Sex and Sexuality: Interviews

This is Damian form your Monday's & Wednesday's 12:30 pm class , it came to my attention that there seemed to be some problems relating to the test we just took on chapter 2 of the Human Sexuality class. Personally, im under the impression that i took the new exam although it had no timer applied to it and some of the question's apparent responses seem a little contradictional. On this questions for example # 1; "Which of the following statements regarding the desire phase of sexual response is true?" , #2; In which of the following areas would Masters and Johnson's research on sexual response be least helpful?, #3; Which of the following most accurately describes the plateau phase?, the book clearly states that this is

Unlike sex, the history of sexuality is dependant upon society and limited by its language in order to be defined and understood.

Sex. It is everywhere. We see in television shows. In magazines. On the Internet. But sex is still seen as a taboo subject in our society. I believe that being educated about sexuality is vitally important to one health. Understanding one’s body and how it impacts your life. To understand how your beliefs about sexuality and sex have developed one needs to look back over the years and how your beliefs were engrained in your life. This essay will be based on my reflection by looking back on my sexual history on how and what have significantly impacted my development of sexuality. The focus will be on my reflection of answering the sexual history questions and how I have changed and developed over the years. It is important to analyze and reflect to understand how I came to be today, that the past has created my ideas and beliefs about sex and sexuality that have shaped me.

The messages that I grew up with when talking about sexual issues were confusing and shameful. My father was a sexual person, having created on my mother, involved in chat rooms, exchanging of pictures, touching himself and grabbing other guys genitals, explaining that it was common for guys to do. I was always uncomfortable being around my father out of fear what he may do in front of me which would embarrass me. Honestly, I did not know what was normal when it came to sexual messages, all I knew was that it appeared to be natural but I was still ashamed of it.

Human sexuality is a common phrase for all, and anything, pertaining to the feelings and behaviors of sex for the human race. Sexuality has been a topic that has been discussed and studied for as far back as 1000 years B.C. and is still being studied today. As the discussion of sexuality has progressed through history, theories have been created based on research and experiments that scholars have implemented, based on their own perceptions of human behavior. Out of the many theories that pose to explain sexual behavior, Sexuality Now explained ten that are seemed to be the most overlapped, and built off of theories. Of these theories, two that were discussed in the text were the behavioral and sociological theory. These two theories cover some of the basic ideas of what could possibly influence a person’s sexuality.

The sexuality and reproductive assessment helps describes sexual fulfillment, sexual perception, and sexual self –concepts. (Edelman & Mandel, 2011). This assessment is focused on the satisfaction of one’s sexual life, and the changes that take place throughout a lifespan. Another pattern is the coping-stress tolerance pattern. This focuses on the family’s adaption to internal and external pressures related to their health, environment, and social status and how they cope with these pressures in their day to day lives. Finally, the last pattern is the values and belief pattern. Values and beliefs vary in different cultures. Therefore, the focus of this pattern is one’s attitude regarding the meaning of life, spirituality, and how these attitudes affect the family related health problems. (Edelman & Mandle, 2011).

Sexuality is a key factor in today’s society. Everything around us currently revolves around sex. Such as ads, programs, and shows. Sexuality is integrated so deeply in our life’s that it becomes part of our identity. So much that people have characterize each others sexual orientation as straight, gay, lesbian, etc. In the books Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes and The Catcher In The Rye By J.D Salinger , characters Holden Caulfield and Charlie Gordon deal with a form of sexual identity crisis. Their sexual dilemma revolves around the questioning of their actions and how they can’t get use to having sex without something bad happening or questioning their self worth. Holden and Charlie's incompetence

The article I have chosen for this assignment can be found in Cosmopolitan magazine and is titled, “What We Get Wrong About Black Women’s Sexuality: How do you figure out what an emancipated sexuality looks like when society at large assumes you’re hypersexual?

As I reflect on this course and my understanding and practices in the area of sexuality and gender, I realized that there is more to sexuality when it involves a therapeutic relationship. The sexuality intake interview truly opened my eyes to how much information is needed to truly access a clients that is seeking therapy regarding sexuality issues. The interview, also made me realize that some areas that I thought I was comfortable I was not. However, as expected I knew that I would be more comfortable asking someone I did not know about their sexual history than someone I did.

Pham and Shackleford used this outline from the men’s report of the time their partner spends with her male friend to establish the time spent with male friends variable. Participant’s age and their partner’s age were extremely matched. In order to help them solve their studies, they conducted the five multiple regression analysis to assess the main and interaction effects of the predictor and moderator variable on each of the five results while checking for a average age. To examine the predictions, they establish an easy slope analysis to study the relationship between the objective sperm completion risk and each of the results at high, medium, and low levels of time spent with male friends. With the help of the five predictions, the outcomes of the current research are predictable with the ideas that men at greater sperm competition risk more strongly desire sexual intercourse with their partner. Men who are at risk of greater objective sperm competition, reveals less time desired until the couple’s next sexual intercourse. Greater interest in sexual intercourse with their partner, and greater emotional response

Sexuality and culture is also not something I had readily connected before. I work with adolescents and sexuality is something that often comes up and because of the diverse population of Winnipeg often cultural beliefs among families cause conflict around sexuality. I think up until now I had thought of sexuality as a belief system that could easily be changed with information, such as safe sex or average age of having first intercourse. After reading the chapters and your posts I am starting to understand that it is more than a belief system it's a schema developed from years and years of cultural practices and ideologies.

The relationship depicted within Scenario 1 Joanne and Arthur appears to be one defined by sexual liberation and a mutual level of respect for one another's mutual sexual needs and desires. Joanne and Arthur would seem to be a representation of the modern sexual morality, in which both males and females are free to pursue their personal sexual preferences without fear of violating social taboo or similar traditionalized gender boundaries. That both parties are willing and able to openly discuss their sexual predilections, both within the confines of the bedroom and in the presence of a physician, speaks to the widespread generational shift towards sexual liberation which has occurred during the last few decades. After reading through this particular scenario, I found myself contemplating the revolutionary research conducted by Alfred Kinsey in the 1940's and 1950's, as it occurred to me that much of the exchange between Joanne and Arthur would not have been possible prior to Kinsey's bold studies of human sexuality. Prior to the groundbreaking findings published by Kinsey in his Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), sexual activity was viewed by society in utilitarian terms, as both a method of procreation and to strengthen the marital bond. Kinsey's advocacy of sex as a human pursuit to be enjoyed pleasurably and comfortably by willing adults paved the way for our current generation's ability to discuss contraception and

I am aware that my parents do not expect me to engage in sexual intercourse until I am married, although, I do not agree with this view I do respect it and will not disappoint them. Personally, I believe that it’s okay to engage into sexual intercourse with both partners are in love because it’s not necessary that there be love in a marriage. I have witnessed many married couples who are no longer in love but choose to remain in a loveless marriage due to obligations and for this reason I hold my view. Although I do not have any sexual experience, I am fully aware of how sexual activities are conducted and am also aware of the importance of them; sex is part of life and it’s also a human need. I do not lack knowledge in the sexual part of life, I have always been a good student and majority of the knowledge I’ve acquired in this field came from the textbooks, my teachers and professors, and also from my current occupation. I am aware of both the good things and also the bad things that can come along with sexual activities; I am well aware of how pleasurable it can be and also about the possibility of acquiring STD’s. I believe that one of the major reasons behind my choice in celibacy is the fear of being infected with an STD; I am an individual who always seems to see the bad outcome in almost every given situation. I have been working in the medical field for about a year now and working in that particular setting that definitely made a me a bit paranoid, I have seen a

HOMBRES – Lo que realmente necesitan es un poco más de confianza en si mismos. Resultados de una encuesta en línea de 25.594 hombres heterosexuales publicados por la revista Psicología de la Sexualidad Humana - Sex And Psychology, encontraron que casi el 50% de los chicos no están satisfechos con el tamaño de su pene.

Throughout the course, Religion and Sexuality, I have gained new insights on religion and its relationship to sexuality, further, I have learned skills on how to approach people about such topics (religion and sexuality) and how to critically evaluate these subjects efficiently. Lastly, this course has enabled me to discover new qualities about myself.