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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the chapter, students should be able to:

  1. Describe the pioneering work of William Masters and Virginia Johnson.
  2. Describe and diagram the four phases of the Masters and Johnson EPOR model.
  3. Explain vasocongestion and myotonia.
  4. Explain the similarities and differences between male and female sexual response.
  5. Discuss what is meant by tantric sexual techniques.
  6. Discuss the myth of female orgasm during heterosexual intercourse.
  7. Discuss what is know about the G-spot and female ejaculation.
  8. Explain the role of desire in Kaplan’s three-stage model of sexual response.
  9. Explain David Reed’s Erotic Stimulus Pathway Theory.
  10. Compare and contrast the models of sexual response presented by Masters and Johnson, Kaplan, and Reed.
  11. Discuss the “new view of women’s sexual problems,” including concerns raised with Masters and Johnson’s model.





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