Short Essays

Topics for Short Essays: 6 out of 10

Choose 6 out of the 10 topics below and write a short essay on each of the chosen topics.
Total available time: 3 hrs.

I.

  1. Explain why the term "premature ejaculation" is misleading.
  2. Describe the symptoms and the treatment of a female sexual dysfunction that has no male equivalent.
  3. Name and describe two ejaculatory dysfunctions.
  4. Explain why the term "dyspareunia" is inadequate.
  5. Name and desribe two different sexual dysfunctions that occur in both females and males.
  6. Give at least three traditional definitions of "impotence" and explain why the term is no longer helpful in sex therapy.
  7. Give at least two traditional definitions of "frigidity" and explain why the term is no longer helpful in sex therapy.
  8. Explain the silent assumptions underlying the terms "perversion", "aberrration", and "deviation".
  9. Name at least two methods by which men can learn to delay their orgasms.
  10. Name at least two causes of lack of orgasm in women.

II.

  1. Invented sexual diseases - give three examples.
  2. Why and how do therapists conduct a sexological examination?
  3. Why and how do therapists take a sex history?
  4. Describe the “classic” sexual dysfunctions in detail.
  5. Sexual dysfunctions are only some of many sexual health problems. What are the others?
  6. Explain the functions of the perineometer and the penile plethysmograph.
  7. Why should one beware of figures about the prevalence of sexual dysfunctions?
  8. Describe the symptoms and the treatment of vaginismus.
  9. Who introduced the concept of a dual team of sex therapists and why?
  10. Discuss the concept of “low sexual desire”.

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