PSY456_Ch8-9_Glossary

an expression of sexuality in which an individual does not engage in either masturbation or interpersonal sexual contact.

An expression of sexuality in which an individual does not engage in interpersonal sexual contact but continues to engage in masturbation.

Involuntary orgasm during sleep.

Stimulation of one's own genitals to create sexual pleasure.

Rubbing one's genitals againts another's body or genitals.

Oral stimulation of the vulva.

Oral stimulation of the penis.

Oral stimulation of the anus.

Insertion of the penis into the vagina.

Sexual attraction to one's own sex, to othe other sex, or bot sexes, or lack of sexual interest in either sex.

Sexual attraction to both men and women.

A lack of sexual attraction to either sex.

Variability in same-sex and other-sex attraction and involvement at different times and in different situations throughout the life span.

A homosexual person, typically a homosexual male.

Theory that unhappy heterosexuals experiences cause a person to become homosexual.

Theory that young womena nd men become homosexual because they have been seduced by older homosexual people or because they have caught it from someone else.

Theory that one's relationship with one's father and mother is crucial, and that boys fixated at homosexual phase because of a poor relationship with their father and overly close relationship with their mother. Similar for a girl.

A lack of conformity to steretypical masculine and feminine behaviors.

Theraphy to help homosexual clients cope with negative soceital attitudes towards homosexuality.

Theraphy to help homosexual men and women change their sexual orientation.

Irrational fears of homosexuality, the fear of the possibility of homosexuality in oneself, or loathing toward one's own homosexuality.

The process of becoming aware of and disclosing one's homosexuality identity.

Presenting a false image of being heterosexual.