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This is a transcript or a clear and detailed summary of all the 12 lectures of the Psychology of Sexuality course taught by Maerten Prins. I got a 9 for the exam using this summary. It contains all the information said in the lectures and lecture slides and is written in the same order and with the same headings as in the lecture slides.

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Summary lectures psychology of sexuality
Summary lectures psychology of sexuality.............................................................................1
Summary lectures psychology of sexuality.............................................................................1
Lecture 1 | Introduction.......................................................................................................6
Lecture 1 | Introduction.......................................................................................................6
Sex as a computer metaphor....................................................................................6
Sex as a noun...........................................................................................................6
Talking about sex feels awkward, yet sex is all around us........................................7
Associations with the word sex.................................................................................7
But, what is sex?.......................................................................................................7
How do people have sex?.........................................................................................7
1. Not........................................................................................................................ 7
2. Solitary sexual behaviours....................................................................................8
Lecture 2 | How and why do people have sex?...................................................................9
Lecture 2 | How and why do people have sex?...................................................................9
3. Partnered sexual behaviours................................................................................9
Four basic positions................................................................................................10
Reaching orgasm and the orgasm gap...................................................................10
How do people define having sex?.........................................................................11
Coital imperative.....................................................................................................11
How do homosexual people define having sex?.....................................................11
What is sex?........................................................................................................... 11
The ‘sexual career’ in the Netherlands....................................................................12
Former beliefs about sex........................................................................................12
Why humans have sex............................................................................................12
Why humans have sex: differences between men and women are small...............12
Lecture 3 | Sex and culture: the role of religion and science.............................................13
Lecture 3 | Sex and culture: the role of religion and science.............................................13
1. The traditional Christian view.....................................................................................13
1. The traditional Christian view.....................................................................................13
The traditional Christian view on sexuality..............................................................13
Bonobos do it missionary........................................................................................13
The consequences of the traditional Christian view on sexuality............................14
The traditional Christian view on sexuality..............................................................14
Sexual suppression can lead to erotic art...............................................................14
Sexual suppression can lead to sexual abuse........................................................15
Pope Francis on homosexuality..............................................................................15
Correlation between religion and tolerance of homosexuality -0.78........................15
Religiosity and sexuality..........................................................................................15
Gay conversion therapy or reparative therapy........................................................16
The traditional Christian church splintered, many people are no longer religious....16

, 2. The traditional science view.......................................................................................16
2. The traditional science view.......................................................................................16
Victorian era (1837 - 1901).....................................................................................16
From religion to science, from sinful to unhealthy...................................................16
Anti-masturbation devices.......................................................................................17
John Harvey Kellogg M.D.......................................................................................17
Victorian era: prostitution and porn.........................................................................17
Victorian era: archeological finds in a secret museum............................................17
1870/1880 invention of the vibrator.........................................................................17
Vibrator from massage rod to magic wand..............................................................18
Vibrators in all shapes, sizes and colours...............................................................18
Lecture 4 | Sex and culture: the sociological view, Freud, radical political view................18
Lecture 4 | Sex and culture: the sociological view, Freud, radical political view................18
3. The sociological view.................................................................................................19
3. The sociological view.................................................................................................19
The sociological view..............................................................................................19
Protecting the people: movie inspection.................................................................19
November 1976, the police of Maastricht confiscated the movie Deep Throat........19
Netherlands: Kijkwijzer & United States: MPAA......................................................20
Pornography legislation, censorship in general.......................................................20
Weird laws in the United States: remnants of the sociological view on sexuality....20
Self-censorship.......................................................................................................20
Censorship on Facebook and Instagram................................................................20
Counter movement against censorship...................................................................21
4. The Freudian view.....................................................................................................21
4. The Freudian view.....................................................................................................21
Sigmund Freud.......................................................................................................21
Sometimes repression fails.....................................................................................21
Freudian dream symbols........................................................................................21
Sometimes repression fails.....................................................................................22
The solution lies in sublimation...............................................................................22
5. The radical political view............................................................................................22
5. The radical political view............................................................................................22
The radical political view on sexuality.....................................................................22
Sigmund Freud and Wilhelm Reich.........................................................................22
Wilhelm Reich.........................................................................................................23
The radical political view on sexuality.....................................................................23
6. A simple learning view...............................................................................................23
6. A simple learning view...............................................................................................23
A simple learning model..........................................................................................23
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs...................................................................................23
A simple learning model..........................................................................................24
Alfred Kinsey........................................................................................................... 24
Shere Hite............................................................................................................... 24

, Masters and Johnson.............................................................................................24
Masters and Johnson’s Sexual Response Cycle....................................................25
A simple learning model..........................................................................................25
Sexual behaviour....................................................................................................25
Lecture 5 | Sex and culture: simple learning view, biopsychosocial view, sexology
research............................................................................................................................ 27
Lecture 5 | Sex and culture: simple learning view, biopsychosocial view, sexology
research............................................................................................................................ 27
A simple learning view............................................................................................27
Sexual behaviour....................................................................................................27
Non-experimental research: case-study.................................................................28
Non-experimental research: survey........................................................................28
Non-experimental research: observation................................................................28
Non-experimental research: observation, various additional measurement methods
............................................................................................................................... 29
Experimental research............................................................................................29
Research methods..................................................................................................29
7. A biopsychosocial view..............................................................................................30
7. A biopsychosocial view..............................................................................................30
A biopsychosocial view on sexuality.......................................................................30
The psycho-somatic circle of sex - Bancroft............................................................30
Spontaneous and responsive desire.......................................................................31
Responsive desire ≠ abnormal................................................................................32
Sexual response cycle - extended version..............................................................32
Views on sexuality..................................................................................................32
The psychology of the human body........................................................................33
Sexual response cycle............................................................................................33
Lecture 6 | Psychology of the male physiology, male sexual response cycle....................33
Lecture 6 | Psychology of the male physiology, male sexual response cycle....................33
Psychology of the male physiology.........................................................................33
The psychology of the human body........................................................................34
Sexual response cycle............................................................................................34
Psychology of the male physiology.........................................................................34
Male - external anatomy.........................................................................................34
Global map of male circumcision............................................................................35
Size of the foreskin.................................................................................................35
Male - external anatomy.........................................................................................35
Male - internal anatomy..........................................................................................36
Male sexual response cycle....................................................................................37
Coolidge effect........................................................................................................39
Sperm facts............................................................................................................ 39
Characteristics of the penis.....................................................................................39
Psychology of the penis..........................................................................................39
Penis dimensions....................................................................................................40
Lecture 7 | Psychology of the female physiology...............................................................40

, Lecture 7 | Psychology of the female physiology...............................................................40
Psychology of the female physiology......................................................................40
Women - anatomy of secondary sex characteristics...............................................40
Characteristics of female breasts............................................................................41
Attribute preferences according to women and men...............................................41
Psychology of female breasts.................................................................................41
Obsession with/function of female breasts..............................................................42
Pubic wig seller.......................................................................................................43
Female Genital Mutilation worldwide......................................................................43
Female Genital Mutilation.......................................................................................43
Reasons for Female Genital Mutilation...................................................................44
Characteristics of the vulva and vagina..................................................................45
Psychology of the vulva and vagina........................................................................45
Lecture 8 | Female physiology, female sexual response cycle..........................................45
Lecture 8 | Female physiology, female sexual response cycle..........................................45
Psychology of the vulva and vagina........................................................................45
Female genital cosmetic surgery............................................................................46
Jamie McCartney - the great wall of vagina............................................................46
Body dissatisfaction (in the U.S.)............................................................................46
Female - internal anatomy......................................................................................46
Clitoris..................................................................................................................... 47
Clitoris and penis....................................................................................................47
Female - internal anatomy......................................................................................47
Female fluids as a response to sexual stimulation, sexual arousal and orgasm.....47
Vaginal squirting.....................................................................................................47
Female - internal anatomy......................................................................................48
Hormonal or Copper Intrauterine Device (IUD).......................................................48
Female - internal anatomy......................................................................................48
Female sexual response cycle................................................................................48
Female orgasm.......................................................................................................50
Lecture 9 | Coitus, ovulation, pregnancy, gender..............................................................50
Lecture 9 | Coitus, ovulation, pregnancy, gender..............................................................50
Female orgasm.......................................................................................................50
Sex, masturbation and orgasm - the orgasm gap...................................................51
Male-orgasm imperative.........................................................................................51
Sexual behaviour in the Netherlands......................................................................51
Coitus..................................................................................................................... 51
Coitus - the first time...............................................................................................52
Coitus - duration.....................................................................................................52
Coitus - the consequences - pregnancy..................................................................52
The psychology of ovulation...................................................................................53
Pregnancy.............................................................................................................. 53
Sex [noun].............................................................................................................. 54
Biological ambiguity................................................................................................54
Sex versus gender..................................................................................................55
Gender roles are learned........................................................................................55

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