Human Sexuality Scenarios 101+

By Prof. P J Gammarano

A compilation of realistic scenarios in on the Human Sexuality topic, with background orientations for each situation or discussion concept, and relevant questions posed to the reader. Suitable as a course workbook.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 2, 2006
• ISBN: 9781462813216

Prof. P J Gammarano

A college professor who is a Health Educator & author of four other XLIBRIS books.

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HUMAN SEXUALITY

SCENARIOS 101+

Prof. P J Gammarano, M.A., J.D.

Copyright © 2006 by Prof. P J Gammarano, M.A., J.D.

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Contents

A

ABORTION AS A CONTINUING ISSUE

ADDICTIONS

ADULTERY

AFTERPLAY

AGING AND INTEREST IN SEX

AIRPLANES AND FOOLING AROUND

ALCOHOL AND SEX

ANTI-ABUSE MEDICINE: COMMUNICATION

ARGUMENTS—WHEN YOU WIN

YOU MAY LOSE

ATTRACTION ASSIGNMENT:

ASK QUESTIONS!

B

BARS AND MEETING PEOPLE

BATCH YOUR SELECTION FACTORS

FOR A MATE

BUDGETS IN MARRIAGE

C

CANCER & SEXUALITY

CARING DURING ILLNESS

CHILDREN AND HOW MANY?

COMPETITION FOR LOVE INTERESTS

COMPUMATCH—PERSONALITY-PLUS

CONTRACEPTION DILEMMA

D

DECISIONS TO HAVE CHILDREN

DIVORCE ALTERNATIVES

DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE

(NOT LIKE HORSE & CARRIAGE)

DRESSED REHEARSALS:

DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES, OR . . .

. . . PRINCIPLES OF ABUSIVE,

UNHEALTHY HOMES

E

EDUCATING OUR YOUTH ON SEXUALITY

ENGAGEMENT: HOW LONG IS ENOUGH?

EXERCISE GYM

F

FALLING IN LOVE: A PROCESS OR PRODUCT

FAMILY LIFE AND CHORES

FANTASY STUFF

FOOD, MOOD, AND SEXUAL RESPONSE

FOREIGN COUNTRIES

FREQUENCY OF SEX I: TUNING IN

TO YOUR PARTNER’S NEEDS

FREQUENCY OF SEX II: WHAT THE POLLS SAY

G

GETTING YOUR ACT TOGETHER:

SELF-ACTUALIZATION ACCORDING

TO ABRAHAM MASLOW

GIRLFRIENDS, BOYFRIENDS & MARRIAGE

H

HARD-CORE QUESTION

HEADS UP FROM THE ‘HOOD

HELPING OTHERS COPE

HIGH SCHOOL PASSAGES

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HALLWAYS

HOLIDAYS AND OTHER OCCASIONS

HONEYMOON TIME

I

INDEPENDENT THINKING AND YOU

IDENTITY CRISIS—NOT!!

ILLNESS/INJURY AND SEXUALITY

WITH A PARTNER

INFLUENCE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE/ ALCOHOLISM ON INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS

INTERRACIAL/INTERCULTURAL MARRIAGE

INTEREST IN SAME SEX

INTERVENTIONS: COUNSELING

INTERNET AND CHEATING

J

JUDGEMENT, DRUGS AND SEXUALITY

JUDGEMENT INFLUENCED

BY SUBSTANCE ABUSE

K

KAMA SUTRA

KEEPING FRIENDS OUT OF YOUR LOVE LIFE

KIDS AND SEX

L

LOSS OF SPOUSE/PARTNER

AND REBUILDING AFTERWARD

LOVE & DUTY: CONFLICTS

LOVE BRAINSTORM

LUCK IN FINDING A SPECIAL SOMEONE

M

MAKING UP

MARRIAGE AND THE ICE CREAM SHOPPE

MATURE YEARS AND INTEREST IN SEX

MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS

MYTHS

N

NEWLYWED GAME TV SHOW REVISITED

NO MEANS NO—NO KIDDING!

O

OCCUPATIONS/CAREERS AND SEXUALITY

ORGY? OR, GEE—

I DIDN’T KNOW YOU CAN PICK UP MORE THAN SEX AT SUCH PARTIES!

101 ONE-HUNDRED AND ONE THINGS TO DO IN A RELATIONSHIP INSTEAD

OF UNPROTECTED SEX

OUT OF THE FAMILIAR WITH YOUR DATE

OVERDOING IT—OR UNDERDOING

IT ON LADIES DRESS

P

PARENTAL PERSPECTIVES

ON SEXUALITY EDUCATION

PARAPHILIAS

PERPLEXING FIRST QUESTION

PERSONAL AND PARTNER PREFERENCES

PEER PRESSURE AND SEXUALITY

PORN AND YOUR PARTNER

PORNOGRAPHY: SUBSCRIPTION

TO TROUBLE OR NOT?

XXXXXX

Q

QUELLING THINGS IN A RELATIONSHIP

QUEST FOR HAPPINESS

R

RECIPROCITY IN REVELATIONS

ABOUT ONE’S SELF

A REPORTER’S NOTES . . .

RACY STUFF: TO SHAVE OR NOT TO SHAVE (BODY REGION)

RESEARCH AND SURVEYS

REKINDLING YOUR LOVE

RUNNING GAMES

S

SELF-GRATIFICATION: A TOUCHY SUBJECT

SAY WHEN: FREQUENCY OF SEX AND AGREEING ON IT.

SEX FOR DUMMIES

SEXUAL HARASSMENT I:

DATING ON THE JOB?

SEXUAL HARASSMENT I I:

IMMUNITY FROM LAWSUIT?

SEXUAL HARASSMENT I I I: TAKING ACTION

SEXUAL HARASSMENT I V: YOU’VE GOT MALE MALE ON MALE HARASSMENT**

SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH I

SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH I I

SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND SEXUALITY

SOCIAL EVENTS: PARTIES, ETC.

SPHERE OF FRIENDS

SPORTS AND SEX: IS SEX A SPORT?

STEREOTYPING: PITFALLS OF STUDIES

STI/STD SURVIVAL NOTES

SUPPORTING YOUR RELATIVES

DURING A MARITAL SEPARATION

T

TABOOS

TATTOOS AND BODY PIERCINGS

TRAVELLING COMPANION

TRAVELLING MODE AND SEXUALITY

U

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE DORMITORIES AND THE COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT

V

VARIANCE IN BEHAVIORS (PARAPHILIAS)

VALUES CLARIFICATION

VENEREAL DISEASES OF YESTERYEAR AKA STDS/STIS (SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES/INFECTIONS)

VIRGINITY

W

WHAT KIND OF WORLD IS THIS?

WHY STUDY HUMAN SEXUALITY?

WEDDING PLANNING

WOMEN AND HISTORY

X

X. X. H.S.

Y

YESTERDAY AND TODAY:

DATING PROTOCOLS

YOUR LIFE AS A MOVIE

YOUTH AND SEX

Z

ZOOPHILIA: ONE OF THE PARAPHILIAS

ZZZZS VERSUS HAVING SEX:

WHEN CAN COUPLES AGREE ON THIS?

DEDICATION

"To my family, extended family & friends,

and to those who buy & read this toward a happier life."

"Sometimes it rains on a parade, but unless it’s a hurricane,

the parade continues . . ."

P J GAMMARANO Hazard zet forward

PREFACE

A backgrounder is the first part of each page throughout this workbook to orient the reader with regard to setting, mindset or thought process.

Instructors are thus free to use any number of these scenarios in class or as homework assignments, with optional reviews in class, or individual grading on reaction aspects. Most often class time is the delimiting factor on how much of this workbook can be used within the scope of a course.

The scenario, query point or challenge question which follows each backgrounder is meant to have the course participant thinking independently, whether individually addressing the matter, or in small groups for later reporting back to the larger class. Participants should be instructed to continue to take notes from the suggestions and thoughts of their group mates or classmates.

The course Instructor/Professor may elect to use the very same scenarios for examination purposes, where recall of several thoughts (from the many brainstormed from the class) represent testable points.

Feedback to the author with respect to most popular or favorite pages in use is of course very much appreciated.

Paul J. Gammarano

A

ABORTION AS A CONTINUING ISSUE

Background:

Perhaps the most heated debate in the area of human sexuality takes its form in the issue of the legitimacy of terminations of pregnancy. Various nations in the world will either freely allow it or forbid it. In the US the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade established guidelines which were introduced to provide a limited right to choose for the woman, as she holds the decision as to whether to carry the embryo/fetus to term (parturition or childbirth), or about the pregnancy, based on a variety of factors. These include: knowledge (or not) of the putative father, economic reasons (even when married or not), emotional reasons ( even when married or not), emotional reasons (rape, incest) and medical reasons, including hereditary anomalies such as Down’s Syndrome, hydrocephaly, or other dysfunctional development.

One major objective of human sexuality education is to make it clear that use of contraception, not abortion is the preferred pregnancy prevention measure. Also, abortion is the other form of birth control that is meant to be a last resort measure (if at all) against bringing unwanted or seriously deformed/dysfunctional children into the world. Women who have had an historical string of abortions clearly need counseling with regard to the use of contraception, not to mention the seriousness of any abortion procedure as a surgically invasive procedure, regardless of method or number of weeks pregnant.

Opinion surveys which poll populations on agreement or disagreement, i.e. favor or oppose abortion are arguably more accurate when presented as a two-part question:

1) Do you favor laws which support pro-life or pro-choice?!

2) Aside from your view on the law, how would you decide for yourself personally as a potential mother or putative father?

Based on numerous classroom surveys over several years by the author, the vast majority (approximately 80%) favor Pro-Choice law, yet personally would choose Pro-Life for themselves, thus leaving the ultimate choice even under the present law with the individual. It is notable that virtually all polled (in class by this author) would allow rape, incest, and medical exigency cases to go to early termination, in priority of mother’s life and social factors.

Questions:

1) What is your position on abortion, i.e. Pro-life or Pro-Choice" for your own personhood?

2) Is this the same or different for your view on how the law should be?

3) Do you agree with the trimester approach taken by Roe v. Wade which favors maternal rights of choice within first and second trimesters, and fetal rights to life within the third trimester?

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ADDICTIONS

Quick—How many hours are there in a week?

We are all given one-hundred and sixty-eight hours in each week of our lives. How we choose to spend many or most of these is largely up to us.

There are an almost infinite ways