1. GENDER & SEXUALITY Examination of gender and human sexuality.
This chapter will examine the topics of Gender, Attraction, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Response, & Sex Therapy.

2. GENDER & SEXUALITY Learning Objectives: Gender Terms
Interpersonal Attraction
Sexual Response

3. Gender & Sexuality GENDER POLARIZATION GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER TYPING

4. Gender & Sexuality GENDER POLARIZATION Gender Gender Role Stereotype
Costs of gender polarization

5. Gender & Sexuality GENDER DIFFERENCES Cognitive Females / Males
GENDER POLARIZATION
GENDER DIFFERENCES
Cognitive
Females / Males
Social Behavior

6. Gender & Sexuality GENDER TYPING Cultural Determinants
GENDER POLARIZATION
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER TYPING
Cultural Determinants
Biological Influences: (identity)
Psychological Influences:
4 Theories/Perspectives

7. Gender & Sexuality ATTRACTION Physical Appearance Matching Hypothesis
Love:
Sternberg’s Triangular Model

8. Sexuality Orientation Response (Cycle & 4 Phases) Dysfunction
Sex Therapy
Sexual Coercion
Sexually Transmitted Diseases

9. Sexuality
Orientation
Three Orientations
Origins
Three Theories

10. Sexuality Response (Cycle & 4 Phases) (MASTER’S & JOHNSON)
Two Characteristics
The Four Phases

11. Sexuality Dysfunction Types of Dysfunction Origins of dysfunction
Biological
Physical
Substance
Cognitive

12. Sexuality Sex Therapy Function of Sex Therapy
short-term cognitive & behavioral treatments.
Function of Sex Therapy
Five basic goals.

13. Sexuality Sexual Coercion Why do men rape? Myths about rape
Sexual Harassment

14. Sexuality
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
AIDS
STD’s

15. Gender & Sexuality
Looking for more fluid definitions in gender related issues.
The role of the Cerebral Cortex.
The role of perception in our understanding of gender & sexuality.
How do our perceptions of gender & sexuality affect our behavior and mental processes?