Chapt 7

• Sexual self


  Understanding the beauty of physical self and the sexual self
• Psychoanalytical theory


  • Physical body is the core of human experience as form of construction of self and personality
  • Nature of the conflicts among id, ego and superego changes overtime as a person grows from child to adult
• Psychosexual stages


  • Oral
  • Anal
  • Phallic
  • Genital
• Erogenous zone


  Part of the body that is particularly sensitive to touch, pressure and vibration which contributes to sexual arousal
• Erogenous zones


  • Reproductive organ (vagina, penis, scrotum & clitoris)
  • Mouth (lips)
  • Neck
  • Breast (nipples)
  • Ears
• Phases of sexual response


  1. Arousal

  2. Plateau

  3. Orgasm

  4. Resolution
• Arousal phase


  Subjective sense of sexual pleasure. Physiological signs are penile tumescence (erection) and vasocongestion leading to vaginal lubrication and nipple erection
• Plateau phase


  Brief period of time before the orgasm. Body's preparation for orgasm
• Orgasm phase


  Intense, highly pleasurable experience. Rhythmic muscular contractions occur in the genitals. In males, contractions expel semen. Breathing and heart rates reach maximum
• Resolution stage


  Decrease of arousal, particularly in males. Genitals resume unaroused state, blood pressure, breathing and heart rate return to normal
• Heterosexuality


  Sexual attraction and behavior directed to other sex. Involves kissing, petting, caressing, massaging and other forms of sexual activities
• Homosexuality


  Romantic and/or sexual attraction between members of the same sex
• Bisexuality


  Person who can be romantically or sexually attracted to same sex and the other sex
• Transsexuality


  People who believe they were born with the body of the other gender. Seek sex exchange operations
• Transgenderism


  People who view themselves as a third gender, transvestites or those who believe traditional male-female classifications inadequately characterize them
• Natural contraception


  • Abstinence
  • Calendar method
  • Basal body temperature method
  • Cervical mucus method
  • Symtothermal method
  • Ovulation detection
  • Lactation amenorrhea method
  • Coitus interruptus
• Artificial contraception


  • Oral contraception
  • Transdermal patch
  • Vaginal ring
  • Subdermal implants
  • Hormonal injection
  • Intrauterine device (IUD)
  • Chemical barriers
  • Diaphragm
  • Cervical cap
  • Male and female condoms
  • Surgical methods (vasectomy and tubal ligation)