Understanding Sexual Identity

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defined as how one thinks about himself or herself as a sexual individual.

Sexual selfhood

In Greek word gyne which means?

Bearer of children

a group of people who were discontented with the Church of England rallied for religious, moral and societal reformation. They had positive view on marital sex and did not tolerate sex outside marriage. Premarital sex, therefore, was considered immoral.

Puritans

homosexuality and prostitution were rampant and considered to be threats to social order. People in this era were not comfortable in discussing breast or buttocks, they used other terms instead.

Victorian era Signup and view all the answers

It is that initiates and organizes sexual behavior. through the process of sexual reproduction, the next generation of human beings are created by the fusion of the egg cell and sperm cell. This will be discussed further in the next pages.

Brain Signup and view all the answers

is a process by which organisms that are best suited to their environment are most likely to survive.

Natural selection Signup and view all the answers

A person’s libido or sexual energy is located in an area of the body at different psychosexual stages. These areas of pleasure are called?

Erogenous zones. Signup and view all the answers

According to him, human beings are faces with two forces – sex instinct and libido (pleasure) and death or aggressive instinct (harm toward oneself or towards others).

Sigmund Freud Signup and view all the answers

For the it holds a positive and natural outlook toward marital sex which they consider as blessed by God and pleasurable for both men and women. Sexual connection provides an opportunity for spirituality and transcendence

Judaism Signup and view all the answers

For them family is considered of utmost importance, and celibacy within marriage is prohibited.

Islam Signup and view all the answers

According to them sex is not only natural and healthy, but a sacred union necessary to people’s physical, mental, and spiritual being. The sexual union is a way to balance male and female energy.

Taoism Signup and view all the answers

For them sexuality is seen as spiritual force, and the act of ritual lovemaking is a means of both celebrating and transcending the physical

Hinduism Signup and view all the answers

For them marriage is purely for intercourse and procreation

Roman Catholic church Signup and view all the answers

A male sexual organ consisting of the internal root and external shaft and glans

Penis Signup and view all the answers

the portion of the penis that extends internally into the pelvic cavity.

Root Signup and view all the answers

the head of the penis; richly endowed with nerve endings

Glans Signup and view all the answers

the length of the penis between the glans and the body

Shaft Signup and view all the answers

a covering of skin over the penile glans.

Foreskin Signup and view all the answers

the rim of the penile glans

Corona Signup and view all the answers

– a highly sensitive, thin strip of skin that connects the glans to the shaft on the underside of the penis.

Frenulum Signup and view all the answers

– encompasses all female external genital structures – the hairs, fold of skin, and the urinary and vaginal opening

Vulva Signup and view all the answers

a triangular mound over the pubic bone above the vulva

Mons veneris Signup and view all the answers

the foreskin or fold of skin over the clitoris

Prepuce Signup and view all the answers

the head of the clitoris; richly endowed with nerve endings

Glans Signup and view all the answers

the length of the clitoris between the glans and the body

Shaft Signup and view all the answers

the innermost tips of the cavernous bodies that connect to the pubic bones

Cruca Signup and view all the answers

the area of the vulva inside the labia minora

Vestibule Signup and view all the answers

– a stretchable canal in the female that opens at the vulva and extends about four inches into the pelvis

Vagina Signup and view all the answers

the folds of tissue in the vagina

Rugae Signup and view all the answers

the small end of the uterus, located at the back of the vagina

Cervix Signup and view all the answers

a pear shaped organ inside the female pelvis, within which the fetus develops

Uterus Signup and view all the answers

female gonads that produce ova and sex hormones

Ovaries Signup and view all the answers

two tubes in which the egg and sperm travel, extending from the sides of the uterus

Fallopian tube Signup and view all the answers

emerge at puberty (such as low voices and beards in men, and high voices and no facial hair in women).

Secondary characteristics Signup and view all the answers

are there from birth (for example, penises and vaginas

Primary characteristics Signup and view all the answers

is the stage of physical maturation in which an individual becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction

Puberty Signup and view all the answers

The five stages of Freud's psychosexual theory of development

Oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage and genital stage Signup and view all the answers

the child erogenous zone is the mouth which receives gratification through eating and sucking.

Oral stage Signup and view all the answers

is an inappropriate object (a shoe for example) that is substituted for a woman and used for sexual gratification.

Fetish Signup and view all the answers

4 stages of human sexual response

Excitement, plateau, orgasm and resolution Signup and view all the answers

It is characterized by an increase in heart rate and blood pressure as well as heightened muscle tone

Excitement Signup and view all the answers

This is the body’s initial response to sexual arousal