Paglia, Warshaw, Stimpson, Morgenson, and statistics

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Paglia, Warshaw, Stimpson, Morgenson, and
statistics

• Do the figures lie?

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Paglias statistics

• too many dopey, immature, self-pitying women
  walking around like melting sticks of butter.
• Beware of the deep manipulativeness of rich
  students who were neglected by their parents.
• academenever looks at life directly.

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Warshaws statistics

• 1985 Ms.
• 25 victims of rape or attempted rape
• 10 raped in one year, 16.8 attempted raped
• 26 coerced, 63.5 unwilling sexual contact
• 8.3 of men had raped.
• 1957 30 date raped or attempted raped
• 25 of men attempted forced intercourse
• 1977 25 raped or attempted raped
• 26 of men attempted forced intercourse

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More Warshaw statistics

• 1982 25 raped, 93 by acquaintances
• 61 of men sexually touched a woman against her
  will
• 1982 29 of women physically or psychologically
  forced to have intercourse
• 1984 20 physically forced on a date
• 1984 16 raped by an acquaintance
• 11 of men admitted forcing intercourse
• 1984 15 of men admitted raping a date

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Parental responses, Spring, 2000

• Dad Mom
• Trust your judgment 3 5
• Need Christian/Biblical values 7 9
• Irony/humor 4 1
• Reserve judgment/neutral/accept 1 4
• In favor 11 13

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Sexual organs

• Genitalia
• Reproductive tracts
• Glandular systems
• Nervous system

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Women

• Genitalia
• Vulva
• Clitoris
• Vagina
• Reproductive tracts
• Ovaries
• Fallopian tubes
• Uterus

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The vulva

• Mons pubis or mons veneris
• Labia majora
• Labia minora
• Prepuce or clitoral hood
• Bartholins glands

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More about the vulva

• Vaginal opening
• Skenes glands
• Introitus or vestibule
• Hymen Critical thinking time
• Pubococcygeal muscles and Kegel exercises (p. 70)
• Perineum

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The clitoris

• Glans
• Shaft
• Australian dissections (Helen OConnell, 1998)
• Shaft erectile tissue extends 3 inside vagina
• Why overlooked until 1998?
• Smegma
• Circumcision, clitoridectomy (excision),
  Pharaonic circumcision, and infibulation

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The vagina

• Hymen or maidenhead
• Annular, cribriform, septate, imperforate, parous
• Poor indicator of virginity False and -
• A 3 - 5 inch long flattened tube
• Very elastic Permits childbirth
• Mucosal lining Lubrication
• Nerve endings Outer 1/3 of vagina
• Grafenberg spot

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Vaginal health

• Self-examination with mirror, flashlight
• Do not douche or use vaginal deodorants
• Wash vulva daily, but do not scrub
• Wear all-cotton panties
• Especially if taking antibiotics or perspiring
• Normal signs
• A creamy discharge, clear to white in color
• Odor from sweet to musky, varies with hormones,
  medication, perspiration

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Vaginal health, continued

• Limit tampon use
• No superabsorbent types
• Two hour limit no overnight use
• Change panty liners frequently
• Warning signs
• Yellow or green discharge, clumps in discharge
• Foul odor
• Irritation, itching, or burning

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Reproductive tract

• Uterus
• Fundus Perimetrium, myometrium, and endometrium
  Endometriosis
• Cervix and Os
• Ovaries Hormones and ova
• Ovarian ligaments
• Follicles and oocytes
• Fallopian tubes
• Hysterectomy

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Fallopian tubes

• Fimbriae collect ova
• Infundibulum and ciliary movement
• Fertilization
• Ectopic pregnancy

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Menstruation

• Menarche
• Dysmenorrhea
• Sexual activity during menses Safer sex
• PMS/PMDD
• Research criteria in DSM-IV
• Limitations of self-report research
• 10 take time off work or school (Patterson,
  1990)
• Effect of attitude, diet, exercise, and cold
  weather

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The menstrual cycle

• 1. Menstrual phase, 5 days (variable)
• 2. Proliferative phase, 9- 11 days
• FSH -- Estrogen -- Endometrial growth
• 3. Ovulation, 14 days before menses
• 4. Secretory or luteal phase, 14 days
• LH -- Progesterone -- Preparation for
  implantation

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The gynecological examination

• Medical and sexual history
• External examination
• Speculum examination
• Pap smear
• Palpation
• Recto-vaginal examination
• Breast examination
• Breast self-examination (p. 82)

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Breasts

• Secondary sex characteristics and self-esteem
  Breasts vs. menstruation
• Mammary glands and ducts
• Adipose tissue
• Nipples and areolas
• Respond to stimulation Temperature, arousal
• May be involuted
• Sensitivity varies with menstrual cycle