Topics for Short Essays: 6 out of 10
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Choose 6 out of the 10 topics below and write a short essay on each of the chosen topics. Total available time: 3 hrs.
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I.
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- Explain why the term "premature ejaculation" is misleading.
- Describe the symptoms and the treatment of a female sexual dysfunction that has no male equivalent.
- Name and describe two ejaculatory dysfunctions.
- Explain why the term "dyspareunia" is inadequate.
- Name and desribe two different sexual dysfunctions that occur in both females and males.
- Give at least three traditional definitions of "impotence" and explain why the term is no longer helpful in sex therapy.
- Give at least two traditional definitions of "frigidity" and explain why the term is no longer helpful in sex therapy.
- Explain the silent assumptions underlying the terms "perversion", "aberrration", and "deviation".
- Name at least two methods by which men can learn to delay their orgasms.
- Name at least two causes of lack of orgasm in women.
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II.
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- Invented sexual diseases - give three examples.
- Why and how do therapists conduct a sexological examination?
- Why and how do therapists take a sex history?
- Describe the “classic” sexual dysfunctions in detail.
- Sexual dysfunctions are only some of many sexual health problems. What are the others?
- Explain the functions of the perineometer and the penile plethysmograph.
- Why should one beware of figures about the prevalence of sexual dysfunctions?
- Describe the symptoms and the treatment of vaginismus.
- Who introduced the concept of a dual team of sex therapists and why?
- Discuss the concept of “low sexual desire”.
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