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Jennifer Popham
BSHS 371
Julie Dunne-Murphy
WHAT IS
SEXUALITY
Complex and spans a vast array of human experiences. family Relationships
Dating
Sexual Behavior
Physical Development
Sensuality
Sexualization
Reproduction
Gender
Body Image
More…
CIRCLE OF
SEXUALITY
Sexualiza tion Sensu ality Valu es Sexual
Health &
Reprodu
ction
Intima cy Sexual
Identit
y
SENSUALITY
Involves our level of awareness, acceptance, and enjoyments of your own or others’ bodies.
SKIN HUNGER
AURAL/VISUAL STIMULI
SEXUAL RESPONSE CYCLE
BODY IMAGE
FANTASY
SEXUALIZATIO
Nour sexuality and
Involves how we use may include manipulating or controlling others.
FLIRTING
MEDIA MESSAGES/IMAGES
SEDUCTION
WITHHOLDING SEX
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
INCEST
RAPE
INTIMACY
Degree to which we express and have a need for closeness with another person. CARING
SHARING
LOVING/LIKING
RISK-TAKING (EMOTIONAL )
VULNERABILITY
SELF-DISCLOSURE
TRUST
HEALTH &
REPRODUCTIO
Relates to attitudes and behaviors toward our health and the consequencesN of sexual activity.
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
SEXUAL/REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS
CONTRACEPTION/ABORTION
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
INFECTIONS
SEXUAL
IDENTITY
How we perceive ourselves as a sexual being.
BIOLOGICAL GENDER
GENDER IDENTITY
GENDER ROLE
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
PROBLEMS/IS
Sexual problems are not uncommon.
Estimates ofSUES prevalence for adults in the United States range between
30% and 45%, depending on gender
ANXIETY
andABOUT age. SEX
IMPOTENCE
LACK OF SEXUAL DESIRE
ANXIETY OR UNCERTAINTY ABOUT SEXUAL
ORIENTATION
CONFLICTING SEXUAL DESIRES BETWEEN PARTNERS
RECOVERY FROM SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT
LONELINESS
BODY IMAGE ISSUES
SEXUAL IMPULSES OR COMPULSIONS THAT CAUSE
DISTRESS
PROMISCUITY
RESOURCES
There are a wide variety of treatments that can help virtually everyone with a sexual disorder, no matter what the concern.
PSYCHOTHERAPY
MEDICATION
SUPPORT GROUPS
QUESTIONS??
REFERENCES
Dailey, D. (n.d.). The Circles of
Sexuality. Retrieved from http://www.health.state.mn.us Grohol, J. M. (2008, May 15). Sexuality and Sexual Disorders. Retrieved from http://psychcentral.com Planned Parenthood of the Southern
Finger Lakes. (2014). What is
Sexuality Anyways? Retrieved from
http://www.plannedparenthood.org