1. Reproductive behavior

2. Gender and reproduction Gender –Based on sex Sex –Reproduction Fusion of male and female gametes –Formation of diploid zygote from two haploid cells –Genetics

3. Reproduction –Courtship Bringing male and female together Ritual and behaviors –Different between male and female (gender role) –All aspects of life Role of male –Deposition of sperm Brief Disposable

4. Role of female –Extended in mammals –Considered as precious resource Social structure

5. Reproductive behavior Critical –Passing of genetic materials One of the greatest motivation for courtship –Humans Complex behavior –Complex mental capacity –Cultural view and role of men and women

6. Reproduction and sex –Linked through biological and genetic inheritance Reproduction and gender –Linked loosely through cultural inheritance Courtship Coitus

7. Role of pleasure –Sexual intercourse regardless of fertility –Emotional aspects of relationship Cultural significance –Economics –Social –Inheritance –Legality

8. Sexuality Courtship and intercourse –Pleasure –Sexual excitement Eros Sexuality –Very broad meaning meaning of being man or woman Inner excitement and outward expression

9. Sexual individual –Erotically functional Physical Mental Asexual individual –Void of erotic functions

10. Classification of sexuality Based on object of sexual arousal –Extremely wide range Not mutually exclusive Contribute to complexity of human sexuality May change over time –Stimuli Variety –Sexual identity (inner arousal) –Sex stereotype (societal view)

11. Classification of sexuality Based on object of sexual arousal –Extremely wide range –Stimuli –Social acceptability Legal Moral Religious

13. Sexual orientation –Person’s erotic and romantic attraction Heterosexual Homosexual Bisexual

14. Formation of sexual identity Identification of sexual orientation Heterosexuality –Infants Polymorphrously perverse –Erotic attraction to anyone or anything –Resolve of sexual identity Early age –Somewhat unclear

15. Homosexuality –Six-stage model by Cass (1979) Identity confusion (who am I?) Social and identity comparison (I may be gay) Identity tolerance (I probably am gay) Identity acceptance (I am gay) –Coming out of closet Identity pride (I feel good, you are bad) Identity synthesis (Being gay is a part of me)

16. Homosexuality –Stage of identity formation Somewhat ambiguous –Individual sexual identity –Group membership identity development

17. Bisexuality –Four-stages of development by Weinberg et al (1994) Initial confusion Applying a label Settling into an identity Continued uncertainty

19. Formation of sexual identity Genetics and anatomy –Highly unlikely Too much variations No selective advantages in some behaviors/preferences Social learning –Social adaptation rather than biological adaptation

20. Hormones –Androgens May affect hypothalamus Not conclusive

21. Relationship between sexuality and gender Gender and heterosexuality –Females Characteristics/behaviors that are attractive to males –Males Characteristics/behaviors that are attractive to females –Generation of stereotypes –Complicates how social learning affects sexual identity