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• Puberty - one to three year process of hormonal and physical change that causes the young person to reach maturity
• Secondary sex characteristics - traits that differ between two sexes but are not part of the reproductice system
• Sexual Self - one can learn and understand one's sexual development
• Sexual Health, sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression and Values Around Sexuality - your sexual self speaks of
• Sexual Development -life long process that starts at the moment of conception
• Bisexual - refers to people who experience both heterosexual and homosexual attractions.
• Freud - believed that every child goes through a sequence of development stages, these stages determmin adult personality traits
• Heterosexual - refers to people whose primary attraction is to members of the opposite gender.
• Oral receptive - passive, agrees most of the time, hates confrontation and has a f ear of rejection
• Oral Aggresive - mouth based agrression in oral stage
• Anal Receptive - anal retention, likes to be in control, stubborn, perfectionist, critical, rigid, and uptight
• Mouth - erogenous zone in oral stage
• Anus - erogenous zone in anal stage
• Anal Retentive - tends to be a perfectionist, organized, and detailed oriented, thrifty
• Latency Period (6-12 years old) - children suppress their sexual desires until puberty begins
• Genita Area - phallic stage erogenous zone
• Secondary Sex Characteristics - latency stage erogenous zone
• Sexuality - part of who a person is and what s/he wil become includes all feelings, thoughts, and behaviors associated with being male or female
• Sensuality- awareness and feeling about your own body and other people's bodies. Allow us to enjoy the pleasure our bodies can give us and others.
• Sexual Intimacy - ability to emotionally close to another human being and to accept closeness in return
• Sexual Identity - person's understanding of who he/she is sexually including the sense of being male or female
• Reproduction and Sexual Health - reproduce and the behaviors and attitudes that make sexua relationship healthy and enjoyable
• Sexualization - people behave sexually to influence, manipulate, or control other people
• Heterosexuality - sexual attraction between persons of opposite sexes
• Biological Reasons - we are also drawn to certain people not only for cultural reason but also by this.
• Asexuality - lack of interest in sexual activity with anyone
• Lust, Attraction, Attachment - 3 stages of romantic love as far as our brain chemicals are concerned
• Estrogen and Testerone - lust/sex hormones that are responsible for "sex drive"
• Oxytocin - attachment brain chemical
• Norepinepherine, Serotonin, Dopamine - attraction neurotransmitters
• Oxytocin, Vasopressin - attachment neurotransmitters
• Maslar - the right time for a female to agree to have sex with her mae partner is when he commits
• Zamosky - he said to be able to maintain dopamine and oxytocin, couples need to keep trying something new together
• Erogenous Zone - when touched, there is an expected automatic sensation
• Ears, Skin, Neck/Nape, Scrotum, Nipples, Perineum - erogenous zone of male
• Vaginal Margin, Nipple - most sensitive part of females
• Areola, Abdomen - least sensitive part of females
• Sexual Respone Pattern - describes the physiological and emotional responses one experiences that takes place during sexual activity.
• Excitement : arousal; penis erection, vagina lubrication
• Plateu - continuation and heightening of arousal