Masturbation & Sexual Orientations

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African and hispanics have a much lower rate of maturbation than..

The more wealthy or educated a person is the more likely they are to.. also the more two person sex a person has, the more likely she or he is to..

Twice as many highschool and college men masturbate than

In relationships women blank frequency of masterbation and men blank frequency

it produces please it releases tension it helps you become more knowledgeable about your own body -women who masturbate have a much higher rate of orgasm with a partner -men who masturbate have better ejaculatory control

1) You're not dependent upon another person to produce your pleasure 2) You're always there when you're in the mood 3) You don't have to worry about pleasing or disappointing your partner 4) You don't have to stay awake afterwards and cuddle or talk 5) You won't break your own heart 6) You're able to fantasize about the person of your dreams 7) You don't have to explain to your partner why you're not paying attention to his/her needs 8) You don't have to fake it with yourself 9) You won't confuse love and lust 10) You won't get pregnant or catch an STD by yourself

It causes pimples, blindness, convulsions and/or homosexuality, and/or warts on your hands It will cause your penis to get smaller or fall off It will use up your energy because it leads to weakness of the heart It will cause you to be infertile later in your life If you eventually have children, they will not be normal It's the first step to mental illness and insanity You will go to hell if you masturbate (this may be true—but who knows for sure??)

24-hour supervision -Specifically for males: Having sex with a woman A tight ring at the base of the penis to prevent an erection Castration -Specifically for females: Prostitution (thought to be a lesser evil than masturbation) Female circumcision

Irrational fears or hatred of bisexuality; the fear or hatred of bisexual feelings in oneself

An individual who is attracted to people of both the same sex and of the opposite sex

a male homosexual

A person whose primary erotic, psychological, emotional, and social interest is toward members of the opposite sex.

A person whose primary erotic, psychological, emotional, and social interest is toward members of the same sex, even if those interests may not be overtly expressed

A female homosexual

A person whose physical sex does not match the sex with which they identify

Irrational fears or hatred of homosexuality; the fear of homosexual feelings in oneself; self- hatred because of one's homosexuality

1800's - castration 1940's - lobotomy 1950 to early 1980's - psychotherapy, drugs, hormone treatment, shock treatments 1973 - The American Psychological Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders and urged mental health professionals to help erase the stigma of mental illness associated with homosexuality

these people are unconditionally rejected, may be threatened or physically assaulted

non-heterosexuality is inherently unnatural and must be condemned, but the people are not condemned

mismatched sexuality is a sin, but it is acknowledged that it is not changeable by contemporary medicine or psychological science

sexuality is important to the capacity for human love. Ethical sexual relationships include commitment to one another, trust, tenderness, and respect for one another, regardless of the sex of the partners.

1- Parenting problems - a bad relationship with the father or an overly-close, abnormal relationship with the mother 2- Unhappy heterosexual experiences which cause rejection, fear, or distrust of the opposite sex 3- Inability to attract opposite sex partners - most homosexuals have had sexual experiences with the opposite sex, ranging from dating to marriage and having children 4- Seduction by older homosexuals - actually, most homosexuals have their first homosexual experience with someone very close to their own age

1.- Prenatal hormone differences - studies are not conclusive 2.- Structural differences in the brain as compared to heterosexual brains - it has been found in studies -that the anterior hypothalamus (which influences sexual desire and behavior) was half as large in the brains of homosexual men as it was in heterosexual men 3.- Pheromone research and neurological response - straight women and gay men respond more strongly to male pheromones than to female pheromones, suggesting that this sexual response is genetically determined 4.- Genetic factors - twin studies have shown that when one twin brother was homosexual, 52% of identical twin brothers were also homosexual 22% of fraternal twin brothers were also homosexual

Research is not conclusive about the cause of mismatched sexuality. Studies show that it is a combination of factors that we do not quite understand, but there is a very strong argument for the biological basis.

Since 1978, research has found that homosexual adults who have come to terms with their homosexuality, who do not regret their sexual orientation, and who can function effectively sexually and socially are no more distressed psychologically than are heterosexuals.