PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Social Stigma, Sexual Fantasy, Foreplay

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 333
• Professor: Caroline F Pukall

Document Summary

If a person does not include a particular sexual behaviour in their definition, may be less likely to use protection: obstacle to sexual health education and sti prevention, doctors asking if they are sexually active. Virginity: reasons for abstaining from sex include religious beliefs, concerns about contracting. Varieties of sexual behaviours: traditional sexual script (tss): kissing, sexual touching, intercourse, likely followed by orgasm, cultural-level social script, according to social script theory, scripts exist at two additional levels: the interpersonal and the intrapsychic or individual. Fantasy: sexual fantasies- sexual thoughts or images that stimulate a person physiologically and/or emotionally, can include taboo subjects, most common fantasies are making love outdoors, engaging in submissive or dominance acts, observing someone undress. Masturbation: usually a solitary activity, but can also be done with a partner (mutual masturbation, common behaviour of all people, more common among men than women.