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HUMAN SEXUALITY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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HUMAN SEXUALITY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024 sex - ANSWER whether one is biologically female, male or intersex. Anatomy gender - ANSWER social and cultural characteristics associated with being male or female assigned gender - ANSWER physical sex; gonads; uterus, vulva, vagina or penis gender identity - ANSWER gender one believes self to be. Usually correlated with gender. How you feel as a boy or girl gender role - ANSWER attitudes, behaviors, rights, and responsibilities that society associates with each sex. Influenced by culture, age, ethnicity and other factors - NOT natural. How you present to others gender variation - ANSWER deviations from the two "normal" genders emphasized by most cultures. Can't or choose not to conform to societal gender norms associated with biological sex intersex - ANSWER people who possess mixtures of male and female genitalia or reproductive physiology (chromosomes, external genitalia or internal reproductive system). AKA hermaphrodite transexuality - ANSWER Gender Identity and sexual anatomy are not congruent. May occur with hetero/homo/bi. Gender reassignment surgery. sexual orientation - ANSWER pattern of sexual and emotional attraction based on the gender of one's preferred partners. Androgen -insensitivity syndrome - ANSWER Males' tissues don't respond to testosterone. Female genitals, no female internal organs - no menstruation. Female secondary sex characteristics Turner syndrome - ANSWER Females lack chromosome (XO instead of XX). Female external appearance but no ovaries. No puberty, sterile. 1/1666 births Hypospadias - ANSWER Urethral exists on underside of glans midway through the underside of the shaft or at the base of the scrotum. Most common genital anomaly, 1/300 births FGC - ANSWER AKA female genital mutilation. Remove part of female's anatomy - clitoris. Important right of passage -become a real woman. Cheaper for younger girls - no longer initiation but maintaining tradition, not old enough to consent. No medical purpose, risky. Take away sexual desires communication - ANSWER Quality of communication affects quality of relationship affects quality of sex. Ability to correct interpret nonverbal comm is imp in relationships. Self -disclosure (open, honest), trust (affects perception of interactions), feedbac k- clarify & check accuracy Erotophilia - ANSWER positive emotional responses toward sexuality - good sexual education, supportive family, healthy relationships, honesty erotophobia - ANSWER negative emotional responses toward sexuality - walking in on parents, child experiences, not talked about sex drive - ANSWER Higher sexual drive, higher frequency of sexual fantasies and level of satisfaction in one's sex life sexual fantasy - ANSWER Most universal of sexual behavior. -Define & direct erotic goals -Anticipate and prepare for erotic situations (practice) -Escape -Safe way to introduce novelty and curiosity -Expressive like dreams Autoeroticism - ANSWER Sexual activities only with self - sexual fantasies, erotic dreams, masturbation. Condemned by society. sexual scripts - ANSWER Organize and direct our sexual expressions, influenced by gender roles.The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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