Psych 102

• Asexuality


  Asexuality are individuals who are not sexually attracted to either sex.
• Asexuality


  Low in both heteroeroticism and homoeroticism
• Sexual aversion


  feeling distressed of not being able to get sexually arouse
• Asexuality


  Do not feel pressured or stressed of not being sexually attracted to someone.
• Aversion or sex-repulsed


  sex-repulsed, find sex as icky
• sex-favorable


  can engage in sexual activities but this does not mean that they have sexual attraction. Sex for them is a way to release tension.
• Indifference


  Is not sex-positive but also not sex-repulsed
• 3 most common subsections of asexuality

  Demisexual, Gray-asexual and asexual
• Demisexual


  experiences sexual attraction if there's a strong emotional bond.
• Gray-asexual


  Experiences sexual attraction rarely or only in specific circumstances or they might experience sexual attraction without the accompanying sex drive.
• Gray-asexual


  fluctuate between periods of experiencing and not experiencing sexual attraction
• Asexuality


  is an orientation
• Asexuality


  is not a choice
• Celibacy


  A willful choice not to engage in sex. "I took a vow of chastity" It is a term that only describe about avoiding sex.
• Abstinence


  It is a choice to avoid doing drugs, having sex, playing videogames, drinking alcohol, etc. "I am waiting for the right person"
• Bogaert (2004)


  HE WAS AN EARLY AND INFLUENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE LITERATURE ON ASEXUALITYY, REPORTING ON A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF SEXUAL ATTITUDES AND LIFESTYLES (NATSAL)
• David Jay


  The founder of Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) which is a prominent online community dedicated to asexuality
• David Jay 


  His work extends to providing training on asexual inclusion in New York City and advocating for a better understanding of asexuality in society.
• David Jay


  Through his activism and the creation of AVEN, David Jay has significantly contributed to the visibility and acceptance of asexuality as a valid sexual orientation
• Geraline Levi Jones


  She was keenly interested in promoting asexual visibility, especially through performing arts.
• Geraline Levi Jones


  She and David Jay tried to collaborate but were unable to do so because of the disagreement over whether people with sex drive or people who masturbate can be asexual. She took the position that they cannot
• Nat Titman


  He has made a significant contribution to the asexuality community by being an early aven member and contributing to the understanding and visibility of asexuality
• Nat Titman


  He is notable for starting an asexual community on LiveJournal 2002, which is one of the first sex-positive asexual discussion
• Nat titman


  He also wrote AVEN’ s BIG FAQ, which has been instrumental in educating and informing individuals about asexuality
• Tim Gunn


  He is known for his role as a TV personality and as an author. He publicly identified as asexual in his 2011 book, “Gunn’s golden rules: life’s little lessons for making it work, ” where he decribed his lack of interest in both boys and girls, leading him to desrcibe himself as asexual for many years.
• Spongebob squarepants


  the iconic character sp0ngebob squarepants is canonically asexual, inspired by real-life sea sponges that reproduce asexually. the creator of the show affirmed spongebob’s asexuality in 2002, contributing to a positive representation of asexuality in mainstream media.
• Gender Binary


  The social construction of gender in most societies in the world where gender is a dichotomy between male and female.
• Cisgender


  A person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth. Commonly known as "Living in the Gender Assigned at Birth.
• Cisnormativity


  The social structure that presents cisgender ideals and experiences as universal, assuming a cisgender identity of everyone.
• Darwin's Evolutionary theories


  Which theories influenced the socio-scientific concern for cisgender studies, according to Russet 1989?
• What was the name of the controversial take written by Robery Wright in his book 'The Moral Animal'?


  Selection and adaptation resulted with men preferring to have long-term sexual relationships with women who are less available for sex.
• It is an umbrella term used to describe people born with sex traits that do not fit binary medical definitions of male or female sexual or reproductive anatomy.

  Intersex
• Intersex populations


  This condition may also be called a ‘disorder of sex development’ (DSD).
• DSD


  ‘disorder of sex development’ (DSD).
• Intersex


  a person might be born appearing to be female on the outside, but having mostly male-typical anatomy on the inside.
• intersex


  a person may be born with genitals that seem to be in-between the usual male and female types—for example, a girl may be born with a noticeably large clitoris, or lacking a vaginal opening, or a boy may be born with a notably small penis, or with a scrotum that is divided so that it has formed more like labia.
• Intersex


  a person may be born with mosaic genetics, so that some of her cells have XX chromosomes and some of them have XY.
• How many Intesex people in the world?

  It is estimated that up to 1.7 percent of the population has an intersex trait and that approximately 0.5 percent of people have clinically identifiable sexual or reproductive variations.
• Intersex Variations


  If the level of hormones are out of balance, or if the embryo cannot respond to the hormones, this can result in an
• “Hermaphrodite”


  Insulting and an inaccurate description of intersex bodies.