COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND VICTIMOLOGY
Sexual Behaviors
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Behavior – refers to an action.
➢ Overt behavior – directly observable.
➢ Covert behavior – not readily observable by the naked eye.
Motivation – something that drives us to do something.
Sexual Behavior – an actions that human agree to interpret as an expression of their sexual
motivations or intentions. Sexual behavior are generally erotic behavior such that they involve any
of the primary or the secondary erotic zones.
Erogenous Zones – it is an area of the human body that has heightened sensitivity, the stimulation
of which may generate a sexual response, such as relaxation, sexual fantasies, sexual arousal and
orgasm.
Type of Sexual Behavior according to aim of the behavior;
➢ Auto-erotic (self-directed) – masturbation or the stimulation of one’s own genitals
➢ Homoerotic – sexual behaviors oriented to the same sex.
➢ Heteroerotic – sexual behavior oriented to the opposite.
Copulation – the insertion of the penis to the vagina.
➢ Ventral-ventral position – wherein the male and female species are facing each other.
➢ Ventral-dorsal position – wherein the male species is facing the dorsum of the female
species, such that insertion of the penis to the vagina from behind.
Non – copulatory sexual behavior – such as kissing, hugging, caressing.
➢ Fellatio – oral stimulation of the penis.
➢ Cunnilingus – oral stimulation of the vagina.
➢ Anal sex – penetration of the anal orifice.
SEXUAL RESPONSE CYCLE
Master Johnson’s Model: Four Phases of Sexual Response Cycle
1. Excitement
2. Plateau
3. Orgasm
4. Resolution
Kaplan’s Model
1. Desire
2. Arousal
3. Orgasm
SEXUAL RESPONSE DYSFUNCTIONS
Sexual Desire Disorder – when an individual has low level of desire or has an aversion to
sexual activities.
Sexual arousal Disorder – when an individual has a problem in achieving necessary
psychological state for copulation (e.g., erectile dysfunction in males)
Orgasmic Disorder – when an individual has problems in achieving orgasm (e.g., premature
ejaculation among males)
Sexual Pain Disorder) – when there is an experience of pain during the sexual response cycle
(e.g., painful erection or dyspareunia, and vaginal spasm or vaginismus).
PARAPHILIAS
Paraphilia – is when an individual gets sexually aroused by an object, a person, or a circumstance
that are unusual.
Some common Paraphilic Disorder
Exhibitionism – pleasure from exposing one’s genital to nonconsenting people
Fetishism – arousal from non-living objects (e.g., shoes, socks, body parts)
Frotteurism – touching or rubbing one’s body or genitals to nonconsenting people.
Pedophilia – arousal from children
Sexual Masochism – arousal from actual suffering or humiliation
Sexual Sadism – arousal from actual inflicting pain to others.
Transvestic Fetishism – (for heterosexual males only) arousal from wearing clothing by the
opposite sex during sexual activities.
Voyeurism – observing other people engaged in sexual activities.
