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FIVE CIRCLES OF SEXUALITY ❑ SENSUALITY – AWARENESS AND FEELINGS ABOUT YOUR OWN BODY AND OTHER PEOPLES’ BODIES, ESPECIALLY THE BODY OF A SEXUAL PARTNER. SENSUALITY ENABLES US TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOW OUR BODIES’ LOOK AND FEEL AND WHAT THEY CAN DO. SENSUALITY ALSO ALLOWS US TO ENJOY THE PLEASURE OUR BODIES CAN GIVE US AND OTHERS. ❑ SEXUAL INTIMACY – THE ABILITY TO BE EMOTIONALLY CLOSE TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING AND TO ACCEPT CLOSENESS IN RETURN. SEVERAL ASPECTS OF INTIMACY INCLUDE SHARING INTIMACY, CARING ABOUT ANOTHER, LIKING, LOVING A PERSON, EMOTIONAL RISK-TAKING AND VULNERABILITY TO A LOVED ONE. ❑ SEXUAL IDENTITY - A PERSON’S UNDERSTANDING OF WHO HE/SHE IS SEXUALLY, INCLUDING THE SENSE OF BEING MALE OR BEING FEMALE. SEXUAL IDENTITY CONSISTS OF THREE “INTERLOCKING PIECES” THAT , TOGETHER, AFFECT HOW EACH PERSON SEES HIM/HERSELF. EACH “PIECE” IS IMPORTANT. ❑ REPRODUCTION AND SEXUAL HEALTH – THESE A RE A PERSON’S CAPACITY TO REPRODUCE AND THE BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES THAT MAKE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS HEALTHY AND ENJOYABLE. ❑ SEXUALIZATION – THE ASPECT OF SEXUALITY IN WHICH PEOPLE BEHAVE SEXUALLY TO INFLUENCE, MANIPULATE, OR CONTROL OTHER PEOPLE. OFTEN RAGES FROM THE RELATIVELY HARMLESS TO THE SADISTICALLY VIOLENT, CRUEL AND CRIMINAL SELF.

SEX AND THE BRAIN ➢ THE BRAIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSLATING THE NERVE IMPULSES SENSED BY THE SKIN INTO PLEASURABLE SENSATIONS. ➢ IT CONTROLS THE NERVES AND MUSCLES USED IN SEXUAL ACTIVITIES.

➢ SEXUAL THOUGHTS AND FANTASIES ARE THEORIZED TO LIE IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX, THE SAME AREA USED FOR THINKING AND REASONING. ➢ EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS (WHICH ARE IMPORTANT FOR SEXUAL BEHAVIOR) ARE BELIEVED TO ORIGINATE IN THE LIMBIC SYSTEM.

➢ THE BRAIN RELEASES THE HORMONES CONSIDERED AS THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF SEXUAL DESIRE.

LUST – A PHASE IN THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR WHICH IS DRIVEN BY SEX HORMONES (ESTROGEN AND TESTOSTERONE)

ATTRACTION – A PHASE IN THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR WHICH IS SYNONYMOUS TO FALLING IN LOVE. THREE NEUROTRANSMITTERS/ HORMONES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS STAGE: ADRENALINE, DOPAMINE AND SEROTONIN.

ATTACHMENT – THE “BONDING” PHASE IN THE HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. TWO HORMONES ARE BELIEVED TO WORK IN THIS PHASE: OXYTOCIN AND VASOPRESSIN.

HORMONES: LUST; LOVE; ATTACHMENT DOPAMINE- ASSOCIATED WITH MOTIVATION AND GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR. CREATES A SENSE OF NOVELTY (YOU WANT TO TELL THE WORLD ABOUT YOUR LOVE. VASOPRESSIN-INVOLVED IN MALE AROUSAL PHASE AS WELL AS ATTACHMENT. ESTROGEN , TESTOSTERONE AND PROGESTERONE- REGULATE MOTIVATION TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR FOR FEMALES; ESTROGEN INCREASES MOTIVATION WHILE PROGESTERONE DECREASES MOTIVATION. FSH (FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE)-RESPONSIBLE FOR OVULATION IN FEMALES (FERTILITY MARKER). OXYTOCIN – LOVE HORMONE; INVOLVED WITH THE DESIRE TO MAINTAIN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS; RELEASED DURING THE ORGANISM STAGE OF SEXUAL CYCLE; RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTRACTION. SEROTONIN- PEOPLE IN-LOVE HAS LESS SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER IN THEIR BLOOD. NOREPINEPHRINE- RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER ALERTNESS AS IT GIVES SURGE OF ENERGY TRIGGERS INCREASED HEART RATE. LH (LUTEINIZING HORMONE)- RESPONSIBLE FOR TESTOSTERONE PRODUCTION AND INCREASED SEXUAL MOTIVATION IN MEN....