HSCI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sexual Fantasy, Group Sex, Classical Conditioning

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSCI 120
• Professor: Kate Salters

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Sexual manifestations: sexual thoughts: (no control over, sexual feelings/attitudes, sexual fantasy: a sexual thought that is meant to sustain or promote some sort of response (have control over, sexual dreams: (minimal control over) Where do sexual fantasies come from: past experience, dreams, media portrayals, stories, may be perceived as positive or negative (or both), wanted or unwanted. Men likely to fantasize about someone they would like to have sex with (women fantasize about someone they have had sex with) Men sexual fantasy: more active roles, fo(cid:272)usi(cid:374)g o(cid:374) part(cid:374)er"s (cid:271)odies a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat the(cid:455) (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to do (cid:449)ith the(cid:373, more explicit sexual acts, more likely to involve multiple partners or group sex, more likely to involve dominance. Women sexual fantasy: more passive roles, focus on others interest in their bodies, more e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al a(cid:374)d ro(cid:373)a(cid:374)ti(cid:272) (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:374)t (cid:862)the(cid:455) are the o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t of desire(cid:863, more likely to involve only one partner, more likely to involve submission.