Upon completion of the chapter, students should be able to:
- Describe the pioneering work of William Masters and Virginia Johnson.
- Describe and diagram the four phases of the Masters and Johnson EPOR model.
- Explain vasocongestion and myotonia.
- Explain the similarities and differences between male and female sexual response.
- Discuss what is meant by tantric sexual techniques.
- Discuss the myth of female orgasm during heterosexual intercourse.
- Discuss what is know about the G-spot and female ejaculation.
- Explain the role of desire in Kaplan’s three-stage model of sexual response.
- Explain David Reed’s Erotic Stimulus Pathway Theory.
- Compare and contrast the models of sexual response presented by Masters and Johnson, Kaplan, and Reed.
- Discuss the “new view of women’s sexual problems,” including concerns raised with Masters and Johnson’s model.