During the Victorian era, a woman would most likely consider feelings of lust or sexual arousal abnormal. However, in modern times, a woman in the U.S. would not consider those feelings to be out of the norm.
What is best illustrated by these differences between Victorian era and modern women?
a. Victorian women were more likely to live by a strict moral code; but modern women, in general, are more apt to ignore this same strict moral code that exists even today.
b. Psychological distress regarding sexuality is mostly due to our perceptions of how society judges our sexual behaviors.
c. Today's women are more apt to experience feelings of lust and sexual arousal; however, feelings of lust and sexual arousal were rarer amongst women of the Victorian era.
d. Victorian women were prohibited from communicating with one another about matters of the heart; however, today's women are encouraged to share their feelings particularly about relationships.
Question 2
What is one of the criteria of paraphilia, as listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)?
a. It involves sexual activity occurring at a frequency of at least six times per week.
b. It involves children or other non-consenting persons.
c. It involves sexual pleasure experienced in isolation from others.
d. It involves pornographic imagery.
Sexual dimorphism in body size and mating system.
This older woman is exploring new avenues of enjoyment as she avoids stagnation in her later years
Male Sexual Behavior
Leonardo da Vinci, Study of a Woman's Head or of the Angel of the Vergine delle Rocce.
Dara Birnbaum, Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman.
Forms of Sexual Misconduct