HUMAN SEXUALITY

personality

Values

Body
image

communicati
on

SEXUALITY
Physical
expression

Self
image

Socializatio
n

Gender

SEXUALITY DEPENDS ON FOUR INTER

RELATED PSYCHOSEXUAL FACTORS

Sexual identity
Gender Identity
Sexual orientation
Sexual behaviour

The pattern of persons

biological

Chromosomes
External Genitalia
Internal Genitalia
Hormonal composition
Gonads
Secondary sex characteristics

INTER SEXUAL DISORDER

Include a variety of syndromes that
provduce perons with gross anatomical
or physiological aspects of the
opposite sex
Androgenital Syndrome
Klinefelters Syndrome
Testicular Feminizinf Syndrome
Hermaphroditism
PSeudoermaphrodistism

GENDER IDENTITY
The persons sense of maleness and
femaleness
Connotes psychological aspects of
behavior related to masculinity and
femininity
Established by age of 2-3
Formation is influenced by parental
and cultural

GENDER ROLE
All the things that a person says and
does to disclose himself or herself as
having the status of male or female
Not established at birth but build up
cumulatively through experience and
learning

Describes the object of a persons

sexual impulses:
Heterosexual (opposite sex)
Homosexual (same sex)
Bisexual (both sexes)

SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
Normal physiological response to
sexual stimulation:
Four phase response cycle (DSM-IV)
Desire
Excitement
Orgasm
Resolution

DESIRE OR APPETITIVE PHASE

PHASE 1
Affected by the persons motivation,
drive and personality
Characterized by sexual fantasies
and the wish to have sexual activity

EXCITEMENT PHASE- PHASE

2
A subject sense of pleasure brought
only by:
1. PHYCHOLOGICAL STIMULATION
-sexual fantasy, presence of the loved
object
2. PHYSIOLOGICAL STIMULATION
- stroking
- kissing

ORGASM PHASE PHASE 3

Peaking of the sexual pleasure with a release of sexual

tension and the rhythmic contraction of the peripheral
muscles and reproductive organs

Ejaculation in men
Contraction of the lower 1/3 of the vagina in women
Voluntary and involuntary movement of the large muscle
groups
Cardio-pedal spasm
Heart rate increases to >160 beats/min
Slight clouding of consciousness

RESOLUTION PHASE
PHASE 4
Refractory Period
- period of time when the person can
not be stimulated to further orgasm
In men it may last from several mins
to many hours
Women do not have refractory period
and are capable of multiple
successive orgasm

 REFRACTORY PERIOD
- The body returns to its resting state
- Disgorgement of blood from genitalia
- If orgasm occurred, there is a subjective
sense of well being and general
relaxation
- If orgasm dis not occur, it may take 26hrs and associated with irritability and
discomfort

MYTHS ABOUT
MASTURBATION

Only males masturbate

Masturbation is unhealthy
Only teenagers masturbate
Masturbation doesnt provide sexual
satisfaction
Masturbation results in low sperm
count

MYTHS ABOUT
MASTURBATION

Masturbation
Masturbation
Masturbation
Masturbation
responsive
Masturbation
exposure
Masturbation
deafness

results in STD
causes impotence
leads to homosexuality
makes on less sexually
results from sexual
leads to blindness and