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| The blending of sexual aspects of one's development with other psychological factors |
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| The collection of values, attitudes, and behavior that makes us who we are |
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| Individual or mutual stimulation of genital by hand or using other objects |
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| Pubertal developement resulting in full growth of genital and onset of fertility |
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| The incomplete anatomical and psychological development associated with early adolescence or pre-adolescence. |
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| A sexual encounter between two people who may or may not know eachother well and are not seriously dating |
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| Married to one person at a time |
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| A syndrome experienced by women about 45 and 55 years of age as a result of declining levels of estrogen production associated with menopause |
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| The period of time between loss of spouse and marriage |
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| nontraditional relationships |
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| Any relationship other than a monogamous, legal marriage between a man and a woman |
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| sexual problem has been present since the beginning of the person's sexual function. |
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| Impotence that has developed after a period of normal function |
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Normal asexuality: Individual who naturally has low levels of need for sexual gratification
Hypoactive Sex desire disorder (HSDD)
Sexual aversion disorder- caused by anxieties and phobias |
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Spasm of outer vaginal musculature in women (Vaginismus)
Dispareunia: Painfull Sex
Post-ejaculatory pain |
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Problem with achieving arousal
Male erectile Disorder
Female sexual arousal Disorder: lack of lubrication/general sexual dysfunction |
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Problem with triggering orgasm, creating an inordinate orgasmic delay or complete inability to reach orgasm
-Male orgasmic disorder/female
-Premature Ejaculation: lack of control |
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| Lack of interest in sex or sex lower on priority list |
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| Causes of Sexual Dysfuntions |
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1.pre-disposing nature-- biological characteristics or prior life experiences (vulnerabilities diabetes or child abuse)
2. Precipitating Factors (alcoholism or job stress)
3. Maintaining Factors-- relational problems
4. biological/medical/substance-induced/psychological. |
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| Systematic Desensitization- patient gradually unlearns the tension-producing behaviors that are causing the problems. More desirable behaviors replace the bad ones. |
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| various types of mutual body-pleasuring exercises |
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| Timeline of childhood sexuality (p. 256) |
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• Normative behavior not well studied
• 2 ‐ 3 years: masturbation begins
• 4 ‐ 7 years: sex‐based play begins • 5 ‐ 7 years: begin to enact marriage scripts • 8 ‐ 9 years: homosociality • 10‐11 years: interest in bodily changes |
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– Emphasize group goals over individual – Marriage unites families not two individuals – Arranged marriages common
– Emphasize needs of family, community, or religion; de‐
emphasize love – Polygamy |
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| – Emphasize feelings of love – Importance of love is a recent innovation |
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| Reasons for high divorce rate |
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– Increased expectations for marital and sexual
fulfillment – No‐fault divorce laws – Reduction in social stigma – Women’s economic independence |
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Men – Phimosis: tight foreskin – Infected or irritated foreskin – Pelvic or genital infections – Peyronie’s disease: fibrosis in penis
• Women – Decreased lubrication – Infections in vagina & bladder – Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome – Endometriosis or STD – Gynecologic surgery, childbirth |
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| • Psychological: Reduce anxiety • Medical: Viagra and other treatments • Mechanical: suction pump, splint • Surgical treatment |
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