PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Masters And Johnson, Oversampling, Human Sexuality
31 May 2015
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Positivist perspective has been challenged for being over-simplified. Medicalized models of female sexuality and normal female sexual function are based on the male sexual response. Positivism: knowledge based on experiment rather than personal experience. Asian-canadian women have: less sexual knowledge, more conservative sexual attitudes, more sexual guilt and worse sexual function than european-canadians. Kama sutra of v tsy yana, written in sanskrit, contains erotic instructions. The perfumed garden for the soul"s recreation by nefaoui, written in arabic suggests that the function of the female orgasm is to suck up the sperm for contraception. In western nations, sexuality was censored and texts encouraging the suppression of sexuality were allowed to circulate. First text to approach sexuality from a modern perspective. Bloch"s publication took a more objective look. Other sexual expressions occur in healthy, normal people. All aspects of sexuality lie on a continuum. Kinsey"s interview based approach (1939) religion, marital status, social class and education.
