mod 7 the sexual self

• the testosterone & anti-mullerian hormone dictates the sex organ of the developing embryo
• puberty - sexual development occurs, stage which vary between male & female as they become sexuality occurs, reproduce
• sex - feature by which organism are classified as female or male on the basis of their reproductive organ
• sexuality - important and natural part of being a person like your awareness & feelings about your own body
• biological sex - one's assignment upon birth & is dependent on the physical features the person has
• gender - an identity that is learned and embraced by the individuality. It's both a person and social construction
• refractory stage - rest after ejaculation is likely to be longer in men while in women can achieve multiple orgasm
• gender roles - roles we play in the society, which is vital as how we, as men & women are expected to act
• sexual orientation - manifest in the relationship. A woman who is attracted to the same sex
• gender identity - referred as one's sense perception of being a male or a female
• copulation - medical term for sexual intercourse is a reproductive act whereby male genital enters the female reproductive tract
• early pregnancy - physical risk on adolescent's development arise
• sexual-transmitted diseases - can spread via exchange of body fluids such as blood, vaginal fluids, & seminal fluids
• human immunodeficiency virus - can be transmitted through anal, oral, vaginal, breast milk, during childbirth, & blood transfusion
• patient with untreated HIV results to having acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) more serious complications leading to death
• erogenous zone - popularized in the 1960s & 1970s areas of the body that are highly sensitive to stimuli & are often sexually exciting
• the skin - primary erotic stimulus
• nonspecific type - usual haired skin. Nerves supplying it are composed of the usual density if dermal nerve & hair follicle networks
• specific type - found in mucocutaneous of the body. Made of both mucous membrane & of cutaneous skin
• prepuce - or foreskin the retractable fold of the skin that covers the glans penis
• external genitalia - sensitive to stimulation is the clitoris - a female sex organ
• perianal skin - surrounding the anus & in particular the skin
• lips - ca be the erogenous zone when used in kissing & only other act of intimacy
• nipples - raise region of tissue on the surface of the breast
• human sexual response - sequence of the physical & emotional occurrences when the person is participating in a sexually stimulating activity
• in the late 1950s, William Masters & Virginia Johnson pioneered research to understand human sexual response
• excitement - muscle tension

  - heart rate quickens

  - skin becomes flushed
• plateau - vagina continue to swell from increased blood flow, woman clitoris becomes highly sensitive
• orgasm - climax of the sexual response
• resolution - body returns to its normal level of functioning
• sex & brain - largest sex organ controlling the biological urges & physical responses to sex is the brain
• hypothalamus - is the most important part of the brain for sexual functioning
• oxytocin - also known as the love hormone & believed to be involved in our desire to maintain close relationship
• follicle-stimulating hormone - responsible for ovulation in females
• luteinizing hormone - crucial in regulating the testes in men & ovaries in women
• vasopressin - male arousal phase
• estrogen & progesterone - regulate motivation to engage in sexual behavior for females
• neurotransmitter - that get stimulated to release hormones throughout the body
• lust - this stage is the physical attraction; lust is driven by testosterone in men & estrogen in women. But don't guarantee to fall in love
• attraction - begin to crave for your partner presence. You feel excitement & energetic as you fantasize