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Understanding Sex and Sexuality

Understanding Sex and Sexuality. Developing Sexuality. Essentialism Scientific evidence supports the idea that there is a biological component to sexuality (desire). Social Construction Behavior and lifestyle (roles & norms) are a learned process. Sexual Scripts.

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Understanding Sex and Sexuality

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  1. Understanding Sex and Sexuality

  2. Developing Sexuality • Essentialism • Scientific evidence supports the idea that there is a biological component to sexuality (desire). • Social Construction • Behavior and lifestyle (roles & norms) are a learned process.

  3. Sexual Scripts • Behavioral expectations regarding how to be • Female • Male • Heterosexual • Homosexual • Bisexual

  4. Male Sexual Scripts • Men should not have/express certain feelings. • A man always wants sex and is always ready. • All physical contact leads to sex. • Sexual intercourse always leads to orgasm.

  5. Female Sexual Scripts • Sex is both good and bad. • Girls don’t want to know about there bodies “down there.” • Women don’t talk about sex. • There is only one right way to experience and orgasm.

  6. Contemporary Sexual Scripts • Sexual expression is positive. • Legitimate sexual activities are not limited to sexual intercourse. • Sexual activities may be initiated by either partner. • Gay, lesbian, and bisexual orientations and relationships are increasingly open and accepted or tolerated.

  7. Sexual Identities • Heterosexual • Homosexual • Bisexual • Asexual * Sexual identity and sexual behavior are not always the same.

  8. Identification as Homosexual & Bisexual • Fear, confusion, denial, feeling different • Homoeroticism • Self-definition • Enter gay subculture • Engage in gay or lesbian affair • Initial confusion • Finding and applying bisexual label • Settling into identity • Continued uncertainty Homosexual Bisexual

  9. Sexual Expression • Nonmarital Sex • Premarital Sex • Individual • Relationship • Environmental • Marital Sex • Extramarital Sex • Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Sex

  10. Virginity Loss • Virginity as a Gift • Virginity as a Stigma • Virginity Loss as a Part of Growing Up

  11. When to Have a Sexual Relationship • Only you know when it is right for you. • Never allow a partner to coerce you into having sex. Finally giving in because you are tired of saying no is not consent. • There is nothing wrong with remaining a virgin longer than the people around you. • Just because you have had a sexual relationship does not mean that all your intimate relationships must be sexual.

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