Studies in Human Sexuality

Catalog description

This course provides the student with a frame of reference to understand sexuality throughout the developmental continuum. The development of our notions about sex and the role played by culture and family will be explored starting with the student’s own reflections of their attitudes about sex. The role of sex in the psychosocial development of men and females will be analyzed together with the interaction between sex and intimacy. Normal sexuality, as it is defined through the literature as well as the different stages of sexual intercourse, will serve as the foundation to understand different kinds of sexual dysfunction in both sexes including performance anxiety, erectile dysfunctions, inhibited desire, anorgasmia, retarded ejaculation, and others. Differential diagnosis between primary sexual disorders and affective or anxiety disorders interfering with sexual functioning will be included within the diagnostic section of the course.