A female client tells the nurse about having difficulty with sexual relations because of a recent weight gain. Which interventions should the nurse include when planning this client's care?
A) Sexual self-concept
B) Gender identity
C) Body image
D) Gender-role behavior
Answer: C
Body image is constantly changing. How people feel about their bodies is related to sexuality. People who have a poor body image may respond negatively to sexual arousal. This is what the client is experiencing. Sexual self-concept determines with whom one will have sex, the gender and kinds of people one is attracted to, and the values about when, where, with whom, and how one expresses sexuality. Gender identity is one's self-image as male or female. Gender-role behavior is the outward expression of a person's sense of maleness or femaleness as well as the expression of what is perceived as gender-appropriate behavior.
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