Chapter 3 Flashcards
(36 cards)
What is the complex nature of sexual deviance and offending
There is no simple answer to why people sexually offend; so there is no single theory
Sexual abuse is a learned behavior ?
True
Is there an absolute sexual deviance?
no
What did Kinsey believe when it comes to human sexuality?
“Normal” human sexuality is animal sexuality
What are the 4 elements of normal sex?
fantasy
symbolism
ritualism
compulsion
Fantasy element?
to be sexual, one must have a sexual fantasy. The forms vary from person to person.
Symbolism element?
sex is very visual [fetishes, partialism]; we are also stimulated by visual sexual symbols
Ritualism element?
Couples who have been together for a while likely to know intuitively when their partners are sexually receptive [including certain words, gestures, etc.]
For sex offenders, ritualism increases to addiction
Compulsion element?
have to act out
What is considered to be not normal sex?
- When an individual is sexually only when a certain fetish or partialism is present
- When compulsivity is so overwhelmingly potent that emotions and caring for the partner is missing
- When certain scripts must be followed, and any deviation from them is fatal to sexual functioning
- When fantasies center on the dehumanization, torture, or murder of hapless and helpless victims
Standards for normal sex?
- The statistical standard
- The cultural standard
- Religious Normalcy
- The subjective standard
Statistical standard?
(if 50% of the population practice a certain sexual behavior, it is then considered normal)
Cultural standard?
he society’s norms and rules with changing sanctions that accommodate transgression of its rules, which takes the form of laws, statutes
Religious Standard?
historically, religion has played an important and vital role in developing the value systems of societies and individuals
Subjective standard?
the most important one in any person’s life. This standard legitimizes behavior in the way as statistical, cultural, and religious standards, but at a personal level.
What are the 3 parts to human sex drive?
Biological (instinctive)
Physiological (functional)
Emotional (mental) – the manifestation of the culmination of our psychosexual development; the strongest of these 3 parts, accounting for 70% of the human sex drive
What do the elements of the human sex drive become?
one socio-sexual template of sexual values and behavior
What is the Arousal and response system is affected by?
Hormones Brain’s recall of pleasurable arousal Fantasies Emotions Various sensory processes Level of intimacy between 2 people
What are the Biological theories of sexual behavior?
testosterone and aggression
But most biological theorists believe – even when a hormonal imbalance is present, it has to be triggered by environmental and social learning factors in order for sexual aggression to occur
What is Neurophysiological functioning?
often acquired as early as the prenatal stages or through birth defects – affect decision-making and impulse control
reduced neurophysiological or brain functioning may impact offending propensity
What are the issues surrounding paraphilia?
The issues are that a paraphilia’s can range from fetishes to even murder ;
What is Exhibitionism?
displaying one’s genitals in public
Frotteurism
rubbing, usually one’s pelvic area or erect penis, against a non-consenting person for sexual pleasure
Voyeurism
peeping; nudity; indecent exposure of genital areas; sex acts
