Question

For this task, assume you are a well-known psychologist and have been asked to give a radio interview in your local community. The questions asked of you are based on THREE concepts about female anatomy and THREE concepts of male anatomy that were new or surprising to you when you first entered the field of psychology. Provide a transcript of your responses to the following questions:  

• What were the concepts that were most surprising to you of the male anatomy? The female anatomy?
• What sexual concepts do you think should be more widely known?
• What do you think would be different if more people were aware of these facts?
• How do you think social and cultural influences have had an impact on attitudes of the general public about these facts?

Answer 1

1. What are three concepts that were most surprising to you of the male anatomy at first?

Three concepts of male anatomy that were surprising at first were:

1.The temperature of the scrotal sac is 2 degree less than the body temperature.
2. Urine and se-men are transported by the same tube
3 The sensitivity of the pe-nis because of the nerve endings.

2. What are the three concepts that are most surprising to you about the female anatomy at first?

Three concepts of the female anatomy that were surprising at first:

1.The ultra elasticity of the uterus and the amount it could expand so as to fit in a baby.
2.The va-Gina is acidic, having a ph of 4.5, because of lactic acid bacteria
3. The vag-ina is self cleaning.

3. The se-xual concepts that should be more widely known are:

The clear distinction between concepts of gender, se-xual orientation as well as se-x are unclear to people. The fact that the se-xual behavior of a person would not be defining his se-xual orientation. The concept of gender dysphoria, which is not even paid attention by people, but needs to be known more clearly. The common people need to know that transgenders may not associate themselves with the appointed se-x.

4. If more people were aware of these facts, the myths that surround se-x , gender etc would start to become clear. It has to be explained to people that the concept of gender, se-xual activity etc is multi dimensional and is way more deeper than what is yet known. Also, thsf homose-xuality is not only observed in humans, but is also observed in bonobos.

5. Our societies are largely responsible in shaping the thought process of a person. The concept of social learning explains how people living in a similar community or neighbourhood might be having concepts that are similar and have ideas that in some or the other way coincide with one another. The shaping of these concepts is because of the prevailing ideas in the society. Any acts that deviate from the norm, are criticised and not accepted, thus leading to aversion of the “abnormal”