HLTH 220 Study Guide - Final Guide: Shock Absorber, Identity Disorder, Ovulation

• School: Towson University
• Department: Health Science
• Course: HLTH 220
• Professor: Tracey Stakem

Document Summary

Communicating about sex is harder than communicating about other topics because of the personal nature of the material and the subject! When discussing sex one way communication is ineffective because there is no dialogue or discussion of sex as one way communication is mostly information giving ! The two presidential commissions on pornography and obscenity found that there were not any short or long term negative effects associated with using material that is pornographic, erotic, or obscene! The dominant theme had to appeal to a purely erotic interest in sex! The material had to be offensive to contemporary community standards! The material had to be without serous literary, artistic, political or scienti c value ! Obscene materials meet three criteria: ! anatomy ! distinguish ! Erotic pornography is associated with love ! Pornography is associated with sexual desire ! When there is gray rape alcohol is usually involved, consent is not known!