SOC 123 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Tribadism, Dildo, Anal Sex
Sexual behavior
●No sexual behavior
○Celibacy or abstinence
○Someone who is an age at which a majority of people engage in sex but does not
engage in sex is considered to be celibate
■Complete celibacy: does not engage in interpersonal sexual contact or
masturbation
■Partial celibacy: does not engage in interpersonal sexual contact, but does
engage in masturbation
○Many reasons why
■Religious and or moral beliefs
■Waiting for the appropriate reason
■Health considerations
●Masturbation
○There was condemnation for this
○Negative attitudes were rooted in early Jewish and Christian beliefs that
procreation was the only purpose of sexual behavior
○Believed that there were health concerns
■Losing semen could affect health
○Freud (and other psychoanalysts) believed it was normal and not harmful in
childhood, but a sign of immature sexual development in adulthood
○Views today
■Mostly acceptance but still some conflicting guilt
■Feminists have advocated it for women for self-discovery
■People do it for many reasons; most commonly is to relieve sexual tension
■Men masturbate more frequently than females
●Kissing
○Formally called mouth to mouth stimulation
○Simple kissing VS deep kissing (french kissing)
○Many variations of these two approaches
○Other oral activities
■Licking, sucking
○Not universal; some cultures view it as negatively
○Assumed to be absent in ancient chinese and japanese civilizations
●Mouth genital sex
○Cunnilingus/fellatio
○Has become more common over past century
○Whites and educated are more likely to engage in it than others
○Women have a greater chance of experiencing orgasm in sexual encounters that
involve this
○Biggest misconception is that oral sex is a “safe” activity with no risk of disease
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Document Summary
Someone who is an age at which a majority of people engage in sex but does not engage in sex is considered to be celibate. Complete celibacy: does not engage in interpersonal sexual contact or masturbation. Partial celibacy: does not engage in interpersonal sexual contact, but does engage in masturbation. Negative attitudes were rooted in early jewish and christian beliefs that procreation was the only purpose of sexual behavior. Freud (and other psychoanalysts) believed it was normal and not harmful in childhood, but a sign of immature sexual development in adulthood. Mostly acceptance but still some conflicting guilt. Feminists have advocated it for women for self-discovery. People do it for many reasons; most commonly is to relieve sexual tension. Simple kissing vs deep kissing (french kissing) Not universal; some cultures view it as negatively. Assumed to be absent in ancient chinese and japanese civilizations. Has become more common over past century.
