Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pelvic Examination, Hair Removal, Convenience Sampling

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Human sexuality lecture 6: sexual anatomy: the organ recital. Unlike the case with men, women have a harder time visualizing their external genitalia. Hymen- can stretched, ripped (horseback riding, intercourse ) it is not diagnostic of being a virgin. There are many special issues in external genitalia- the conditioning of embarrassment and negative affect to the female genitalia. Female genital self-image scale scores- the scale we all filled out. Average item score is a ~ 3 on a 4 point scale, 75% of people have strong genital self-esteem(1 = strongly disagree 4 = strongly agree) More positive female genital self-image scores are correlated with: experienced oral sex orgasm, experienced vibrator orgasm, had gynecological examination during the past year (self-esteem may get into the way of health) Internet based research; convenience sample, the younger you are as a female the more likely you are to have mowed the lawn total/some total hair removal is associated with a younger age.