PSYC 300 Lecture 6: Chapter 6

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 300
• Professor: Edens Pamela

Document Summary

What is sodomy: under common law, just anal intercourse, now in the united states, includes oral sex as well as anal sex. Today is often used to refer to women who have no sexual desire or more broadly a cold, indifferent person; has the presumption that the woman is to blame for this. Sexual dysfunctions are caused by a variety of reasons. Best predictor of sexual stratification: general emotional well-being and emotional relationship with partner: no scientific evidence. **many women (> 50%) physically cannot have vaginal orgasms through only penal penetration: kinsey (1940-1950, personal interviews of 6000 women, masters & johnson (1957-1990s, observation had to be willing to have sex in front of others. Female hysteria (the theory of the wandering wombs that drove women to madness: was once a common medical diagnosis, no longer recognized by medical authorizes as a medical disorder. Only known function is sexual excitement: vagina: canal leading to the uterus.