Chapter Objectives

After reading the chapter, you should be able to:

1.

know the relationship between sex and a happy marriage.

2.

describe the four stages of human sexual response as outlined by Masters and Johnson and explain what happens during each stage; and describe the three stages of sexual response as outlined by Kaplan.

3.

explain the role of each of the following in sexual arousal:

tactile stimulation and oral-genital stimulation
visual stimulation
auditory stimulation
verbal stimulation
mental stimulation through fantasy and nocturnal dreams

4.

explain the importance of each of the following factors in lovemaking: sexual initiative, communication, time, physical setting, inhibition, learning to relax, frequency of intercourse, and premarital sexual conflicts.

5.

describe the major male and female sexual dysfunctions, their characteristics and causes, and four types of help for overcoming sexual problems.

6.

describe the causes, symptoms, and treatments of the major sexually transmitted diseases and be able to explain in detail how AIDS is and is not transmitted and how one might protect oneself from AIDS infection and other sexually transmitted diseases.

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