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Sex
Refers to anatomical or biological categories, where as "gender" ref ers to
social or cultural categories. Sex can refer to our sex organs, physical
activities involving our sex organs, or erotic feelings
Human Sexuality
Refers to the ways we experience and express ourselves as s...
Best Grades | Must Pass | Latest Update | Correct Answers | 2024/ 2025
HPRO 4412 Questions and Correct Answers
| Latest Update
Sex
Refers to anatomical or biological categories, where as "gender" ref ers to
social or cultural categories. Sex can refer to our sex organs, physical
activities involving our sex organs, or erotic feelings
Human Sexuality
Refers to the ways we experience and express ourselves as sexual beings
Sexuality Wheel
The sexuality wheel shows how broad the idea of sexuality really is. Each
part of the wheel represents 1 part of who we are, and how these parts
are all connected and influenced by each other. The boxed on the left side
of the wheel show who we are by nature (personality, gender identity,
gender expression, sexual orentation and sex). While the ones on the right
show who we are taught or who we learn to be (relationships,
communication, socialization, body image, self image)
History: Ancient Texts
- Sexual texts date back to almost 5000 years
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- Chinese handbooks describes various sex positions and were used to secure a long and
healthy life
- The "Kama Sutra", a book on sexual pleasure, was written in India in the second century BCE
History: The Middle Ages
- Sex was for reproduction according to the church, and not for pleasure
- St Augustine in the fourth century was influential in his notions that moral people should
engage in sex only to reproduce
- Medical authorities however, promoted a regular but not excessive amount of intercourse as
beneficial to health
Historical Views on Masturbation
- Ancient Greeks and Egyptians viewed masturbation as healthy and
normal, but views changed
- In 1656 in Connecticut, masturbation was a crime punishable by death
- In a 1640's law code for the Puritan colony of New Haven, Connecticut in the 17th century
"blasphemers, homosexuals, and masturbators" were eligible for the death penalty
- Around the turn of the twentieth century, some physicians began to challenge the idea that
masturbation could cause dire medical consequences
Masturbation
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- In 1994 Jocelyn Elders mentioned as an aside that it should be
mentioned in school cirricula that masturbation was safe and healthy, and
the President at the time (Bill Clinton) forced Jocelyn to resign
- Female porcupines have been observed using sticks as vibrators
Masturbation: Victorian Era
- The medical literaure of the times describes procedures for electric shock
treatment, infibulation, restraining devices like chastity belts and
straitjackets, or as a last result - surgical excision of the genetials
- Women forbidden from riding bicycles or riding horses
Survey Results of Masturbation
- Men who had more partnered sex -> lower masturbation rates
- Women who had more partnered sex -> higher masturbation rates
- Men and women with same-gender partners are more likely to masturbate than men and
women with other-gender partners
- Frequency of masturbation increases with education
History of the Vibrator
- Vibrators were advertised in the early 1900's in magazines and
disguised as massaging devices for health rather than sexual pleasure
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- Historically, physicians provided treatment for "hysteria" through the massage of the genitals
until the woman reached orgasm
- The vibrator was invented so that doctors could increase the number of patients treated and
the speed at which each individual could be treated
Sex and Advertising
- Sexologist Alfred Kinsey's "Kinsey Reports" , brought an openness to
advertising in the media with sexy campaigns such as Clairol's hair color
campaign "Does she or doesn't she"
Sex and Media
- Media plays a large role in shaping our norms and our identities
- Media helps us learn what is "normal" and what is expected of us
- We learn about what we "should not" desire
- At times these messages are very subtle or even blatantly unrealistic
Ex: sexy ad campaign selling mens suits
Cultivation Theory
individuals view television as a meaningful representation of intera ctions
in everday life
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