Archive for March 25th, 2009
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PERMANENT METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL: STERILIZATION
Sterilization is surgical birth control. It is intended to be a permanent method of birth control. It is not easily reversed. How Sterilization Works Tubal sterilization is a surgical operation for women. It blocks the fallopian tubes. Vasectomy is a surgical operation for men. It blocks the vas deferens. Pregnancy cannot happen when sperm cannot [...]
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SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST CHILDREN
Sexual abuse of children and rape are two of the most disturbing sexual activities in our culture. They are both forms of sexual assault. They are sometimes committed by people with paraphilias, but they are often committed by people who can be sexually aroused by other activities. Sexual assault is the use of force or [...]
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PUBERTAL DISORDERS AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN MAN
Deviations from the usual timetable of pubertal development lead to discrepancies of several variables that are usually highly correlated: chronological age, physique age, and psychosocial age (Money and Ehrhardt). When physique age is advanced or retarded in relation to chronological age, it depends to some extent on the particular environment, for example, social pressures from [...]
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CHILDHOOD SEXUALITY: SUCKING
Though the sucking experience may give the infant pleasure, especially orally, and though penile erections are observed in conditions related to the sucking experience, we must be cautious in attributing penile erections to stimulation resulting from the sucking experience. In some cases it may be so, but in others it is not. It has been [...]
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MALES’ SEXUAL PREFERENCE: IDENTIFICATION WITH FATHER
As we have noted, the extent to which a boy identifies with his father is thought to be critically important for his developing a firm sense of masculinity and, ultimately, a pattern of heterosexual preference. Failure to make such an identification, conversely, is thought to produce homosexuality, perhaps through the boy’s continuing search for an [...]