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N209: Reproductive Health Study Guide vas deferens or sperm duct. There, the seminal vesicles and prostate gland produce a whitish fluid, which mixes with sperm to form semen. 1.4 Sexual Preferences and Activity Sexual preferences include: • Sexual orientation: Attraction or preference to persons of the opposite sex or gender, same sex or gender, or to both sexes/genders • Gender identity: Refers to a person’s innate, deeply felt psychological identification as a man, woman, or some other gender, which may or may not correspond to their sex at birth • Heterosexual: A person who is attracted romantically or sexually to persons of the opposite sex or gender • Homosexual: A person who is attracted romantically or sexually to persons of the same sex or gender • Bisexual: A person who is attracted romantically or sexually to both males and females • Pansexual: A person who is attracted to any gender, or non-gendered person, identifying with any sexual orientation • Transsexual: A person who has a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex • Transvestite: A person who adopts the dress and often the behavior typical of the opposite sex, especially for purposes of emotional or sexual gratification Sexual activities and factors that influence them include: • Sexual activity: Any voluntary sexual behavior, which can be done alone or with other people • Most common sexual activities: Masturbation, kissing, massage, intimate touching, intercourse (vaginal or anal), oral sex, utilization of sex toys, watching and/or reading erotica • Factors affecting sexual activity or behavior: Sexual modesty, religiousigns and symptomspiritual beliefs, reproductive choices • Culture and families: These shape a person’s idea of what is sexually acceptable (may lead to a fear of discussing or learning about or doing it) • Age: Frequency of sex declines with age due to physical health, financial concerns, and sexual dissatisfaction (especially among women) 1.5 Gender Development • Gender norm: The set of rules for what is appropriate masculine and feminine behavior in a given culture • Gender identity: The way in which being feminine or masculine, a woman or a male, becomes

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