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| self-stimulating of one's genitals |
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| a face-to-face position of sexual intercourse in which the woman lies on her back and the man lies on top with his legs between hers; it was called this because Christian missionaries people that other positions were unnatural |
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| oral stimulation of a man's genitals |
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| oral stimulation of a woman's genitals |
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| someone who feels positively about his or her sexuality and who feels free to choose whether or not to try a variety of sexual behaviors |
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| laws that prohibit oral and/or anal sex |
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| the idealization of another; the combination of passion and liking (intimacy) |
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| a relationship that includes a) enjoyment of each other's company, b) acceptance of one another, c) mutual trust, d) respect for one another, e) mutual assistance when needed, f) confiding in one another, g) understanding, and h) spontaneity |
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| love based on togetherness, trust, sharing, and affection rather than passion |
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| a state of intense longing for union with another... a state of profound physiological arousal |
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| two meanings: 1) a drab, mundane form of companionship where one's partner gives few positive rewards, other than predictability, for remaining in the relationship; 2) the emotional tie between a parent and child, or between two adults |
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| feelings of love that depend on the loved one satisfying needs and fulfilling desires |
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| feelings of love that do not depend on the loved one meeting certain expectations or desires |
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| the feeling one has about oneself |
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| revealing one's thoughts, feelings, and emotions to another |
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| those feelings in a relationship that promote closeness or bondedness and the experience of warmth |
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| the drive leading to physical attraction, sexual relations, and romance |
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| one of the three basic components in Sternberg's theory of love; the decision that one loves another person and the commitment to maintain the relationship |
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| a highly idealized type of romantic love that is based mainly on physical beauty; erotic lovers look for physical perfection |
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| a self-centered type of love; ludic lovers avoid commitment and treat love as a game, often viewing the chase as more pleasurable than the prize |
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| an affectionate type of love that grows from friendship |
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| a rational or practical type of love; pragmatic lovers actively look for a "good match" |
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| a type of love characterized by an intense emotional dependency on the attention and affection of one's lover |
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| a type of romantic love that puts the interest of the loved person ahead of one's own, even if it means great sacrifice |
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| an emotional state that is aroused by a perceived threat to a valued relationship or position |
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| responding less positively to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it |
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| having fewer common interests over time |
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| maintaining common interests over time |
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| cognitive-behavioral therapy |
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| therapy that views problems as resulting from faulty learning and that focuses on specific sexual behaviors and how we feel about them; it does not focus on past events |
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| therapy that attempts to provide insight into the historical cause of a client's problem |
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| attributing sexual problems to organic causes and treating them with medical techniques |
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| an acronym for the four levels of treatment in sexual therapy; permission, limited information, specific suggestions, and intensive therapy |
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| therapy that focuses on the overall relationship and communication skills between two people |
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| in sexual therapy, getting in touch with one's own physical responses |
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| a sexual problem characterized by a persisting and pervasive absence of sexual fantasies and desire |
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| an extreme form of hypoactive sexual desire in which an individual's avoidance of sex becomes phobic |
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| a sexual problem in which a man has persistent or recurrent difficulty getting and maintaining an erection |
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| a fear of failure during sexual relations that can lead to erectile disorder in men and inhibited orgasm in women |
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| observing and evaluating one's own sexual responses; this generally causes distraction, with subsequent erectile and/or orgasm problems |
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| a recurrent and persistent absence of reasonable voluntary control of ejaculation |
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| a condition in which a man has difficulty reaching orgasm and ejaculating in a woman's vagina |
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| a condition in which a man is totally unable to ejaculate in a woman's vagina during sexual intercourse |
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| recurrent or persistent genital pain during intercourse, usually resulting from organic factors (eg: vaginal, prostate, or bladder infections) |
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| a condition in uncircumcised men in which the foreskin of the penis is too tight, causing pain during erection |
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| a condition in which the penis remains erect for a prolonged period of time, sometimes days |
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| benign coital cephalalgia |
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| severe headaches that start during or slightly after orgasm, usually in men |
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| female hypoactive sexual desire |
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| the persistent or recurrent deficiency (or absence) of sexual fantasies/thoughts, and/or desire for an receptivity to sexual activity, which causes personal distress |
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| the persistent or recurrent phobic aversion to and avoidance of sexual contact with a sexual partner, which causes personal distress |
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| female sexual arousal disorder |
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| the persistent or recurrent inability to attain or maintain sufficient sexual excitement, causing personal distress, which may be expressed as lack of subjective excitement, or genital (lubrication/swelling) or other somatic responses |
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| persistent sexual arousal syndrome |
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| persistent genital arousal without subjective feelings or desire |
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| a persistent or recurrent delay in, or absence of, orgasm following a normal sexual excitement phase and which causes personal distress |
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| a recurrent or persistent sexual problems in women in which pain is experienced during attempted intercourse because of involuntary spasms in the muscles surrounding the outer third of the vagina |
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| noncoital sexual pain disorder |
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| recurrent or persistent genital pain caused by sexual stimulation other than intercourse |
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| a term reserved for people who engage in sex compulsively, with little or no emotional satisfaction; sometimes called sexual addiction |
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| general term for a group of sexual disorders in which repeatedly engaging in or fantasizing about unusual behaviors is a preferred way of obtaining sexual arousal and gratification |
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| unusual behaviors that are engaged in for variety and not as one's preferred manner of becoming sexually aroused |
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| a group of paraphilias often seen together |
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| repeatedly seeking sexual arousal by observing nude individuals without their knowledge or consent |
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| exposing one's genitals compulsively in inappropriate settings in order to obtain sexual gratification |
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| a condition in which sexual arousal is achieved repeatedly by making obscene telephone calls |
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| a condition in which sexual arousal is achieved repeatedly by rubbing one's genitals against others in public places |
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| a condition in which sexual arousal is achieved primarily and repeatedly through sexual activity with children who have not reached puberty |
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| a condition in which sexual arousal occurs repeatedly when using or fantasizing about an inanimate object |
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| a condition in which sexual arousal is achieved repeatedly by dressing as a member of the opposite sex |
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| same meaning as transvestism |
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| sexual arousal caused by urine or the act of urination |
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| sexual arousal caused by feces or the act of defecation |
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| a condition in which sexual arousal is caused repeatedly by filth or filthy surroundings |
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| a condition in which sexual arousal is achieved repeatedly by being given an enema |
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| the act of having sexual contact with an animal |
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| using sexual contact with animals as primary means of achieving sexual gratification |
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| a condition in which individuals repeatedly and intentionally inflict pain on others in order to achieve sexual arousal |
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| a condition in which individuals obtain sexual pleasure primarily from having pain and/or humiliation inflicted on them |
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| a term used to indicate the linkage of sadism with masochism |
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| ruling over and controlling another individual; in sexual relations, it generally involves humiliation of the partner as well |
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| obeying and yielding to another individual; in sexual relations, it generally involves being humiliated by the partner as well |
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| depriving oneself of oxygen during masturbation-induced orgasm |
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| sexual arousal by a dead body |
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