GE 11 –Gender
and Society
Lesson
11:
Sexual
Behavior
s
Lesson objectives
When you finish reading this chapter, you should
be able to.
1. Discuss the variety of sexual Behaviors in
humans
2. Tackle atypical sexual variations, and
3. Show appreciations of the diversity of human
sexual expression.
Definition of terms
• Sexual Behavior – an action with sexual
intention and context.
• Erotic – related to sexual stimulation, has
something to do with the erogenous zones.
• Sexual Response Cycle – sequence of events
from arousal to orgasm to resolution of sexual
tension.
•Sexual Dysfunction – a concern or problem in
any of the phases of the sexual response cycle
( e.g, inability to have an erection or orgasm,
painful intercourse.
• Copulatory Behavior – related to the insertion
of the penis to the vagina.
• Paraphilia – arousal from nonliving objects and
or nonconsenting persons.
INTRODUCTION
Behavior is a readily measurable as opposed to
feelings and thoughts.
• Frequency – how many times an action is done in a
span of time.
• Behavior – it refers to actions.
• Duration – how long does an action take place, say,
in seconds, minutes or hours.
•Intensity – the magnitude by which it is done.
• Diversity – are the varieties of a similar
behavior than in various context or what are the
different behaviors we are capable of depending
on our physical characteristics.
“ Sexual Behaviors “
- Are actions that humans agree to interpret as
an expression of their sexual motivation or
intentions.
• Homoerotic Behaviors – are sexual behaviors
oriented to the same sex.
•Heteroerotic Behaviors – behaviors are used
to refer to sexual behaviors oriented to the other
sex.
• Sexual Response Cycle – both human male
and female undergoes a sequence of bodily
changes which prepare them for the sexual
climax.
“Master and Johnson’s Model (1966-1970) “
Proposed that the following are four phase in the
1. Excitement Phase – is the first space in the
cycle the human male erection or tumescence.
For human female, the goal of the face is
lubrication (witness of the vaginal orifice to
facilitate insertion of the penis).
• Sex Flush – the testes and serotum start to
elevate And some part of the skin reddens ( e g,
In the breast and chest).
2. Plateau – the space is characterized by a
sustained peak in stimulation of orgasm.
3. Orgasm – is the climax of the sexual response
cycle.
4. Resolution Phase – the male penis return to
its normal an erected phase, whereas the testes
and the scrotum descend.
“Kaplan’s Model (1979)”
Sees the sexual response cycle as having
relatively independent stages, the three phases
of this model include: 1. Desire 2. Arousal 3.
Orgasm.
• Desire – is the psychological component of the
sexual response.
• Arousal – is the phase where the excitement
and plateau you take places.
• Orgasm – in kaplan’s model is generally
similar with that of the masters and johnson’s
model, except that this phase also include the
resolution phase.
“ Sexual Response Dysfunction”
Common sexual response dysfunction;
• Sexual Desire Disorder – when an individual has
low levels of desire or has an aversion to sexual actions;
• Sexual Arousal Disorder – when an individual has
problems in achieving necessary physiological state for
copulation.
• Orgasmic Disorder – when an individual has
problems in achieving orgasm.
• Sexual Pain Disorders- When there is an experience
of pain during the sexual response.
“Paraphilia” – is when an individual gets sexually
aroused by an object, a person, where circumstance that
are unusual ( e.g. pain- inflicting, humiliating, non-
consenting persons).
“ Paraphilic Disorder” – is when the edge or a class
for at least 6 months and is manifestation of clinically
significant distress.
“ Some of the Common Paraphilic Disorders are as
follows.”
• exhibitionism
• Fetishism
• Frotteurism
• Pedophilia
• sexual masochism
• sexual sadism
• Transvestic fetishism
• Voyeurism
End of Presentation
Thank you!!!
