HSCI 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Umbrella Term, Gender Identity, Gender Role
Document Summary
Sexual health: physical emotional mental and social well being related to sexuality. Cultural and religious diversity of sexual views: marriage is universal theme in all cultures sanctioning sexual privileges and obligations sexual behavior is defined by cultural views. Economic dimensions: daughter in marriage - dowry value of bride - virginity sexual aggression - power and economic dynamics commercial sex industry/ prostitution. Legal dimensions: marriage, annulment, separation, divorce, child custody, child support laws prohibiting certain types of sexual behavior same-sex partners political dimensions, sex education in schools, abstinence only programs, comprehensive or abstinence plus programs. Sex and gender: gender economic social cultural attributes and opportunities associated with male or female. Intersexuality: refers to the social physiology of an individual; a person who is intersected is born with nonstandard sex chromosomes or genitalia, sexual orientation, homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, issues, homophobia, profiling, discrimination in medical care. Fertile: mucin clear and stringy cervical mucus. Inhibited sexual desire- lack of interest in sexual activity.
