PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Virginity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Krystelle Shaughnessy

Document Summary

We can look at the statistics, how many people are doing it and how much it occurs sociological approach idea of norms. Thinking about what"s normative in society and anything that breaks/violates social norms is abnormal. All sexual behaviors fall on a continuum of behaviors. The behavior itself isn"t abnormal, problematic or unhealthy. It"s the way the behavior plays out for the person that would make it abnormal. Virginity historically and today in some cultures there"s a lot of value placed in virginity. Looking at the number or percentage of the population. What is virginity, what sexual activities would people say are okay to be engaging in that maintain virginity vs the ones that break them. There are people who consider themselves virgins who have done everything except intercourse. 25% of adult men and women aged 18-52 considered themselves virgins. chosen vs reluctant virgin: chosen is when people choose not to engage in intercourse, maybe until marriage.