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| Definition of Sexual Communication |
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| The means by which people select potential partners for sexual relations, & thru which the meanings, functions, & effects of sexual negotiations are decided upon. |
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| Strategic, functional, and meaningful. |
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| 1) Part of our biological imperative thru which we want our genes to continue. 2) Good for your health. |
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| We spend a lot of money on sex ($97b/y) and we don't do it very well or often. |
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| Relational Impact of effective sex comm? |
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| Associated with greater sexual satisfaction, greater relational satisfaction, and greater relational stability. |
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| What we're bad at asking for in relationships? |
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| What we want, what our partner wants, how we're doing at it, to wait, & for condoms. |
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| Grey's perspective of Language/Sex |
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| There's no common language with which to talk about sex & it's not modeled well in media. |
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| Factors that determine a researcher's involvement in sex research? (3) |
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| Interest, Comfort Level, and Resolve |
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| Kinds of relationships that can be demonstrated w/ data: (3) |
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| 1) Experimental:cause-effect relationships 2) Longitudinal: time-order effects 3) Cross-Sectional: associations/relationships/links between variables |
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| Judaic vs Christian views on sex in biblical times? |
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| Judaic: Only for baby making. Christian: Sinful--> celibacy! |
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| Middle Age's crimes against nature: |
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| Oral, anal, bestiality, & pulling out. |
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| Stereotypes of slaves/slave sexuality in Victorian Era: |
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| Jezebel: horny chick! Mammy: a-sexual & takes care of kids. Mythical Penis: all black guys have big dicks |
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| 3 Perspectives on sex and culture? |
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| 1) sexual behaviors are learned 2) sexual behaviors are dictated by the environment 3) sexual behaviors represent biological adaptations. |
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| Prohibits... 1) Sex in certain places 2) sex at certain times 3) sex for certain people |
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| Evolution of Sex Comm Norms: (6) |
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| 1)Biblical: Sex was biological necessity but posed threat to social order. 2)Middle-Ages: Certain behaviors labeled criminal/unnatural. 3)Renaissance: madonna vs. whore 4) Enlightenment: Sex for pleasure 5) 19th century: value of sex in marriage deemphasized, talk about sex used for derogating groups. 6)20th century: 2 discourses pleasures & dangers of sex. Talking about sex is dangerous. |
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| Homos, heroin users, hookers, & hemophiliacs. |
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| Why is sex legislated? (3) |
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| To preserve public morality, protect public health, & improve public safety. |
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| Fornication (9 states still criminalize premarital sex), Age-Differential Statutory Rape, Porn & Obscenity (Possessing is ok; selling or showing is illegal), Sex Toys (Illegal in Alabama), Prostitution (Nevada legal in some counties), Pedophilia, Bestiality (Banned in 33 states), Necrophilia (Banned in 23 states), & Sex Ed (Content Regulated) |
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| Describes characteristics that evolved because of their reproductive benefits. |
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| 2 Processes of Sexual Selection |
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| 1) Intrasexual Comp 2) Mate Pref & Selection |
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| Features associated with good genes/fertility: |
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| Symmetry, clear skin, full lips, healthy hair, certain waist/hip ratio, & shoulder-waist ratio. |
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| Short-Term Relationships: |
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| Women: Go for hottest guy they can find. Men: look to up their sex partner number. |
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| Women: Look for financial stability & personality. Men: Look for young age & looks. |
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| Determined by preferences of opposite sex. Appearance & social status are important to men, financial security & physical strength are important to men. |
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| Effectiveness of intrasexual competition strategies varies depending on: |
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| The targets desire for a short-term or long-term relationship. |
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| Guarding against mate poaching & maintaining a partner's interest. |
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| A psychological response to mate poaching and the threat of losing a mate's interest. |
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| Mate Retention Strategies |
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| Surveillance, restriction, jealous induction, derogation, resource displays, appearance enhancements& signs of possession. |
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| Evolutionary perspective on booty calls: |
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| Men seek out sex, women want long-term relationship. Creates a battle between the sexes. |
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| Environmental influences on flirting behaviors (4) |
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| 1)Likelihood of comm 2) message construction 3) message interpretation & 4) message effects. |
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| Focused on interpersonal interaction & message choices/strategies |
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| Sexual Influence Taxonomy Development |
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| 1) Inductive: researcher identifies strategies from participants descriptions of sexual activities. 2) Deductive: researcher compiles a "check off list" and asks participants to complete. |
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| Explanations for miscomm in sexual resistance scenarios: (3) |
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| 1) The use of indirect resistance messages 2) Real or perceived token resistance 3) Sexual arousal prohibiting cognitive processing. |
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| Mental roadmaps for how people are to conduct themselves in sexual situations. |
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| The origins of sexual scripts: (3) |
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| Media, Socialization Processes, & Personal Experience. |
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| Issues with compliance-gaining & sexual scripts perspectives (3) |
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| 1) scripts provide little instruction for appropriate behavioral sequences in novel or ambiguous sitch's. 2) Assumes sexual decision-making and behavior are rational3) ignores the influence of biology and arousal. |
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| Diff meanings of sex in the close relationship: (6) |
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| sex as self-disclosure, an act of intimacy, an act of love, an act of interdependence, an act of maintenance, and an act of exchange. |
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| Romantic, Game-Playing, Companionate, Pragmatic, Possessive, Altruistic. |
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| Sex is frequent in the beginning of a relationship but dies down as time passes. |
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