Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Mons Pubis, Clitoral Hood, Pubic Hair

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Is our attitude and feelings towards our genitals. People"s feelings about their genitals may be affected by whether they perceive that their genitals fit with cultural norms, sexual experiences and medical conditions. Men who viewed more pornography had a more negative genital self-image. It contains the opening of the vagina and urethra: the hymen. Is a thin membrane which partially covers the vaginal opening: usually broken at time of first sexual encounter, taken as evidence of virginity. Is done for cultural and religious reasons: the scrotum, loose pouch of skin, lightly covered with hair, which contains the testes. The production of testosterone: when the scrotum shrivels up or hangs lower it is called the cremasteric reflex. Involves taking an x ray of the breast: treatment. If the lump is small and has not spread, the surgery may involve only a lumpectomy. If the cancer has spread more, the surgery is a radical mastectomy.