CFS 425 1st Edition Lecture 8Outline of Current Lecture Intimacy Lecture online:- Sex and intimacy Pt 3 - Does Sex Strengthen relationships - Sexual Satisfaction- Sexual Dysfunction - Sexual Desire - Arousal - Orgasm •These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Does sex Strengthen Relationship • Sometimes, but often sex before intimacy can create “emotional distancing”.• Some enter into premature commitments in order to “justify sex”.Sexual satisfactioninvolves more than intercourse.- Sexual Satisfaction is likely to be the result of rather than the cause of relationship satisfaction- You can have intimacy without sex, but you cannot have satisfying sex without intimacy- Sexual satisfaction is important, it is less important than other things in the quality of an intimate relationship.- Ease with which differences are handled.- Extent to which the partners express affection.- Degree of commitment to the relationship.- Amount of self-disclosure- Couples may try different behaviors to keep their sex lives exciting, fresh, and fun. • The brain is your largest sex organ. Make sure you continue to use it to your advantage.Sexual Dysfunctions• A state in which sexual behavior or lack of it causes:1. Emotional distress and/or 2. Relationship difficulties• Causative categories:1. Organic/physiological factors2. Relationship/Psychological/ or Contextual factorsDesireHypoactive Sexual Desire: Few or no sexual fantasies and little or no desire for sexual activity.Sexual Desire - Rooted in anxieties- Depression/Stress- Hormonal changes- Interpersonal conflicts- Traumatic relationship separationFrustration and annoyance may result as couples negotiate their sexual interactions.Arousal Erectile Disorder- Inability to attain or maintain an adequate erection during sexual activity. Inhibited Sexual Arousal- Inability to attain or maintain adequate sexual excitement (i.e. lubrication) during sexual activity.Orgasm 1. Premature Ejaculation -Ejaculation with minimal sexual stimulation before, upon, or shortly after penetration2. Anorgasmia - Delay or lack of orgasm regardless of amount or degree of sexual stimulation.3. Think of sex as pleasure, not sex as performanceSensate Focus – helps you focus on the sensations that are produced when you gently explore and caress each other’s bodies.- “Giving and Receiving” pleasureNon-demanding-