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AIDS: when a person with HIV develops an "opportunistic infection" or when the person's T-cell count drops below a certain level
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Alfred Kinsey: zoologist; published a controversial report on the results of a massive survey of sexual behavior. (collected from 1938 and on)
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androgyny: a characteristic of people whose personalities reflect the positive characteristics of both males and female, regardless of gender
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benevolent sexism: prejudice that is more socially acceptable but still leads to men and women being treated unequally
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exhibitionism: exposure of normally clothed body parts to unsuspecting and typically unwilling viewers
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fetishism: an object or body part becomes the focus of sexual arousal
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frotteurism: becoming sexually aroused through rubbing up against an unwilling person, usually in a crowded public place
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gender: the psychological aspects of being masculine or feminine
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gender identity: a sense of being male or female; influenced by biological and environmental factors
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gender roles: culture's expectations for behavior of a person who is being preceived as male or female
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gender schema theory: combines social learning theory with cognitive development; children develop a mental pattern for being male or female (like they develop the concept of "dog")
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gender typing: process by which people learn their culture's preferences and expectations for proper female or male behavior
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HIV: wears down the body's immune system, making the body vulnerable to infections and viruses that normally would not cause a problem
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Masters and Johnson: focused on the psychological responses that occur during the sexual act; controversial
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necrophilia: fetishism in which the sexual arousal comes from touching or having intercourse with a corpse
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organic or stress-induced dysfunction: sexual problems caused by phusical disorders (i.e. nerve damage, anxiety)
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paraphilia: a disorder in which the person either prefers, or must, achieve sexual arousal and fulfillment through sexual behavior that is unusual or not socially acceptable
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pedophile: person who has recurring sexual thoughts or behavior toward prepubescents children
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pedophilia: a sexual devieance that is illegal and considered immoral in almost every culture if carried out
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primary sex characteristics: those physical characteristics that are present in the infant at birth
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refractory period: men cannot achieve another erection during this period
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secondary sex characteristics: develop during puberty and are only indirectly involved in human reproduction
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sex: the physical characteristics of being female or male
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sexual dysfunction: a problem with sexual functioning, or the actual physial workings of the sex act
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sexual response: phase four: resolution-return of body to normal state before arousal began
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sexual response: phase one: excitement
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sexual response: phase three: orgasm
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sexual response: phase two: plateau-physical changes continued
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social learning theory: emphasizes learning through observation and imitation of models, attributes gender role development to those processes
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stereotype: concept help about a person or group that is based on superficial characteristics
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transsexuals: people who have surgery to become the sex they feel they were always meant to be
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transvestism: fetishism in which sexual arousal and pleasure come from wearing the clothing of the opposite sex
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voyeurism: obtaining sexual arousal through watching other people engage in sexual behavior or undress
