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Sex

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Biological distinction between females and males

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Alfred Kinsey

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Did research involving sexuality

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Sexual revolution in 1960

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Sex drugs and rock ‘n’ roll came to be called the sexual revolution

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The invention of the birth control pill 1960

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And end of the historical connection between heterosexual intercourse and pregnancy gave women freedom

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Ok Kate millet

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Said that sex is really about power men view women as sexual creatures men dominate women

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Sexual orientation

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Persons romantic an emotional attraction to another person

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Heterosexuality

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Sexual attraction to someone of the other sex

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Homosexuality

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Sexual attraction to someone of the same sex

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Sexual attraction and sexual behavior are Not the same

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Bisexuality

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Sexual attraction ofPeople of both sexses

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Asexuality

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Absence of sexual attraction to people of other sex

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Alfred kinsey

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Claimed Most women and men experience at least some same-sex attraction although most do not act on it

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Berdache

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Dressing and acting like a women Doing women’s work and even marrying another man

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Muexs

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Men Address and act as women some only on ritual occasions some all the time a third sexual category

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Stonewall riot

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Started in stonewall bar Gay men and women and others fight in the street for two days for the rights

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Homophobia

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And aversion to you or hostility toward people thought to be gay lesbian or bisexual

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Transgender

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Appearing or behaving in ways that challenge conventional cultural norms considering healthy meals and Mail should look and act

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Transgender movement

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Challenge is the idea that sexuality and gender identity must be expressed in the traditional binary terms of female and male involves pronouns label people and identities

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Cisgenders

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Identifies people whose gender identity reflects the same assignment they had a birth

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LGBTQ

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Lesbian gay bisexual transgender or questioning

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Pornography

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Words or images intended To cause sexual arousal

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Erotica

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Includes the artistic portrayal of nudity throughout not necessarily sexual activity

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Soft core pornography

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Which shows or discribes Community and suggest sexual activity

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Hard-core pornography

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Contains explicit descriptions for images of sexual acts

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Effects of pornography
Inability to achieve sexual arousal sexual violence | Pedophilia
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Conservative on pornography
Moral issue emphasizes personal responsibility they define it as a social problem because it threatens conventional morality
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Liberals view on pornography
Divided over calling it’s a social problem Some believe that whatever material people choose to read her view is there on business defend freedom of expression support peoples right to privacy
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Feminist liberals view on pornography
Object to pornography as demeaning women a power issue typically depicts women as the play things a Man
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Sexual harassment
I want to Commons gestational price or physical contact of a sexual nature
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TITLE IX
Higher education amendments which band sex discrimination institution receiving federal funds
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Hearing of Clarence thomas
Anita hill accused him of sexual harassment
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Types of sexual harassment
Quid pro quo one thing for another Sexual jokes bide photos touching Creating a hostile working environment
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Oncale vs sundowner offshore services
Man threatening rape to another man
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Ellerth vs Burlington industries
Woman complained that their supervisors were making sexual advances he could make her job easy or difficult
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Faragher v city of nova raton
Women who worked his lifeguards in the city of Florida and their supervisors I create a hostile workplace environment gauging and sexual comments and physical touch
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Ellerth and Burlington industries | Faragher vs BofA raton caused
Ruling that employees can be victims of harassment even if they are not obviously harmed by losing out on a promotion and that employers are responsible
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Prostitution
The selling of sexual services
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Major reason that pregnancy rate among girls in their teams has been declining
Decline in a share of teens who are sexually active | Increased use of contraceptives among teens who are sexually active
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Critics of sex Ed say
Levels of sexual activity in teens Has increased but your son sex education is part of the problem
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Supporters of sex education to say
Biggest cause of teenage pregnancy is ignorance it makes sense to teach young people about birth control methods and contracting sexually transmitted diseases
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Abortion
Intentional termination of pregnancy
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Roe vs wade | Doe vs bolton
Struck down Allstate abortion laws
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Hyde Amendment
Prohibiting the use of Medicaid funds For abortions except for necessary to save a life
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Harris vs mcrae
The state and federal governments will not provide poor women with taxpayer funded abortions
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Webster vs Reproductive health services
Court of held state laws that require doctors before performing an abortion to conduct medical test to see whether to see this could survive outside the mothers body
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Planned Parenthood of southern Pennsylvania versus Casey
Reaffirm that states had white latitude and setting abortion policy
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TRAP LAWS
Targeted regulation of abortion provider barriers to women abortion rights
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Sexually transmitted infections
Infection spread by sexual contact
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Gonorrhea and syphilis
Oldest infections Gonorrhea can cause sterile and syphilis can result in blindness and mental disorders and even death
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Genital herpes
Has no cure it has a virus painful blisters on genitals accompanied by fever and headache
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AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome destroys the bodies immune system not being able to fight off a range of other diseases that will cause death
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HIV
Is transmitted from person to person through blood semen or breastmilk but it’s not transmitted through casual contact such as shaking hands
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Behaviors that put people at risk for HIV Infection
Anal sex Sharing needles Useing any drug this harms a persons judgement
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Incest taboo
Forbids sex Between certain close family members causing confusion in famlies
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Kingsley davis
Wrote about the benefits of prostitution for society talking about the benefits to some men
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Virginity
State of never having sexual intercourse
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Queer theory
Why do you theory and research that changes the heterosexual bias in the US society Highlights inequality between homosexual and heterosexual
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Hererosexism
Treats heterosexuality as the normal stigmatizing anyone who violates this morning as queer
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Feminist theory queer theory
Highlight how closely sexuality is tied to varies dimensions of social inequality
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Radical left a few politics of sexuality what is the problem
Men dominate women does heterosexual people with other sexual orientations
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Radical left view sexuality What is the solution
Sexism and hetero sexism are deeply rooted in the existing system of radical feminine Queer theory Argues that the quality for people of all sexual orientations require a basic things in our culture
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Liberal view sexuality What is the problem
Prostitution and pornography Porn women teen pregnancy is going to poverty and sexual-harassment prevents people from doing their jobs
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Liberal view sexuality solutions
Government must combat prostitution and pornography keep sexuality out of the workplace ensure abortion is available to all women and pursue a cure for aids
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Far right sexuality problem
Far right holds that premarital sex an extra marital sex and homosexuality violate traditional principles of right and wrong abortion two is morally wrong
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Conservative views
Conservatives are more excepting of the social patterns of
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Far right and conservative sexuality solution
Families preferably with two active involved parents must teach children traditional virtues personal responsibility in matters of sexuality problems such as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections will decline

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