EQ: What are the reasons people
have sex? 3/10
Bell ringer
• What is your opinion of sex in the
world today? Think about movies,
adolescence, media, etc. Explain
your opinion
• What are your opinions about teen
sexuality/ Contraception use/
pregnancy/abortion?
• Read handout and write what happens in each
stage of the sexual response cycle
Sexual Response Cycle
• 1. Excitement Phase-genital areas fill
with blood
• 2. Plateau phase-excitement peaks:
breathing, pulse, blood pressure
continues to rise
• 3. Orgasm-Muscle contractions. Further
increases in breathing, pulse, blood
pressure
**Women’s arousal facilitates conception
• 4. Resolution phase: refractory periodtime period in which a person is
incapable of another orgasm
**females’ refractory period is much
shorter than males
Cause 1: Hormones
• 2 effects of sex hormones
• Direct development of male and female sex
characteristics
• Activate sexual behavior
• Female sex hormone=estrogen
• Male sex hormone=testosterone
Cause 2: External Stimuli
• Males and females become aroused when
they see, hear, or read erotic material
• With repeated exposure, the emotional
response to stimuli decreases
• EX: A kiss in a movie or modest two piece
bathing suit used to be erotic
Sexual Disorders
• Problems that consistently impair sexual
functioning
• Sexual motivation-lack of arousability
• Men: premature ejaculation and erectile
dysfunction disorder
• Women-orgasmic disorder-infrequently or
never experiencing orgasm
Teen sexuality
• Western Europe and US have highest rates of
teen sexuality
• Much lower than Arab and Asian countries
• Teen sexuality has become much more
prevalent in recent times
• WHY??????
Why are teenagers more sexually
active today? How does the video
address the stigma of teen pregnancy?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH9bYAP
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EQ: What are the causes and statistics of
teen pregnancy? 3/11
Bell ringer: Teen Pregnancy reading
• Write the main idea of the article
• Write 3 supporting details (evidence) the
article gives for the main idea
• What is your opinion of these causes for teen
pregnancy?
Card stock-map/chart/graph question
activity
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Write 1 level 1-2 question and 1 level 4-6
Write questions on sticky note
Answer questions in notebook
Pass cards and answer questions