PSY 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pubic Hair, Extramarital Sex, Premarital Sex
8 Nov 2016
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Primary sex characteristics: structures that are present at birth. Further growth and development of the uterus, vagina, and ovaries. Controversy about surgery to correct in infancy. Higher proportion of gender dysmorphia disorder than in normal population. Series of sexual behavior surveys in the late 1930s and early 50s. Revealed highly controversial findings about the kinds of sexual behavior common among people in the u. s: homosexuality, premarital sex, extramarital sex. Large-scale survey of sexual behavior in the u. s. in the 90s. Did not differ widely from kinsey studies, but looked at many more types of sexual behavior and factors related to sexual behavior: sexual deviance: behavior that is unacceptable according to societal normas and expectations. Sexual orientation: enduring pattern of sexual or romantic attraction or preference for members of a particular sex: heterosexual: opposite sex, homosexual: same sex. Lesbian: bisexual: attracted to both men and women, asexual: lack of sexual attraction, pansexual: attraction to people of any sex or gender identity.
