chapter 5 Flashcards
sexual orientation
describes how sexual desires are patterned in relationship to the gender system
components of sexual orientation
sexual attraction (to whom you are attracted to)
sexual behaviors (what you do)
sexual identity (how you feel)
heterosexuality
attraction to a person of a different gender
gay and lesbian
bisexual
pansexual
gay and lesbian: attraction to the same gender
bisexuality: attraction towards members of more than one gender
pansexuality: attractions to a person regardless of gender and/or sex
Queer
Polyamory
Kink
Queer - non-normative sexuality, gender, and/or sex
polyamory - consensually non-monogamous
kink - sexual practices including bondage, discipline, domination, submission, sadism, and masochism (BDSM)
sodomy laws
- define consensual, non-normative sex acts as crimes
- used to close obvious subculture elements
sex work laws
- business that provides sex-related products/services
- regulated or criminalized by most countries
sexual abuse laws
- any form of unwanted sexual behavior perpetrated by another
- definitions differ across nations and subcultures
- spousal rape was legal until the 90s
sex trafficking laws
- selling humans for purposes of sexual exploitation or sexual slavery
enforcing sexual norms at the micro level
-Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in schools
- 2/3 of LGBTQ+ middle school students regularly experience verbal harassment
- school support for LGBTQ students varies
enforcing sexual norms at the micro level
- Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in workplaces
- vulnerabilities in areas without anti-discrimination laws
- supportive internal policies
enforcing sexual norms at the micro level
- socioeconomic and health consequences for LGBTQ+ persons
- discrimination and lack of experience
- laws allow businesses to deny services
- medical care inequities
- denial of care
- poor treatment
moral panics
- media coverage of high-profile sex crimes -> public sex offender registry
- harsh sex offender laws covered a wide range of “sex” crimes
changes norms around sexual behavior outside of marriage: norms and morality shifts
- courtship
- dating culture
- premarital sex
- “hookup culture”
shifting attitudes on sexual orientation and same-sex marriage
- social changes about sexuality not always unidirectional
- states passed amendments against same-sex marriage
- meanings derived from social interactions
asexuality
low or absent sexual attractions
bisexuality
Sexual attraction toward members of more than one gender
heterosexuality
Sexual attraction to a person of a different gender
moral panics
Feelings of fear that spread quickly through a population based on the idea that some form of evil threatens society
pansexuality
Sexual and/or romantic attractions regardless of gender and/or sex
romantic attraction
feelings of affection, love, and longing for someone
sex negative
Sees sex, including consensual sex, as fundamentally dangerous; views sexual expression as a problem to be managed, repressed, and controlled
sex positive
Understands consensual sex as a fundamentally positive activity that should be promoted
sexual minorities
People with types of sexual orientations other than heterosexuality
