Deck 9: Sexualities

Question 1

Definitions of appropriate sexuality, as well as roles within sexual encounters that come from our culture, can be referred to as sexual _____________.

A) rules
B) scripts
C) lines
D) performances

Answer 1

scripts

Question 2

Triggers of sexual desire, such as the sight of women's breasts for heterosexual men in North American society, are:

A) biologically determined
B) individually variant
C) socially constructed
D) generationally distinctive

Answer 2

socially constructed

Question 3

Butler writes that "Gender is not exactly what one "is" nor is it precisely what one "has". Gender is the apparatus by which the production and normalization of masculine and feminine takes place…". What is Butler placing particular emphasis upon in her analysis of gender?

A) performance
B) coerciveness
C) conservativism
D) subversiveness

Answer 3

performance

Question 4

The assumption or social requirement that one engage in sexual relations with members of the opposite sex only is called:

A) homophobia
B) heterodox-sexuality
C) hegemonic sexuality
D) heteronormativity

Question 5

Historically, homosexuality was identified in the DSM-II as a form of:

A) maladjustment
B) superiority
C) mental illness
D) improper socialization

Question 6

In contrast to a view of sexuality, gender and social roles as "fixed and unchanging", the authors of your textbook suggest that these aspects of our selves and worlds be viewed as:

A) dynamic objects of ongoing negotiation
B) products of our imagination
C) sources of oppression that need to be eliminated entirely
D) aspects of our social lives that express our unlimited creativity and freedom

Question 7

The most profound shifts in recent Canadian history, with respect to sexual scripts, were brought about by the changes corresponding with:

A) the "third wave" of feminism
B) the "second wave" of feminism
C) the "first wave" of feminism
D) the creation of the "female condom"

Question 8

Which Canadian province is noted as being extremely restrictive when it comes to access to legal abortions?

A) Alberta
B) Quebec
C) Prince Edward Island
D) New Brunswick

Question 9

One of the most influential researchers of human sexuality, who contributed to our understanding of human sexual practices, was:

A) Sigmund Freud
B) Margaret Mead
C) Alfred C. Kinsey
D) Anne Fausto-Sterling

Question 10

Fausto-Sterling's discussion of the Olympian Mara Patino centered upon our culture's devotion to the notion that:

A) there are only two sexes
B) women are naturally weaker than men
C) men are naturally aggressive
D) that sex produces gender

Question 11

Unique to Fausto-Sterling's research is the way in which she argues that we must talk about both social construction and ________ in understanding human sexuality.

A) history
B) cultural variation
C) biology
D) the non-human world

Question 12

Generally speaking, how do male sex scripts get defined?

A) broadly
B) narrowly
C) narrowly during adolescence but broadly in adulthood
D) broadly during adolescence and rigidly during adulthood

Question 13

It is important to keep in mind that all sex scripts are _________________.

A) powerful
B) outdated
C) static
D) deterministic

Question 14

Recent reports have found that the US government has spent billions of dollars on educational programs that are based around the assumption of:

A) heterosexuality as a norm
B) abstinence as a good
C) patriarchy as natural
D) sexuality as a natural part of being human

Question 15

When sexual desire and sexual pleasure are defined in relation to the penis and the needs of men, ____________ is being defined as the norm.

A) heterosexuality
B) pathological sexuality
C) phallocentricm
D) egocentrism

Question 16

In her study of college women's sexuality, Carla Golden (1997) identified lesbians who self-consciously chose their identities and who experienced sexuality as fluid and dynamic as __________ lesbians.

A) polyamorous
B) primary
C) elective
D) radical

Question 17

A form of relationship in which people have multiple sexual, romantic and/or affective partners is known as a ______________ relationship.

A) polyamorous
B) promiscuous
C) libertine
D) Victorian

Question 18

Scheff's research on polyamorous relationships found that women who desire tow male partners often have a ___________ time finding willing partners.

A) remarkably easy
B) very difficult
C) highly enjoyable
D) anxiety-producing

Question 19

In her research and experiences, Carol Queen (1997) found that bi-sexuality is often ___________ in both gay and straight communities.

A) abhorred
B) celebrated
C) ridiculed
D) marginalized

Question 20

Androgynous biological females whose gender identity is fluid define themselves as:

A) grrrls
B) bois
C) f to m's
D) GLTB'a

Question 21

What does the use of the term "premarital sex" presume about sexuality?

Question 22

What can we learn about sex and gender through Fausto-Sterling's analysis of the intersexed Olympian Maria Patino?

Question 23

Define "phallocentrism", as it pertains to pornography.

Question 24

What does MacDonald mean when she refers to "sexuality as fashion"?

Question 25

Develop a research essay in which you examine changing approaches to sexuality and/or reproductive health in the formal school system, focusing upon a particular case study (such as the case of Marc Hall, as described on p. 169 of the text).

Question 26

How have debates surrounding pornography changed over the last 15 years in Canada, with the prevalence of internet usage? Conduct a research based analysis in which you interrogate two of the ways in which porn has been problematized in recent years, paying particular attention to the ways in which sexuality are depicted in these debates.

Question 27

It is noted in chapter nine that deviant sexual behaviors are often medicalized (or pathologized). Write a research essay based upon a particular example that interests you, and explore how its social meaning over time has changed.