PSY 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cross-Dressing, Psychodynamics, Transvestic Fetishism
Document Summary
Sexual dysfunctions: problems of inhibited sexual desire, arousal, and response. Gender identity disorders: incongruity or conflict between anatomical sex and feeling of being male or female. Paraphilia: sexual fantasies about situations, objects, or people not part of the usual arousal pattern. Orgasm phase: involuntary muscular contractions release of sexual tension. Social dimension: social upbringing and current relationships, being raised in strict religious environment, traumatic sexual experiences, relationship issues often forefront sexual disorders among and between men and women. Sociocultural dimension: sexual behavior and functioning influenced by gender, age, cultural scripts, educational level, country of origin. Graded tasks that gradually increase amount of sexual interaction. Aging is one of the most powerful predictors of changing sexual functioning: 2007 findings of over 3,000 57-85 year olds. Women far more likely to report less sexual activity at all ages. Among sexually active men and women, 50% report at least one bothersome sex problem.
