1. Removal of the clitoris during FGC can significantly diminish a woman’s sexual pleasure.

True | False

2. Gynecologists believe that hysterectomy is the removal of a reproductive organ, not a sexual organ, and that a woman’s sexuality is, therefore, not impaired.

True | False

3. When a woman has a hysterectomy or oophorectomy, she may experience vaginal dryness and loss of libido.

True | False

4. Women who have had treatment for breast cancer, including radiation, surgery, or chemotherapy, do not normally experience loss of desire, diminished arousal, and weakened orgasm, because their genitalia have not been involved in the treatment.

True | False

5. Prostate surgery may result in impotence (erectile dysfunction) and urinary incontinence.

True | False

6. Sexuality begins before birth, as demonstrated by male fetuses’ achieving erections in utero.

True | False

7. At age 13 to 15, a child begins to conform to society’s message about how females and males should act.

True | False

8. Male climacteric occurs at age 65 to 75 and is characterized by loss of sexual function.

True | False

9. People have the capacity for sexual function until the end of their lives.

True | False

10. The largest sexual organ that an individual has is the skin.

True | False

11. The female sexual organ that has the sole function of providing sexual pleasure is the:

1. Perineum
2. Vagina
3. Clitoris
4. Bartholin’s gland

12. This male sexual organ produces testosterone, which is responsible for the development of male sexual characteristics and for the sex drive (libido).

1. Testes
2. Prostate gland
3. Cowper’s gland
4. Penis

13. During penile-vaginal intercourse, the lower part of this organ may give the woman pleasure, while the upper portion contracts during orgasm.

1. Ovaries
2. Labia majora
3. Clitoris
4. Uterus

14. This male sexual organ is walnut-sized and very sensitive to stimulation during sex, and secretes about 30% of the fluid that makes up semen.

1. Penis
2. Prostate gland
3. Epididymis
4. Vas deferens

15. The most important sexual organ is the:

1. Vagina
2. Penis
3. Heart
4. Brain