Perspectives on Sexuality

Question 1

Biological Sex

Answer 1

biological condition of being male or female determined by genes, physiology and hormones.

Question 2

Gender

Answer 2

The psychological experience of femaleness and maleness

Question 3

How does the media influence how we think about sex and sexuality?

Answer 3

• Shapes our own view of ourselves and norms.
• What is normal what should be desired but that in itself is a social construct
• Often portrays stereotypes. ex: gay flamboyant male
• Allows people who don’t feel they fit in to find their group
• Doesn’t always show “real life”

Question 4

Sex has been used in ______ for decades to sell things

Answer 4

advertisements

Question 5

The Kiss (1896)

Answer 5

The first ever motion picture kiss, considered very “scandalous”

Question 6

Mary Kay & Johnny (1947)

Answer 6

First couple to sleep in a bed together, moral outrage even though they were married

Question 7

I Love Lucy

Answer 7

Lucille Ball was pregnant in “I Love Lucy” but the word “pregnant” was not allowed. Tried to hide the fact she was pregnant and too scandalous to talk about.

Question 8

What was the first vibrator created for?

Answer 8

To relieve women of hysteria by inducing orgasms

Question 9

What is hysteria?

Answer 9

A controversial mental illness specific to women characterized by the conversion of psychological stresses (sexual frustration) into physical symptoms, volatile emotions and attention seeking behaviours.

Question 10

What are two examples where sex started to become key in advertisements for non-sexual items

Answer 10

1. Luxury soaps said to “keep the romance alive”

2. Pin-up girls used in cola ads

Question 11

Why do ads that showcase women’s sexuality not always be a good things?

Answer 11

They can convince women that buying a certain product will close the gap between themselves and the ideal woman.

Question 12

What has the internet created in the police department?

Answer 12

A whole department for sex crimes facilitated by the internet.

Question 13

How does the media portray the fantasy of sex in relation to STI and pregnancy?

Answer 13

Makes out pregnancy and STIs to be rare. It idealizes sexual scripts that are not including safe sex behaviour is dangerous.

Question 14

STIs

Answer 14

An illness, disease or infection transmitted from one person to another by means of sexual behaviour, including sexual intercourse (both vaginal and anal), oral sex, and the use of shared sex toys.

Question 15

What is a sexual script?

Answer 15

a series of learned predictable actions that lead to intercourse.

Question 16

Contraception

Answer 16

Deliberate use of natural techniques, an artificially created barrier, or hormonal methods to prevent pregnancy as a result of sexual intercourse.

Question 17

What is BDSM?

Answer 17

A type of roleplay or lifestyle choice between two or more individuals that includes a wide range of activities involving safe and consensual manipulation of erotic power. The term stands for “bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism”

Question 18

What % of primetime television addressed safe sex as well as sex?

Answer 18

11%

Question 19

What % of primetime television addressed sexual precautions during sex scenes

Answer 19

2%

Question 20

There is a high correlation between _________ _______ _________ and exposure to sex in the media

Answer 20

risky sexual behaviour

Question 21

When was the first female-female kiss?

Answer 21

1991

Question 22

When was the first male-male kiss?

Answer 22

1960

Question 23

How was Caitlyn Jenner helpful?

Answer 23

she promoted positivty for the transgender community

Question 24

When was the first interracial kiss on television vs. film?

Answer 24

1968 & 1903

Question 25

How have other races been portrayed in the media?

Answer 25

in a negative light

Question 26

How are white vs. black males portrayed different in the media?

Answer 26

The media tends to dehumanize black males and by objectifying their bodies during sex scenes more than white males. Often given norms where: sex without intimacy is the norm, partners are acknowledged though dominance or violence.

Question 27

What may contribute to the high rates of STIs in black populations

Answer 27

black music videos tend to be more sexualized than whites. Poses the greatest threat to black women who model what they see

Question 28

Ethnocentrism

Answer 28

the tendency to believe that one’s ethnic group or cultural group is the norm and to view other ethnicities or cultures as abnormal or different.

Question 29

How has America changed in terms of their sexual norms?

Answer 29

Americans tend to be more accepting of casual relationships, sex before marriage and have more sexual partners

Question 30

What do Americans still find appauling

Answer 30

sex outside of marriage

Question 31

How do our norms change?

Answer 31

Media has changed. Not as many people are reading religious texts but looking to television/media

Question 32

What is sex in Judeo-Christian texts?

Answer 32

The Original Sin

Question 33

What is the story of Pandora?

Answer 33

Pandora opens a box with all the knowledge and bad things (sickness, evil & death) therefore releasing all the bad into the world, the box has been compared to the woman’s womb

Question 34

What is the story of Eve?

Answer 34

Eve picked an apple from the forbidden tree of knowledge – but without the apple the world would not have knowledge

Question 35

What 2 stereotypes did the stories of Eve & Pandora bring about to women?

Answer 35

1. Women give into temptation too easily | 2. They are a source of great temptation for men

Question 36

Although women are blamed for the original sin, they also represent a...

Answer 36

frightening amount of power to men and why they might have been subjugated throughout history.

Question 37

A dichotomy arose between Eve & Mary therefore women were either seen as...

Answer 37

“Madonnas” like Mary or “whores” like Eve

Question 38

The gender dualism has worked to maintain a heterosexual norm in which women are..

Answer 38

naturally made to be vessels for male consumption

Question 39

Mistresses were allowed to possess...

Answer 39

wit, intellect and other "male" qualities that had not been attributed to the traditional "pure women"

Question 40

What book does Judaism follow?

Answer 40

The Torah

Question 41

What do many traditions around sexuality often involve? Give examples

Answer 41

Cleansing. Wet dreams, mensuration and childbirth

Question 42

In Judaism what 4 acts are punishable by death?

Answer 42

1. Incest 2. Bestiality 3. male-male sexual behaviour 4. adultery by women

Question 43

What was sex for in Judaism?

Answer 43

to promote the marital bond

Question 44

In Judaism, what is the act of sex taught to be?

Answer 44

pleasure and never involving manipulation/force

Question 45

In Judaism, sex is whose right?

Answer 45

The woman's and it is the husband's duty to pleasure her.

Question 46

Early christianity lacked a _____ _____ which maintained a variety of beliefs about sexuality

Answer 46

central authority

Question 47

The writings of the Church Fathers like St. Augustine led to...

Answer 47

Many forms of sexual behaviour being condemned. Suggested missionary position was the only way to do it to acknowledge women were inferior to men.

Question 48

How was sex seen in the Catholic Church?

Answer 48

shameful & unclean

Question 49

There was early equal treatment and less division in what religion?

Answer 49

Islam

Question 50

In Islam women... (2)

Answer 50

fought in battles and were allowed into the mosque until the 10th century

Question 51

How was sex viewed in islam?

Answer 51

a positive pleasure within marriage and foreplay was important

Question 52

T or F? birth control was acceptable in Islam?

Answer 52

True

Question 53

Is plural marriage still the norm for muslims today?

Answer 53

no but it is permitted

Question 54

What religion has no single father?

Answer 54

Hinduism

Question 55

What are the 3 pillars of faith within Hinduism

Answer 55

``` o Dharma (religious duty) o Artha (worldly welfare) o Kama (sensual aspects of life) ```

Question 56

T or F? women are to not do much and considered impure during menstration in hinduism

Answer 56

TRUE!

Question 57

What days in the hindu religion is insemination prohibited after menstruation to prevent a homosexual child (something to do with the balance of water and fire)

Answer 57

11th and 13th day

Question 58

Hijra

Answer 58

a recognized 3rd gender among Hindu faith = transgender

Question 59

Who did canada ensure would be eligible for refugee status and why?

Answer 59

Syrian gay men since it was punishable by death due to ISIS

Question 60

When was sex-ed introduced and why?

Answer 60

during the 1940s during WW2 because of the growing rate of STIs

Question 61

What was the initial sex ed content aimed at?

Answer 61

preventing pre-marital sex through biological and moral content

Question 62

What was the backlash with having sex-ed?

Answer 62

It would teach people how to have sex without the consequences

Question 63

Because of the backlash what did the program focus on?

Answer 63

heterosexual values related to marriage and child rearing

Question 64

What contraceptive program has the highest rate of teen pregnancy ?

Answer 64

abstinence

Question 65

Where in canada is the highest rate of reported sexual assaults?

Answer 65

territories

Question 66

what might the different rates of reported assaults across the country also mean?

Answer 66

It might not be that the rates are different but the promotion in reporting is different

Question 67

Polyamory

Answer 67

Being romantically and sexually involved with more than one person at the same time.

Question 68

If polyamorous relationship individuals are married, the practice is called

Answer 68

polygamy

Question 69

Polygyny

Answer 69

A man w/ more than one wife

Question 70

Polyandry

Answer 70

A women with more than one husband

Question 71

What is the debate in Canada with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and polygamy?

Answer 71

Polygamy has been added to the criminal code yet the Charter protects religious freedoms

Question 72

When did Canada legalize same sex marriage and was it before the USA?

Answer 72

2005 so yes!

Question 73

Is sex trade work illegal in Canada?

Answer 73

No but there are a number of laws in place that prohibit related behaviours

Question 74

Why would legalizing sex work be beneficial?

Answer 74

Allow regulations to be put in place to safeguard the health of the women. Without it, women are subject to the exploitation and violence of the pimps and clients

Question 75

What guides did ancient texts give?

Answer 75

guides to sexual acts

Question 76

What do ancient texts provide?

Answer 76

insight to sexual understanding for a given time & culture

Question 77

The middle ages have a heavy...

Answer 77

christian influence

Question 78

What was the focus of sex during the middle ages?

Answer 78

sex for reproduction and the sin of sex

Question 79

In the middle ages, what did medical texts advocate for? why?

Answer 79

reasonable amounts of sex to regulate the 4 humors

Question 80

What are the 4 humors?

Answer 80

Bloods was anger and irritability = let blood out! Black bile was associated with depression Yellow Bile Phlegm - Engaging in sexual activity was supposed to regulate those 4 humors

Question 81

What was the idea surrounding sex in the Victorian Era?

Answer 81

There was a fear by Thomas Malthus of overpopulation and not enough resources, so told to reduce having sex

Question 82

Who said "I like down on my bed, close my eyes, open my legs and think of England"

Answer 82

Lady Hillington. The rich were only having sex because they "had" to.

Question 83

When did sex research really begin?

Answer 83

Victorian Era