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- slmpllsuc perspecuve: Lo experlence sexual pleasure, Lo
relleve sexual Lenslon, or Lo reproduce
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- Lo feel valued by a parLner
- expresslng value for a parLner
- nurLurlng one's parLner
- obLalnlng rellef from sLress
- enhanclng feellngs of personal power
- experlenclng a parLner's power
- experlenclng pleasure
- procreaung
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oLher conslderauons:
- reward or punlshmenL
- maLe guardlng
- for emouonal closeness, bondlng, love
- as a funglble resource
- soclal sLaLus and repuLauon

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- rsL sLage, allowed Lo llsL reasons Lhey or frlends may
have had sex
- llsL of 713 reduced down Lo 237
- new sample asked Lo endorse Lhelr reasons from Lhe
llsL of 237
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9 Lhemes emerged:
1. pure auracuon Lo Lhe oLher person
2. experlenclng physlcal pleasure
3. expresslon of love
4. feellng deslred by Lhe oLher
3. Lo escalaLe Lhe depLh of Lhe relauonshlp
6. curloslLy or seeklng new experlences
7. marklng a speclal occaslon for celebrauon
8. mere opporLunlLy
9. sex [usL happenlng due Lo seemlngly unconLrollable
clrcumsLances
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- vlsual sumull: men > women
- narrauve: women > men
- psychologlcal facLors: women > men
! sexual self-esLeem: women > men
- blologlcal facLors: men > women
- long-Lerm relauonshlps: men > women
- novel sumull: women > men
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- lablal LhermlsLor cllp (lablal LemperaLure)
- vaglnal phoLopleLhysmography (vaglnal blood ow)
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- rlgldomeLer (penlle rlgldlLy)
- penlle pleLhysmography: (1) clrcumferenual, (2) volumeLrlc
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- Lhermography
- self-reporL
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- l.e., aphrodlslacs
- noLhlng commerclally avallable - Clnseng?
- LesLosLerone?
- non-subsLances
oLher subsLances (pseudo-aphrodlslacs)
- alcohol
- cannabls
- MuMA
- halluclnogens (e.g., LCu, C, uM1, eLc.)
- sumulanLs (e.g., crysLal meLh, cocalne, eLc.)
- dlslnhlbluon, reward sysLems
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- ln 7A5)M),%3%& men, ln[ecuons of LesLosLerone lncrease
sexual arousablllLy and sexual lnLeresL
- LesLosLerone reducuon medlcauons used wlLh sex oenders
and wlLh people reporung problems relaLed Lo
unconLrollable sexual urges

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- role ln erecule dysfuncuon - only seems relevanL Lo
men wlLh low LesLosLerone
- correlauon beLween LesLosLerone and sexual lnLeresL/
behavlour
! prevalence of LesLosLerone recepLors
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- LesLosLerone rlses durlng Lhe mlddle Lhlrd of mensLrual cycle
(l.e., ovulauon), lncreased sexual responslveness - buL so does
esLrogen
- decllne ln sexual lnLeresL aer menopause - LesLosLerone
producuon slows along wlLh oLher sex hormones (l.e., esLrogen,
progesLerone, eLc.)
- LesLosLerone Lherapy for low sexual deslre - mlxed resulLs
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- body responds by shumng down producuon of naLurally
occurrlng androgens - ln men, Lhe LesLes shrlnk as Lhey're
no longer funcuonlng Lo produce LesLosLerone
- androgens aromauzed lnLo esLrogens, femlnlze Lhe body -
gynocomasua

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- acne - one of hormones converLed from androgens sumulaLes oll
producuon ln skln glands
- baldness - geneuc predlsposluon Lo baldness, derlvauve of
androgens causes halr folllcles Lo shuL down
- consume array of oLher meds Lo conLrol slde eecLs
- ln women, why female body bullders become mascullnlzed

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cllLoral orgasm - lmmaLure (l.e., chlldlsh)
vaglnal orgasm - maLure (l.e., adulL)
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- women and men are slmllar ln anaLomy and physlology buL
women lesser sexual capaclLy"
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- clalmed LhaL women's and men's orgasms are far more slmllar
Lhan dlerenL (l.e., physlologlcally Lhe same)
- clalmed LhaL women's capaclLy far exceeded men's (l.e., ablllLy Lo
have muluple orgasms unul LoLal exhausuon)
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men: e[aculauon
women:
! arufacL of evoluuon (homologous ussue)
! slgnal sexual sausfacuon/devouon
! pull sperm lnLo cervlx
boLh sexes:
! promoLe bondlng: physlologlcal pleasure/oxyLocln
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- noL all women experlence orgasms (3-10), many more
only experlence orgasm lrregularly
- mosL women do noL orgasm Lhrough lnLercourse only
(<23) - need cllLoral sumulauon
- vaglnal versus cllLoral orgasm - myLh?
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- several orgasms ln a row, one dlrecLly aer anoLher
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- occur ln a sequence, Lyplcally separaLed by a few
mlnuLes or so
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