Deck 3: Social Problems Related to Sexual Behavior

Question 1

Which sociologist at the University of Chicago was accused of wanting to legitimize gay sex?

A) James Goodman
B) Melanie Laughenberg
C) Rita Jones
D) Edward Laumann

Answer 1

Edward Laumann

Question 2

Today, the professor will be lecturing about the activities associated with arousal, intercourse, and reproduction. The topic of the lecture is__________.

A) sex
B) symbiosis
C) pornography
D) prostitution

Answer 2

sex

Question 3

What is the renting of one's body for sexual purposes called?

A) Prostitution
B) Sadism
C) Pedophilia
D) Masochism

Answer 3

Prostitution

Question 4

In ancient Greece, prostitution was viewed as _________.

A) an evil
B) sadistic
C) a service to the gods
D) a way to heaven

Question 5

In the United States, prostitution __________.

A) is illegal in every state
B) is illegal in every state except Nevada
C) is illegal in every state except Hawaii
D) is illegal in every state except California

Question 6

How many customers per year does the average prostitute have?

A) 302
B) 561
C) 694
D) 826

Question 7

What kind of prostitute has a client arrange a date and privately negotiates the inclusion of sexual services for a set fee?

A) Massage parlors
B) Corporate prostitution
C) Escort services
D) Temple prostitution

Question 8

What kind of prostitute is hired by businesses for their best-paying clients as a perk?

A) Massage parlors
B) Corporate prostitution
C) Escort services
D) Temple prostitution

Question 9

Jerome is visiting Brazil for 3 weeks. Before he leaves the United States, his father instructs him to avoid renting out a woman's body for sexual purposes while he is out of the country. Jerome's father instructed him to avoid __________.

A) corporate prostitution
B) temple prostitution
C) sex tourism
D) going on dates

Question 10

When early inhabitants viewed prostitution as a service to their gods, it was__________.

A) sacrifice to the gods
B) sacred prostitution
C) temple prostitution
D) village prostitution

Question 11

Cara makes money by renting out her body for sexual purposes. Cara is involved in __________.

A) sadism
B) pedophilia
C) prostitution
D) masochism

Question 12

Which of the following is related to global stratification?

A) Patriotic prostitution
B) Black market
C) Sex tourism
D) Convention prostitution

Question 13

When asked by the prostitute which services he is interested in, John tells her that he can only achieve sexual gratification by inflicting pain on others. John is a __________.

A) masochist
B) functionalist
C) symbiosis
D) sadist

Question 14

When asked by the prostitute which services he is interested in, Olaf tells her that he can only achieve sexual gratification by having others inflict pain on him. Olaf is a __________.

A) masochist
B) functionalist
C) symbiosis
D) sadist

Question 15

What is the underground channeling of illegitimate services to clients called?

A) Safety valve
B) Correlation
C) Black market
D) Trigger

Question 16

Amy is a prostitute. She believes that her relationships with her clients are mutually beneficial. As such, these relationships are built on __________.

A) correlation
B) a symbiotic relationship
C) black market
D) trigger

Question 17

In California prisons, condoms are banned. In spite of this, some inmates are able to illegally obtain condoms. What is this underground channeling of condoms to inmates an example of?

A) A symbiotic relationship
B) A correlation
C) A black market
D) A trigger

Question 18

Liz believes that prostitution is just one of the many ways that men exploit and degrade women. Liz's views are in line with __________.

A) functionalists
B) feminists
C) symbolic interactionists
D) ecologists

Question 19

Which prostitutes frequent truck stops, moving from one truck to another in search of clients?

A) Bar girls
B) Street walkers
C) Parking lot lizards
D) Stag party workers

Question 20

What is the simplest reason that compels women to become prostitutes?

A) Money
B) Sex
C) Love
D) To hurt their families

Question 21

When a person has conflicting emotions regarding the decision to become a prostitute, it is called __________.

A) role ambivalence
B) drift
C) symbiosis
D) professionalization

Question 22

Rochelle is a prostitute. She can be found hailing passing cars to meet her clients. She is a __________.

A) convention prostitute
B) apartment prostitute
C) bar girl
D) streetwalker

Question 23

Sally feels both attracted to and repulsed by prostitution. She is experiencing __________.

A) normalization
B) correlation
C) role ambivalence
D) safety valves

Question 24

How many stages does the process involved in becoming a prostitute have?

A) 5
B) 4
C) 3
D) 2

Question 25

What is the first stage involved in becoming a prostitute?

A) Symbiosis
B) Drift
C) Transitional deviance
D) Professionalization

Question 26

Prostitutes gather in public settings. For female prostitutes, these are known as red light districts. What is the equivalent for males?

A) Red light areas
B) Patriotic spots
C) Meat racks
D) Gigolo joints

Question 27

Amelia is a prostitute. She tells herself that what she is doing is normal. This reflects which stage?

A) Black market stage
B) Drift stage
C) Professionalization stage
D) Transitional deviance stage

Question 28

Ophelia is a prostitute and she identifies herself as such. Ophelia is in the __________.

A) black market stage
B) drift stage
C) professionalization stage
D) transitional deviance stage

Question 29

Laurie started having sex when she was 11 years old. Now that she is 16, she is beginning to spend more and more time with boys who have drugs. She gets high with them and they provide her with drugs. Laurie's choices are channeling her toward prostitution. Laurie is in the __________.

A) black market stage
B) drift stage
C) professionalization stage
D) transitional deviance stage

Question 30

Male prostitutes have a hierarchy. At the bottom are street hustlers, in the middle are bar hustlers, and at the top are escort prostitutes who work for dating agencies. At each level, the charge per trick increases and the prestige goes up. What best characterizes this hierarchy relative to that of female prostitutes?

A) They are basically the same.
B) They are completely different.
C) The escort role is the same, but the others are different.
D) The male hierarchy is less egalitarian.

Question 31

Wesley was suspended from school for having a picture of a naked woman in his locker. The principal of the school noted that the picture was filthy and immoral. By the principal's standard, the picture represented __________.

A) symbiosis
B) pornography
C) paraphilia
D) correlation

Question 32

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is legal to possess computer-generated images of children in sex acts in the case of __________.

A) Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
B) California v. Miller
C) Roth v. United States
D) Renton v. Playtime Theatres

Question 33

Which perspective asserts that definitions of appropriate sexual behavior will always be in flux because, until people attach meaning to something, words are merely sounds and human acts merely behavior, neither appropriate nor inappropriate?

A) The conflict perspective
B) The feminist perspective
C) The common sense perspective
D) The symbolic interactionist perspective

Question 34

The National Commission on Obscenity and Pornography concluded that pornography __________.

A) stimulates the college-educated more than the less educated
B) stimulates the old more than the young
C) stimulates the religiously active more than the religiously inactive
D) should be outlawed

Question 35

To study the impact of pornography, President Ronald Reagan appointed __________.

A) the National Commission on Obscenity and Pornography
B) Lollitots and Moppets
C) the Meese Commission
D) the Free Speech Coalition

Question 36

The Meese Commission concluded that pornography poses a serious threat to __________.

A) men
B) children
C) women
D) the lower classes

Question 37

Just because two things happen at the same time does not necessarily mean that one of them caused the other one to occur. The axiom that explains this statement is __________.

A) correlation does not equal causation
B) measure twice, be certain
C) consent is not given if it is not informed
D) always triangulate sources

Question 38

Although many children who were sexually abused become prostitutes, not all sexually abused children enter this profession. As such, the relationship between sexual abuse and prostitution involves __________.

A) segregation
B) correlation
C) normalizing
D) professionalization

Question 39

In Denmark and Japan, what happened when they made the sale of hard-core pornography legal?

A) Sexual abuse in families increased.
B) Sex crimes against children dropped.
C) The incidence of rape increased dramatically.
D) They saw decreases in use of prostitutes.

Question 40

Vivian views pornography as a sin and immoral. Which point of view does she represent?

A) conflict perspective
B) feminist
C) religious conservative
D) liberal

Question 41

The idea of legalizing child pornography in order to protect children goes against __________.

A) the conflict perspective
B) the feminist perspective
C) the common sense perspective
D) the symbolic interactionist perspective

Question 42

The idea that people who find sexual acts repugnant should not have to witness them is known as what kind of right?

A) Freedom of
B) Freedom from
C) Segregation
D) Privacy

Question 43

Two people agree to exchange sex for money. Although this is a crime in most places in the United States, sociologists think of this transaction as __________.

A) immoral
B) pornographic
C) victimless
D) morally offensive

Question 44

Which of the following will continue to drive changes in pornography?

A) Technology and profits
B) Morality and availability of pornography
C) Media and the customer
D) Cable television and art

Question 45

The fact that prostitution has always been around can lead us to make which conclusion?

A) Modern theories and research will finally bring about an end to prostitution.
B) Sociologists and other scientists will be able to show how people should not care about the moral aspect.
C) Taxing prostitution would have added greatly to the world's wealth.
D) We will always have some form of prostitution.

Question 46

How would functionalists, conflict-feminist theorists, and symbolic interactionists analyze the prostitute/pimp relationship?

Question 47

Compare and contrast the different types of prostitutes. Which ones have the highest status? Do male prostitutes work the same way?

Question 48

Explain how the Supreme Court's Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition decision impacted child pornography.

Question 49

Compare and contrast the feminist debate concerning pornography. Discuss how the debate has impacted the porn industry.

Question 50

On what grounds could someone argue for the legalization of prostitution? What would be the arguments against it? How do you feel? Why?