Sex research focuses on the conduct (mostly) and subjective experience (somewhat) of individuals, whether revealed through survey, questionnaire, interview, observation, or measurement. This is an exceptionally important element of the sexological model that is invisible, never discussed, completely taken for granted, and can be considered an aspect of our psychological century’s focus on (some may […]
День: 05.11.2015
Class and Race Differences in Resolving Nonmarital Pregnancies
Out-of-wedlock childbearing—involving the decision neither to get an abortion nor to marry—remains more prevalent among working-class and poor than among middle-class teenagers. While the majority of middle — and upper-class pregnant teenagers, even in predominantly Catholic areas, terminate their pregnancies in abortion, the likelihood is much greater that working-class teenagers will carry their pregnancies to […]
Theories in Gender Differences
In the preceding section we discussed gender differences in communication, but why do these differences exist? Is it biology? Society? We discussed earlier that researchers often disagree about whether there are gender differences, but it’s also true that researchers who agree that there are differences disagree on the reasons for these differences. There may be […]
Fragmented Components
Perhaps it is inevitable, given this biological framework, that universalized physical subsystems would become significant in themselves. Especially in the clinical literature on causes and treatments of sexual dysfunctions, sexuality becomes the successful performance of fragments in two different ways. First, there is the definition that having adequate performance components of desire, arousal, and orgasm […]
Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Whose ‘unmet need’?—Issues of dis/agreement Reproductive decision-making is a complex process, differing from one couple to the next, as the ensuing analysis illustrates. Generally, even though the large scale surveys that have interviewed both husbands and wives can be used to assess differences in preferences for children and attitudes to family planning, the underlying processes, […]
Satisfactions
Like the more elite parents who were interviewed, middle-class and working — class parents find great satisfaction in raising their children. But these satisfactions less often hinge on their relationship with their children than do those described by the professional middle-class parents. Rather, middle-class and working-class parents cherish distinct achievements and personal successes, much as […]
A Strong Pleasure Bond with Porn
Even though Corey had misgivings about porn when he was young because of its association with masturbation, his automatic reaction to it was consistently one of sexual excitement and pleasure. As a product, there wasn’t much about porn’s content that upset him or turned him off. Like many other porn users, Corey was drawn to […]
Practical Implications
The similar patterns of German and Greek ICT usage, education and careers of women and men, and the fact that women are still lagging behind, support the necessity of promoting equality in the field of ICT. A starting point would be raising the self-confidence of girls, and taking into account the facilitating role of teachers […]
Human Sexuality in a Diverse World
I Love Peanut Butter! was born in Regensburg, Germany, and I have lived there all of my life up until now. For the past year I have been living in the United States, and during this time, I have learned a lot about cross-cultural differences in communication. When I first came to the States I […]
Multiple Orgasms
Differences between the sexes occur in still a third area of sexual response patterns: the ability to experience multiple orgasms. Technically speaking, the term multiple orgasms refers to having more than one orgasmic experience within a short time interval. Although researchers differ in their views of what constitutes a multiple orgasmic experience, for our own […]