Amenorrhea

Prim= never had period

Secondary= stops period 

"scientific peeping toms"

combined obersvation with electronic measurment 

Victoria era

postitive nature of sexuality

women have sexual desire

homosexuality not a disorder

gay men personalities are that much different then striaght men 

Wanted to repeal laws that punished homosexuals and bisexuals

opened first insitue for sexology- destroyed by nazis  

Labled behaviors rather than labling people as hetero/homo

most influential sex researcher of the 20th century

kinsey scale  

breas enlargment in males

hormonal inbalance  

infibulation- removal of the clitoris, libia minora and majora

sunna (mildest form)- hood of clit is cut 

victorian era

enlightenment    

victorian= sex is bad

women have no sexual desire

enlightenment= sex is accepted  

helped married women be more sexually satisfied

found that many women feel guity about their sexual desire  

sexual variations lay in masturbation

invented the words "sadomasochism" and "transvestite"

most influential early sex researcher 

Pelvic cramping

Prim= pain during menstration

Second= underlying pain 

sexuality begins at birth

children lusted for their parents

focused on nueroses, repression

anti-women therories

5 stages

losing siemen was like losing blood 

0-18 mon - oral (agressive)

18-3 yrs- anal (stuburn, anal retentive)

3-6- phallic (oedipus complex, electra complex)

castration anxiety  

anonymity& confidentiality

informed consent

protect from harm  

case studies- in depth study of a person

-cant show cause and effect

-cant generalize

Survey research- asking questions

questionaires- large group-quick inexpensive

interviews- gain rapport, more detail, inaccurate response 

observational- direct- participant (masters and johnson) 

Experimental- indpendant and dependant variables  

prohibited mailing obscene/indecent writing. cannot send out anything about controception

Legal if married or if woman was in concubine

-sex scene as positive aspect  

celibacy and chastity were "holy"

sex is a sin

later christanity

Thomas Aquinas- sex only for procreation

thought homosexuality was the worst sin 

Arranged marriages

sati- women are forbidden to remarry/ women would kill themselves once their husband died or left them

-no social value w/o a man 

sex is a natrual process

joins the yin(female) and yang(male)

homosexuality was not frowned apon but waste of sperm  

The hebrews- explict sexual rules

greece- more permissive

rome- sex and marriage used to better social standing; permissive with same sex behavior

sexual orientation changes over lifespan

7-8yrs engage in oral sex with older boys- inject siemen to gain masculanity  

mangaia of polynesia-sexual experience before marriage

gani of new guinea- little interest in sexuality  

cervix- opening to the uterus

uterus- womb

endometrium- inner linning of the uterian wall

overies- egg older

fallopian tubes- route of the egg  

epididymus- where the sperm matures

vas deferens- tube that transports sperm

point of sterilization

erection- blood vessels expand, veins are compressed

male cancers     

testicular

penile 

prostate  

breast

uterian  

can cause erectile problems

overly aggressive

mental problems

strinkage of balls