Summary Sexuality in Perspective Prof. Ezlin

SEXUALITY IN PERSPECTIVE
2022-2023




Tanya Rom

,Inhoudsopgave
Onderdeel Prof Gijs................................................................................................................................3
LES: Normal and abnormal sexuality – paraphilias and paraphilic disorders......................................3
Introduction....................................................................................................................................3
Definitions......................................................................................................................................3
Care and treatment: an overview of two basic paradigms.............................................................6
Onderdeel prof Janssen........................................................................................................................10
LES 1: Anatomy and physiology........................................................................................................10
Introduction..................................................................................................................................10
Sexual anatomy.............................................................................................................................10
Sexual physiology..........................................................................................................................12
Sexual arousal and desire.............................................................................................................14
LES 2: Theoretical perspectives.........................................................................................................16
Introduction..................................................................................................................................16
Theories and models....................................................................................................................16
LES3: Sexual aggresion and MeToo...................................................................................................21
Introduction..................................................................................................................................21
Consent (and wantedness)...........................................................................................................22
Prevalence....................................................................................................................................24
LES 4: Pornography...........................................................................................................................27
Introduction: What is considered as porn?...................................................................................27
Why do people use porn?.............................................................................................................27
Who uses porn?............................................................................................................................29
What are the effects of porn?.......................................................................................................30
Onderdeel prof Stevens........................................................................................................................34
LES: Sexual violence and the law......................................................................................................34
Sexual violence in Belgium............................................................................................................34
Instanbul convention....................................................................................................................35
Criminal law..................................................................................................................................41
Sexual assault centres...................................................................................................................42
Onderdeel prof Ezlin.............................................................................................................................43
LES1: Introduction and definitions....................................................................................................43
What is sexuality?.........................................................................................................................43
Etymology.....................................................................................................................................44
Definitions....................................................................................................................................44

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, Demensions of sexuality...............................................................................................................46
LES2: Historical account....................................................................................................................51
LES 3: Cross-cultural view.................................................................................................................57
Introduction..................................................................................................................................57
The sexually repressive, naïve culture of the ‘Inis Beag’...............................................................57
The sexually permissive culture if the Mangaia- Island.................................................................58
The sexually anxious, permissive culture of Mehinaku.................................................................59
Gender..........................................................................................................................................59
LES 4: The sexual life course – sex and the life cycle.........................................................................61
Introduction..................................................................................................................................61
Theoretical models.......................................................................................................................62
Sexuality in childhood...................................................................................................................64
Sexuality in Adults (25-55y)..........................................................................................................74
Sexuality in the elderly..................................................................................................................78
LES5: Gender identity.......................................................................................................................85




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, Onderdeel Prof Gijs
LES: Normal and abnormal sexuality – paraphilias and paraphilic
disorders
Introduction
 What is normal sexual attration and what isnt?
 Is abnormal sexual attraction a phychiatric disorder? Or just socially abnormal behaviour?
 What criteria are used to determine which patterns are abnormal?
 There is a lot of variation in human sexual attractions” seems an unavoidable conclusion.
 Some other questions:
o Normal of abnormal?
o Essential the same nature? Despite phenomenologically different expression?
o Underlying sexual pattern/features?
o Underlying personality pattern?
o How do you classify/treat variations in sexual attraction?

Definitions
 Criminal sexual behavior:
o Any behavior if defined as such by a law [e.g. homosexual behavior in some countries
o Dutch law: basic starting points: respect for free will; personal choice/body
integrity/extra protection if necessary
 Sexual violence:
o Interpersonal sexual behavior without consent

 Paraphilia/Paraphilic disorder:
o Attraction to “atypical sexual object”/distress; harm , individual trait
 Hypersexuality/Sex addiction/Sex compulsion/obsession:
o Dysfunctional regulation of sexual behavior, despite distress and aversive
consequences

 Sexual orientation
o personality feature, underlying pattern that
defines your sexuality
o you can have different sexual attractions at the
same time
 paraphilia
o An (influential) example of a formal definition
of paraphilia is the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders
o = any intense and persistent sexual interest other than sexual interest in genital
stimulation or prepatory fondling with phenotypically normal, physical mature,
consenting human partners”
 Terrible definition according to prof but has important elements
 no attraction to normal adult who gives consent etc
o Definition has changed over time



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