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Understanding The Self Notes 1
Understanding The Self Notes 1
NOTES-REVIEWER
Sexual response follows a pattern of sequential stages or phases when sexual activity is
continued.
1. Excitement phase = it is caused by increase in pulse and blood pressure; a sudden rise in
blood supply to the surface of the body resulting in increased skin temperature, flushing, and
swelling of all distensible body parts particularly noticeable in the male and female
reproductive system, rapid breathing, secretion of genital fluids, vaginal expansion, and a
general increase in muscle tension.
3. Sexual climax = a feeling of abrupt, intense pleasure, and rapid increase in pulse rate and
blood pressure, and spasms of the pelvic muscles causing contractions of the female reproductive
organ and ejaculation by the male that last only for few seconds normally not over ten.