BIp046 Biological rootage of human sexuality

Faculty of Education
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Jančová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martina Jančová, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Martina Jančová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Tue 31. 3. 16:00–17:50 učebna 1, Tue 7. 4. 16:00–17:50 učebna 60, Tue 14. 4. 16:00–17:50 učebna 1, Tue 21. 4. 16:00–17:50 učebna 1, Tue 28. 4. 16:00–17:50 učebna 1, Tue 5. 5. 16:00–17:50 učebna 1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Students: explain the sexual dimorphism in the human appearance and behavior, understand the patterns of sexual and erotic behavior, be knowledgeable in fylogenesis and ontogenesis of sexual behavior in context of other members of order Primates, primarilly of great apes, understand of biological basis of reproduction strategies of men and women, importance of marriage and family, changes of sexuality in marriage and reasons of genital mutilations.
Syllabus
  • 1. The biology of sexuality. Sexual body development. 2. Phylogeny of human sexual behavior, 3. Ontogeny of human sexual behavior I. 4. Ontogeny of human sexual behavior II. 5. Response to olfactory stimulus. 6. Sexual behavior – identification, orientation, emotions. 7. Sexual behaviour in childhood and adolescence, 8. Sexual hormones, cerebral neurotransmitters and sexuality. 9. Sexual behavior of primates and its importance for the emergence of sexuality in the evolution of the Hominoidea. Sexuality of antropoids. 10. Sexuality of great apes: orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee and bonobo. 11. Reproduction strategies of men and women. 12. Mutilations of genitals - circumcisions, castration, hemicastration, piercing, ampallang,...
Literature
    recommended literature
  • • BAKER, Robin (2005). Válka spermií. Jota. 296 s. ISBN 80-7217-363-4
  • • MORRIS, Desmond (1997)). Intimate Behavior: A Zoologist's Classic Study of Human Intimacy. Kodansha Globe. 393 s. ISBN: 3669363639
  • Gray, P. B. (2013): Evolution and Human Sexuality. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 57:94-118
  • • PLZÁK, Miroslav (2011). Taktika a strategie v lásce. Motto, 232 s. ISBN 978-80-7246-565-1
  • • Bishop, Clifford Osthelder, Xenia, ed. (2001): Sexualia: From Prehistory to Cyberspace. Köln am Rhein: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
  • OTOVÁ, Berta and Romana MIHALOVÁ. Základy biologie a genetiky člověka. 1. vyd. V Praze: Karolinum, 2012, 227 s. ISBN 9788024621098. info
  • VACEK, Zdeněk. Embryologie : učebnice pro studenty lékařství a oborů všeobecná sestra a porodní asistentka. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2006, 255 s. ISBN 9788024712673. info
  • VANČATA, Václav, Marina VANČATOVÁ and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 10: Sexualita primátů. Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2002, 92 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-2865-3. info
  • VRHEL, František and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 4: Antropologie sexuality: Sociokulturní hledisko. Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2002, 80 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-2821-1. info
  • ZVĚŘINA, Jaroslav and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 5: Sexuologie pro antropology (Panorama of biological and sociocultural anthropology 5: Sexuology for anthropologists). Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2002, 68 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-2822-X. info
  • SKUPNIK, Jaroslav and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 7: Manželství a sexualita z antropologické perspektivy. Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2002, 76 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-2840-8. info
  • MORRIS, Desmond. Lidský živočich : osobní pohled na lidský druh. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Euromedia Group, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 8071765295. info
  • ZVĚŘINA, Jaroslav. Lékařská sexuologie. Praha: Nakladatelství odborné literatury H&H, 1991, 233 s. ISBN 8085467046. info
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  • LEHMILLER, Justin J. The psychology of human sexuality. Second edition. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell, 2018, xxix, 442. ISBN 9781119164715. info
  • BILDER, Glenda. Human biological aging : from macromolecules to organ systems. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016, ix, 330. ISBN 9781118967027. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, reading
Assessment methods
collective oral discussion
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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