Exam3Sexuality Textbook

Question 1

Is a broad idea referring not only to the ways we define ourselves sexually, but also how we define ourselves in terms of the biological categories of female and male and all of the ways in which we think about and express ourselves in terms of our beliefs, attitudes, and values; the cognitive aspect of sexual orientation

Answer 1

Sexual identity

Question 2

Like sexual identity, involves not only whom one chooses as a sexual partner, but the ways in which people understand and identify themselves
Ex:heterosexual,homosexual,bisexual, and transgender

Answer 2

Sexual orientation

Question 3

Traditions placed great emphasis on marriage and reproduction; those that didn’t marry considered sinful; sexual intercourse obligated to result in reproduction and only within marriage; women to be virgins at marriage or put to death;menstruation as unclean; nakedness,masturbation and homosexuality forbidden

Answer 3

Jewish Traditions and human sexuality

Question 4

Name the two ancient Jewish notions about human sexuality that became a part of Christian and non-Christian doctrine and to some degree can still be found in contemporary US sexual codes

Answer 4

Reproduction as a married couple’s obligation and male dominance over women in sexual relations

Question 5

Marriage as sacred union; early traditions influenced by St.Paul, all should strive for a chaste life; sexual intercourse should be within a marriage; celibacy and virginity as ideals; masturbation, intercourse while unclothed, during the daylight or forbidden postures became sexual crimes that had to be confessed; nakedness, looking at parts of body, dancing, singing, and touching others also considered sinful

Answer 5

Christian Traditions and Human Sexuality

Question 6

Religious reformer, renounced celibacy as an unnatural and unrealistic goal for human beings, left priesthood to marry, considered sex a natural and appropriate act when carried out within context of marriage

Answer 6

Martin Luther

Question 7

Brought Calvinist sexual Traditions to US; defined marriage as a covenant of God and thus the only legit mechanism for sex and procreation; sex brought married couple together morally and physically; husband obliged to satisfy his wife physically; sanctions against premarital and extramarital sex rigidly enforced; illegal to kiss on Sunday (law rarely enforced) dominated US sexual norms well into 19th century, when Victorians introduced new more rigid set of sexual taboos

Answer 7

Puritan Sexuality

Question 8

At the base of this view was the notion that any kind of sexual stimulation, especially orgasm, sapped a person’s “vital forces”; fully clothed during sexual intercourse so that not to provide excessive stimulation; codes as male phenomenon; upper and middle class women idealized and morally superior to men; decent women were not to have sexual desires (delicate, passive, asexual, and passionless) or otherwise be seen as having loose morals; men seen as sexual animals driven by their desires ;sexual double standard;sex acts as cause of blindness and insanity

Answer 8

Victorian Sexuality

Question 9

During this period extreme ambivalence regarding homosexuality; homosexuality became criminalized

Answer 9

Victorian era

Question 10

A campaign of sexual abstinence that began in the US given the Victorian views of sexuality

Answer 10

Social Purity Movement

Question 11

Lives and bodies of slaves completely controlled by slave owners; slaves prohibited from legal marriage and routinely forced to mate and increase slave population; slaves could not own property; male slaves took form of studs or being castrated; female slaves experiences concubine, mistress, and rape victim, robbed of sexual choice and no legal protection from rape of any white male

Answer 11

Sexuality and Slavery

Question 12

Our society’s guidelines or blueprints for defining and engaging in sexual behaviors; girls and romance; boys and sexual attraction outweighing emotional factors

Answer 12

Sexual scripts

Question 13

Parents, friends, relatives, and religious figures, who play an important role in our lives

Answer 13

Significant others

Question 14

The viewpoint of society at large

Answer 14

Generalized others

Question 15

What are the diff sources of sexual learning?

Answer 15

Family
Peers
Mass media

Question 16

What percentage of teens today say that they talk with their parents about sex on a regular basis?

Answer 16

40%

Question 17

Teens are less likely to have sex (early sex at least) when:

Answer 17

• two parents present in family
• teens who feel close to their mothers
• parents value education

Question 18

What two new trends have emerged among parents with teenagers?

Answer 18

1) put daughter on birth control

2) encourage safe sex by allowing them to have sex at home

Question 19

Differences of sexual scripts for females

Answer 19

Romance; parents more open about reproduction; scripts tie sexual activity to reproduction and family life; more restriction on sexuality; movements, social activities, and friendships more guarded; emphasis on monogamy and exclusiveness

Question 20

Differences in sexual scripts for males

Answer 20

Sexual attraction tend to outweigh emotional factors; sexuality connected to society’s notions of masculinity and ability to achieve in diff areas of life; emphasis on achievement and frequency of sexual activities

Question 21

Probably the most important factor that determines when adolescents become sexually active; teens feel they must keep up with their friends; more boys say pressured by friends to have sex for 1st time; 1/2 of sexually active teens say have done something sexual or felt pressure to do something they weren’t ready to do (females more likely to have these experiences in this case)

Answer 21

Peer Influence

Question 22

Until around what age do young ppl report learning about sex equally from parents, peers, and school?

Answer 22

15 yrs old, after this they learn almost twice as much about sex from peers than family and get an increasing amount of info abt sex from the media and decreasing amount from school

Question 23

Play a key role in constructing, shaping and transforming our views and knowledge about sexuality

Answer 23

Mass Media/ pop culture

Question 24

What’s the problem with sexual talk and portrayals in media?

Answer 24

Much of social constructions is inaccurate, distorted, inflated, misleading or false

Question 25

What percentage of all television shows include some sexual content?

Answer 25

70%

Question 26

Teens who listen to sexually explicit music with degrading are home many more times likely to be having sex?

Answer 26

Twice as likely to be having sex

Question 27

How does music videos and pro wrestling affect boys acceptance of rape?

Answer 27

Middle school aged boys watching music videos or pro wrestling one day a week are 10% more likely to have a higher acceptance rate of rape.
Watch music videos 4 days a week and pro wrestling 2 days a week have 70% higher odds of greater level of rape acceptance.