MATERNAL & CHILD NURSING NOTES REVIEWER
By: AGON, ARC
TABLE OF CONTENTS - Women also may be more interested in
• REPRODUCTIVE & SEXUAL HEALTH initiating sexual relations at this time.
1. Human Sexuality • INFLUENCE OF PREGNANCY IN SEXUAL
RESPONSE
• SOURCE: Pilliteri 6th Edition – Maternal and - some women experience a first orgasm during
Child Nursing their first pregnancy.
- Following a pregnancy, many women
experience increased sexual interest.
LESSON VIII: HUMAN SEXUALITY
- It has always been part of human life. SEXUAL RESPONSE CYCLE
- One common findings of researchers have 1. EXCITEMENT: occurs with physical and
been that feelings and attitudes about sex very psychological stimulation.
widely: the sexual physiology has common o Nervous System stimulated (Sacral
features. Parasympathetic Neurons)
• SEXUALITY 2. PLATEAU: it occurs before orgasm.
- multidimensional phenomenon that includes o In woman, clitoris is drawn forward
feelings, attitudes, and actions. and pull back under the clitoral
- It has both biologic and cultural diversity prepuce; the lower part of the vagina
components. becomes extremely congested and
o It encompasses and gives direction to there is enlarged nipple raise.
a person’s physical, emotional, social, o Nervous System (Sacrospinous reflex)
and intellectual responses throughout 3. ORGASM: the body suddenly discharges
life. accumulated pressure or involuntary climax of
sexual tension.
• SEXUAL IDENTITY o It is experienced pleasure affecting the
- Referring to an individual’s conception of body.
themselves, behavior referring to actual sexual - Nervous System Stimulated (Emission-
acts performed by the individual, and sexual Thoracolumbar parasympathetic reflex-
orientation referring to romantic or sexual ejaculation-spinal reflex w/ cortical control
attractions toward persons of the opposite sex L1-L12 sympathetic.
or gender, the same sex or gender to both 4. RESOLUTION: stage wherein organs goes
sexes or more than on gender, to no one. back to its unaroused.
• SEX o It is usually take 30 minutes for both
- Refers to biological differences between males sexes.
and females. o Nervous stimulated (Thoracolumbar
sympathetic pathway).
• GENDER
- Refers to the cultural differences expected (by
society or culture) of men and women TYPES OF SEXUAL EXPRESSION
according to the sex. 1. EROTIC STIMULATION: sexual arousing using
- is the term used to denote a person’s visual materials.
chromosomal sex: male (XY) or female (XX 2. VOYEURISM: sexual satisfaction by looking at
- COMPONENTS OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY another’s body.
o Privacy 3. FETISHISM: sexual satisfaction by using or
o Consent touching certain objects or situation.
o Lack of force 4. MASTURBATION: sexual satisfaction by self-
stimulation.
• GENDER ROLE 5. EXHIBITIONISM: sexual satisfaction by showing
- Is the male or female behavior a person genitals in public.
exhibits, which, again, may or may not be the 6. PEDOPHILIA: sexual satisfaction with sexual
same as biologic gender or gender identity encounter in children.
• INFLUENCE OF MENS IN SEXUAL RESPONSE 7. SADOMASOCHISM: sexual satisfaction by