PSYC 333 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Vulva, Vasocongestion, Vaginal Lubrication
12 Oct 2018
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PSYC 333
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Thursday, September 6th, 2018
Week 1: Lecture 1
- Sexuality is a mass of terminology and is a lot more than just the behaviour in a strict sense of
sex
- Traditional meaning of sex is limited and restricted especially if viewed from a heterocentric lens
- Baseball → pizza analogy in the way sex is viewed
Biological Sex
- Biological condition of being male and/ or female as determined by genes, chromosomes,
hormones, and physical traits
o NOT the same as sexuality
- Current definitions of sexuality are more broad
SIECUS/ SIECCAN definition
- Sexuality Information Education
World Health Organization (WHO)
- Sex (biological)
- Sexual Health (not just absence of disease; emotional and well being as well)
- Sexual Rights
- Sexuality Definition
o A central aspect of being human
o Encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure,
intimacy, and reproduction
o Can be expressed and experience in many different ways (ex. thoughts, fantasies, roles)
o Influenced by interaction of different factors:
▪ Biological, physiological, socio-cultural, politico-legal, economic, historical,
religious/ spiritual
Sexuality
- Current definitions are more board
- Results from many influences
- Specific to socio-cultural influences
o Self check-in with respect to ethnocentrism: Judging other cultures solely by the values
ad stadards of oe’s ow culture
- We are ore ope as a society
- Messages about sexuality are everywhere
- Accessibility: (mis) information
Inis Beag
- Repressed, no sexual health education, sex= bad for health (will avoid sex the night before a job
to preserve energy), female orgasm= deviant, menstruation & menopause= scary (leads to
insanity)
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- Island off Ireland; Premarital sex is unknown, Male on top only position used, underwear kept
on
Mangaia
- Sexual education ritual, open, sex= proof of desire (Female expects demonstration for proof of
his desire for her), masturbation= taught and encouraged, female orgasm= learned & valued
- 13 y/o boy has penis slit and then given advice, experienced women teaches him how to have
sex which removes scab
- 15- 30min expected, about three orgasms a night
- Daughters encouraged to have sexual experiences with several men
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Document Summary
Sexuality is a mass of terminology and is a lot more than just the behaviour in a strict sense of sex. Traditional meaning of sex is limited and restricted especially if viewed from a heterocentric lens. Baseball pizza analogy in the way sex is viewed. Biological condition of being male and/ or female as determined by genes, chromosomes, hormones, and physical traits: not the same as sexuality. Current definitions of sexuality are more broad. Sexual health (not just absence of disease; emotional and well being as well) Sexuality definition: a central aspect of being human, encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction, can be expressed and experience in many different ways (ex. thoughts, fantasies, roles) Influenced by interaction of different factors: biological, physiological, socio-cultural, politico-legal, economic, historical, religious/ spiritual. Specific to socio-cultural influences: self check-in with respect to ethnocentrism: judging other cultures solely by the values a(cid:374)d sta(cid:374)dards of o(cid:374)e"s ow(cid:374) culture.
