chapter 9- true or false

Question 1

true or false-Less than 5% of the U.S. population identifies as exclusively gay or lesbian?

Answer 1

True: Just under 5% of the population identifies as exclusively gay or lesbian.

Question 2

true or false-Many asexual people report difficulty in understanding their internal experiences of their sexuality because they lack the language to describe these experiences?

Answer 2

True: Because asexuality is not well
understood, asexual people often lack the language to describe and understand their experiences until they first encounter the relevant terminology.

Question 3

true or false-Recent evidence suggests that most American children and teenagers have either sent or received
sexts (sexual texts, images, or videos) via mobile phone?

Answer 3

False: Relatively small percentages of children send or receive sexts.

Question 4

true or false-Genital reconstructive surgery typically makes it difficult for transgender people to have orgasms?

Answer 4

False: Transgender people report relatively high rates of orgasm following surgery.

Question 5

true or false-While men experience their sexual peak between the ages of 19 and 25, women reach their sexual peak around the ages of 30–35?

Answer 5

False: There is little evidence that men and women “peak” sexually at such disparate ages.