PSYCH 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 35: Aids, Erectile Dysfunction, Sexual Dysfunction
13 Mar 2017
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Asexual: having no sexual attraction to others. Sex is not like hunger - it is not an actual need. Hunger is to eating as desire to pass on genes is to sex. Testosterone: the most important of male sex hormones. Both males and females have them, but additional in men stimulates growth male sex organs during fetal development and throughout puberty. Sexual arousal can be both the cause or consequence of rising testosterone levels. Estrogens: sex hormones, such as estradiol, secreted in greater amounts by females than men and contributes to female characteristics. Animals a(cid:438)e (cid:579)in heat(cid:580) (cid:492)hen est(cid:438)ogen le(cid:491)els a(cid:438)e high du(cid:438)ing ovulation. Humans are affected but in a different way, sexual desire does heighten during ovulation, men can detect a (cid:492)omen(cid:580)s behavior and voice change. Males le(cid:491)els of testoste(cid:438)one is much mo(cid:438)e stead(cid:498) than a female(cid:580)s changing levels of estrogen. La(cid:438)ge ho(cid:438)monal su(cid:438)ges in men and (cid:492)omen(cid:580)s li(cid:491)es. Later in life (decrease in estrogen menopause)
