Sex: Altered State of Consciousness

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Sex Altered State of Consciousness

• Part II
• Katie Frehafer, Josh Kirsch,
• Bryan Waldberg, Dan Hoag

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Attraction
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Global Attraction

• Facial symmetry and the golden ratio
• Most people have come to believe that bilateral
  symmetry is a universal determinant of health and
  therefore of beauty.
• A person of either gender who is considered as
  attractive in various cultures has been found to
  have facial symmetry based on the golden ratio of
  11.618

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Common views of the Brian
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Male vs Female

• .7 Waist-hip ratio (as a sign of fertility)
• Low body mass index BMI (sign of heath and
  fitness)
• large breasts (reproductive fitness)

• tall (dominance and superiority over average
  population)
• muscular physique (strength and power the ability
  to protect)

Men find women attractive who have the ability to
carry on the mans gene, and legacy
Women find men attractive that have the ability
to protection and provide
Physical attraction seems to have a biological
basis. This occurs do to evolution and the humans
drive for existence and progeny.
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Pheromones

• A pheromone is any chemical or set of chemicals
  produced by a living organism that transmits a
  message to other members of the same species.
• Pheromone-induced responses are mediated
  primarily by the vomeronasal organ (VNO)
• Androstadienone is currently the best candidate
  that has been found for human pheromones.
• synchronization of menstrual cycles may also be
  due to pheromones
• There may be male pheromones that increase the
  sexual attractiveness of men to women

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Behavioral Affects

• Attractions seems to cause individuals to act and
  react in a different manner in social
  surroundings
• eltoprazine seems to have an affects on social
  attraction
• Both physical and sexual attraction alongside the
  possibility of pheromones the body goes through
  changes that are different then the normal state

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Sex Altered State of Consciousness

• Part II
• Katie Frehafer, Josh Kirsch,
• Bryan Waldberg, Dan Hoag
• Cogs 175
• June 5, 2006

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Human Sexual Response Cycle

• 1st Phase Excitement
• 2nd Phase Plateau
• 3rd Phase Orgasmic
• 4th Phase Resolution

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1 Excitement Phase

• Result of erotic physical and mental stimulation
• Kissing
• Petting
• Visual stimulation

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Both Male and Female

• Increased heart rate
• Increased rate of respiration
• Rise in blood pressure
• Nipple erection
• Vasocongestion of skin
• Increased muscle tone (myotonia)
• (voluntary and involuntary)

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Males (Phase 1)

• Penis becomes partially erect (increase in length
  and diameter)
• Testicles drawn upwards toward perineum
• Scrotum tenses and thickens

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Females (Phase 1)

• Engorgement of vaginal walls inner lips
• Vaginal lubrication commences
• Breasts increase in size
• Inner 2/3 of vagina lengthens expands (tenting
  effect) usually 7-10 cm
• Clitoris becomes tumescent (swells) (similarly to
  the penis)

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2 Plateau Phase

• Prior to orgasm
• Further increase in circulation heart rate
• Arteries dilate, causing vasocongestion
• Engorgement further restricts veins, preventing
  blood from leaving
• Increase in sexual pleasure with
• increased stimulation
• Further increase in muscle tension
• Involuntary vocalizations may occur

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Males (Phase 2)

• Erection becomes more stable, man becomes less
  prone to distraction
• Internal urethral sphincter contracts
• Seminal secretions begin
• Testes rise closer to body and swell

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Females (Phase 2)

• Areola and labia increase in size
• Clitoris withdraws beneath clitoral hood
• Vaginal lubrication increases
• Further vasocongestion
• Pubococcygeus muscle contracts, tightening the
  vaginal opening
• Orgasmic Platform created

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3 Orgasmic Phase

• Conclusion of plateau release of sexual tension
• Involuntary vocalizations
• Euphoric sensation
• Amygdala shuts down
• HR up to 160-180 beats per minute
• Respiration up to 40 breaths per minute
• General loss of voluntary muscle/motor control

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Males (Phase 3)

• Contractions begin from base of testes through
  epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles,
  prostate gland, urethra, penis
• 2-5 ml of semen released over 3-10 secs
• Volume varies greatly depending on period of
  abstinence and degree of sustained arousal
• 3-4 ejaculatory contractions (0.8-sec intervals)
  then 2-4 slower contractions of anal sphincter

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Females (Phase 3)

• Uterine, vaginal, and pelvic muscles all
  rhythmically contract
• Strong muscle contractions in outer 1/3 of vagina
• 1st contraction 2-4 seconds
• Later contractions 3-15 seconds
• Occurring at 0.8 second intervals
• Slight expansion of inner 2/3 of vagina

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OH GOD
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4 Resolution Phase

• Body returns to pre-excitement phase
• Muscles relax, blood pressure drops
• Males experience refractory period following
  ejaculation during which nerves can no longer
  respond to stimulation
• Females may experience refractory period or may
  return to Plateau Phase and experience multiple
  orgasms upon further stimulation
• Perceived tiredness due to endorphin release
  causing relaxation drowsiness

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This is what happens
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Sexual Abnormalities

• Masochism
• Pleasure in Pain

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Masochism

• -Pleasure in pain, the pursuit of suffering.
• -Willing submission to
• -cruelty
• -humiliation
• -forms of enslavement
• -physical abuse
• -psychological abuse.
• -Bondage

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Bondage
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Humiliation
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Causes

• Unconscious motivation
• Sexual and aggressive instincts
• Narcissism
• Guilt repression

• Freud and the Oedipus complex
• Unconscious need for punishment
• Appeasement of the superego
• Neurosis or society

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Overactive Sex Drive Abnormalities
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Hypersexuality

• The need for frequent genital stimulation that
  doesnt result in sexual satisfaction.
• Causes
• Can be a symptom of bipolar disease.
• Occurs during the manic phase
• Sex turns into an obsession
• Can also be caused by Kulver-Bucy syndrome
• Also can be cause by lesions to the amygdala

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Sexual Addiction

• One who is considered an addict with respect to
  sexual actions.
• Causes
• May occur as a coping mechanism to deal with
  other emotional problems.

Pauly Shore
However not classified as a mental disorder.
Some people are skeptical as to if it actually
even exists
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Sexual addiction cont.

• Biological addiction
• The need for the neurochemical release that
  occurs during sex.
• Psychological addiction
• Caused by the need to escape from a mental
  state.
• Can be a replacement for drug abuse.

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Thoughts

• Abnormal thought process
• Sex addicts normal consciousness is composed of
  constant sexual thoughts.
• Hypersexual people normally have a brain defect

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Conclusion

• Sex is an altered state due to
• Neurochemical changes
• Hormonal activations
• Changes in brain activation
• Biological state changes
• Social Behavior and interactions.

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