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is the male or female behavior a person exhibits, which, again, may or may not be the same as biologic gender or gender identity.
Gender Role
Types of Sexual Orientation
Heterosexual
Homosexual
Bisexual
Transsexual/Transgender
if they achieve sexual satisfaction from both homosexual and heterosexual relationships.
Bisexual
is a person who finds sexual fulfillment with a member of his or her own sex. Many homosexual men prefer to use the term “gay.”
Homosexual
refers to a homosexual woman.
Lesbian
is a person who finds sexual fulfillment with a member of the opposite gender.
Heterosexual
person is an individual who, although of one biologic gender, feels as if he or she is of the opposite gender.
such people may have sex change operations so that they appear cosmetically as the gender they feel that they are.
Transsexual/transgender
Types of Sexual Expression
Sexual abstinence
Masturbation
Erotic stimulation
Transvestite
Fetishism
Sadomasochism
is self-stimulation for erotic pleasure; it can also be a mutually enjoyable activity for sexual partners. It offers sexual release, which may be interpreted by the person as overall tension or anxiety relief.
Masturbation
is sexual arousal resulting from the use of certain objects or situations. Leather, rubber, shoes, and feet are frequently perceived to have erotic qualities.
Fetishism
is separation from sexual activity. it is the avowed state of certain religious orders.
it is also a way of life for many adults and one that is becoming fashionable among a growing number of young adults.
it is the main point of many high school sex education classes.
Sexual Abstinence (celibacy)
is the use of visual materials such as magazines or photographs for sexual arousal. although this is thought to be mostly a male phenomenon, there is increasing interest in centerfold photographs in magazines marketed primarily to women.
Erotic Stimulation
involves inflicting pain (sadism) or receiving pain (masochism) to achieve sexual satisfaction.
Sadomasochism
is an individual who dresses in the clothes of the opposite sex. can be heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual. many are married.
Transvestite
occurs with physical and psychological stimulation (i.e., sight, sound, emotion, or thought) that causes parasympathetic nerve stimulation.
Excitement
In women, this vasocongestion causes the clitoris to increase in size and mucoid fluid to appear on vaginal walls as lubrication. The vagina widens in diameter and increases in length. The nipples become erect.
Excitement
In men, penile erection occurs, as well as scrotal thickening and elevation of the testes. In both sexes, there is an increase in heart and respiratory rates and blood pressure.
Excitement
is reached just before orgasm.
In the woman, the clitoris is drawn forward and retracts under the clitoral prepuce; the lower part of the vagina becomes extremely congested (formation of the orgasmic platform), and there is increased nipple elevation.
In men, the vasocongestion leads to distention of the penis. Heart rate increases to 100 to 175 beats per minute and respiratory rate to approximately 40 respirations per minute.
Plateau stage
occurs when stimulation proceeds through the plateau stage to a point at which the body suddenly discharges accumulated sexual tension.
Orgasm
A vigorous contraction of muscles in the pelvic area expels or dissipates blood and fluid from the area of congestion. The average number of contractions for a woman is 8 to 15 contractions at intervals of 1 every 0.8 seconds.
In men, muscle contractions surrounding the seminal vessels and prostate project semen into the proximal urethra. These contractions are followed immediately by three to seven propulsive ejaculatory contractions, occurring at the same time interval as in the woman, which force semen from the penis.
Orgasm
