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| accumulation of blood in the blood vessels of particular region |
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women more fluid when changing orientation. difficult for women to communicate desire. Women=relationship Men=phsyical |
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| stimulation can occur from wide range of things. Vasoicongestion occurs in genital regions. Women have lubricatiosn in vagina. Glands in clitoris swell. nipples harden. labia swell. males scrotum pulled closer to body. Testis elevated |
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| breathing, heart rate and blood pressure increase. Clitoris retrats, labia deepen in color, orgasmis platform develops |
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| muscular contractions occur in pelvic region. Women known to ave more intense orgasm through masturbation than from sexual orgasm |
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| orgasm, myotonia, and vasocongestion are reversed. takes 15-30 minutes after orgasm |
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| reports of activity increased from 1940's. More males although there is a negative social stigma. Influenced by the social norms of particular culture. "Male/female" roles in sexual context are still developed. |
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| 82% of teenagers admitted to premarital sex by age 19. Men more likely to have multiple partners than women. Men feel excited, joyful and mature at first intercourse. Women feel guilt, sorry disappointment. Men have sex for pleasure, women for love and affection first time. |
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| Viewing violent pornography |
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| creates the illusion that abuse of women is ok. Creates increaed male aggression towards women. Males much more likely to use it. Women feel humiliated, violated, and hurt when confronted with vioeltn images or when learning that partner has engaged in this. Women feel disempowered. |
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| men feel pregnany or labor pains, such as nausea, vomiting, alterations of appetite, abdominal pains. Expectant fathers known to have more back pains and colds than counterparts. Known to gain weight in third trimester. |
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| Feelin of pregnancy. Also known as pseuodpregnancy. Feel mentrual disturbance, abdominal enlargement, swelling and tenderness of breats, softening of cerviz and weight gain. Some repors of feeling fetal movements. Occur most often in sterile women and even men have felt them before. |
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| more sever in women than in men. Single men and married women more likely to be this. No gender difference with African Americans. WOmen more sensitive in relationship disruptions, lead more stressful lives, and an overall feeling of inadequacy and inability. Men more likely to abuse alcohol due to the power trip idea. Men also want to fit gender role of being capable and dependent. Women have greater incidence of eating disorder to fit social norms of body size and shape. Agoraphobia inflicts more women than men. Men 3 to 1 more common to be anti-social. Women overall report greater satisfaction in life. |
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| Males in Nepal and Bengladesh given precedence to health care and medical treatmens. 1 in 5 deaths in 3rd world countries from childbirth. In USA, minorities have greater chance of childbirth difficulties. Men more likelt to die from hearet disease, cancer, lung disease and flu. Men overall have shorter life expectancy and more likely to succumb to disease. Men relieve stress through drinking and alcohol. |
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| Low income causes reduced health care and greater illness. Minorities in general recieve lower income. |
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| African Americans generall loser in socioeconomic status, creating less income, reduced health care and overall health. Developing countries life expectancy narrower. COuntries with lowest life expectancy have highest fertility. |
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| Women with careers report less sick days than housewives. |
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| % of men sexually assaulted |
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| victim of rape/attempted rape |
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| % of rape victims don't label it as rape |
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| % of rapes involving aolcohol |
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| % of rape victims who don't know their rapist |
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| differences in desire to volunteer, consume sweet food, decide to seek psychological help, consume alcohol,and assist a sick child. The ability to cope with life's struggles and demands decreases. Female high school and college students abust the stereotype of decreased cognitive abilities and academic performance. When estrogen levels increase though, verbal articultation and fine motor skills increase. Increase in visual/spatial skills when estrogen levels are low. |
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| Overall, increased performance |
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| progesterone levels drop so rapidly to represent greatest change in woman's life during labor. three kinds: the blues, neurotic, postpartum psychosis |
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| emotional readiness to cry after few days of birth |
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| neurotic (postpartum depression) |
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| depressed feelings of loss of appetite, insomnia, which lasts for 2 weeks roughly. |
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| breakdown in functional ability to cope, accompanied by suicidal thoughts and delusions. Need help. |
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| causes of postpartum depression |
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| sudden drop in progesterone at delivery and the dramatic drop in estrogen levels during the first postpartum week. Culture effects of desired shape of women affect happiness. Women tend to be larger after birth. Sleep difficluties also lead to depression. Lack of social support, marital problems, and stressed of life and delivery cause problems. |
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| factors affecting coercive sexuality |
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| exposing one sexually gives power to each parthner physically and emotionally. Sexuality opens doors for vulnerability, allowing power and dominance to enter. This donimance and power can ovewhelm relationship, evening physical pleasure aspect. Sex can then become expression of dominance rather than love or lust. Much more likely to be used by men than women. Because society values the dominant male, such gender differences in sexuality become inevitable. Rape is a big issue in this. Aggression towards women fits the traditional masculine role. Rape of a prostitute is considered a contradition in terms. Pornography can lead to ones decreased inhibitions in raping another individual, mainly in the male gender. |
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| depression in women higher-reasons |
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learned helplessness-feminine role stress disruption of interpersonal relationships-women fear of rejection and abandonment bilogically bases- no proof that hormones cause. developmental model- women care more about what they look like. curfew later for men |
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