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• Sexual Dysfunction:
– libido diminution
– erectile dysfunction
Social Aspects of Human Sexuality
• Gender Identity
• Orientation
• Intention Sexual Function
• Sexual Desire
• Sexual Arousal
• Orgasm Sexual Satisfaction
Gender Identity
• Majority it is congruent
• Human beings are cisgendered based on their biological
sex
• Gender is social and sex is biological
Gender Role
F. Health State
1. Chronic Pain
2. diabetes
3. cardiovascular diseases
4. Diseases of Joints and Mobility
5. Surgery and Body Image
6. Spinal Cord Injuries
7. Mental Illness
8. Sexually Transmitted Disease
Women
– inhibited sexual desire = use of oral contraceptives or
hormonal therapy, alcohol or certain meds
Phase
1: Desire – Phase
2: Excitement – Phase
3: Orgasm – Phase
4: Resolution
Physiologic Changes Associated
with the Sexual Response Cycle
Masturbation
•Homosexuality is a disorder…..?
•Not a disorder
–In 1973, was eliminated as a diagnostic category by the
APA
–In 1980, was removed from the DSM
Homosexuality
•An alternative lifestyle
•A variant of human sexuality
•Definition: –A person’s overt behavior, sexual orientation,
and a sense of personal or social identity.
•Lesbian or gay men
•Same sex or male female
Homosexuality
• Prevalence
– 1948 : 10% of men 5% of women 37% had a homosexual
experience
– 1988 : 2-3% of men
– 1989 : < 1% of either sex
– 1993 : 1% exclusively homosexual
Expression of Human Sexuality Adolescent age group
• Dating Behavior
• Pre-marital Sex
Definition: Dating Behavior
Conclusion
• 49% HAVE GONE OUT ON A DATE DATING OCCURS AS EARLY
AS 10 YRS OLD GIRLS MORE LIKELY TO GROUP DATE FIRST FIRST
DATE CAN TRIGGER EVENTS THAT MAY CHANGE THE PERSON’S
LIFE
• INITIAL EXPERIENCE WITH PREMARITAL SEX OCCURS AT AGE
18
• MOST COMMON FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE WITH BOYS IS
CASUAL SEX
Conclusion
• MAJORITY OF THE YOUTH DID NOT USE CONTRACEPTION
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT EXPECT TO HAVE SEX AND DESPITE
ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH PRACTICES, VIRGINITY IS STILL A HIGHLY
REGARDED VIRTUE