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-women: if not currently feeling close, sex is a way to
1. How do men and women restore closeness; sex is a way to express existing
differ in their views of closeness
sexual intercourse? -men: sex is way to express existing closeness, BUT also
a way to get close
2. In the pattern described -This can cause problems in the relationship because
in the "Sexual women think the man is just in it for sex and does not
Misunderstanding" article, care about the woman because the man doesn't know
how does this difference any other way to express himself.
lead to problems under
certain circumstances?
3. What are the four phases -Desire, excitement, orgasm, resolution. Sexual
of human sexual response, dysfunction affects one or more of the first three stages.
and which phases does
sexual dysfunction affect?
4. What is a disorder of -Hyperactive sexual desire disorder
desire that affects men? -Sexual interest/arousal disorder
that affects women?
5. What prescribed -Certain pain medications, psychotropic drugs, and
medications and other illegal drugs, ex. Cocaine, weed, amphetamines and
drugs affect sexual desire? heroin
Do they increase or -Decrease it
decrease it?
6. What physiological -The drug increases blood flow to the penis within one
response is caused by hour of taking it. The increased blood flow enables the
medications for erectile male to attain an erection during sexual activity
dysfunction such as
Viagra and Cialis?
, 7. What sociocultural -Situational pressures like divorce, death in the family,
factors can lead to desire job stress, infertility difficulties etc.
and erectile disorder?
-Voyeurism:A paraphilic disorder in which a person has
repeated and intense sexual desires to observe
unsuspecting people in secret as they undress or to spy
on couples having intercourse, either acts on the urge
8. What are voyeurism and or experiences significant distress or impairment.
frotteurism? -Frotteurism:A Paraphilic disorder when a person has
repeated and intense sexual urges or fantasies that
involve touching and rubbing against a non-consenting
person , and acts on the urges or experiences
significant distress or impairment
9. What condition are -Persistent sexuality disorder, Hypersexuality, otherwise
therapists paying more known as sexual addiction.
attention to that is not
listed in the DSM-5?
10. Because definitions of -They believe that unless someone is hurt by the
paraphilias are heavily person's behavior it should not be viewed as a
influenced by societal paraphilia disorder.
norms, what do some
clinicians believe about
how paraphilias should be
viewed?
-Gender dysphoria came from the earlier name of
11. What are some
transgender identity disorder but they changed the
explanations for the origins
name and stuff because it made trans people look
of gender dysphoria?
mentally ill
-High level of prolactin, in male a low level of
12. What hormones may
testosterone and either a high or low level of estrogen
affect sexual desire?
for the female.
13. How prevalent is -30%
premature ejaculation?
14. What are the
components of Carlos
Domera's sex therapy
described in the chapter?