Deck 11: Heterosexism: Challenging the Heterosexism Assumption

Question 1

What is the heterosexual assumption?

A) That same sex attraction is normal
B) That everyone is born heterosexual
C) An eastern belief that people are born without a sexual orientation and heterosexual behaviors are taught
D) That there is a continuum of sexual behaviors in the human race

Answer 1

That everyone is born heterosexual

Question 2

Krafft-Ebing had many views about homosexuality in the late 1800s. Which of the following was not one of them?

A) It was one of many forms of sexual desire.
B) It was a mental defect.
C) It was an acceptable practice.
D) It could be cured.

Answer 2

It was an acceptable practice.

Question 3

What were the findings of the Kinsey report of 1948?

A) Most people are exclusively either heterosexual or homosexual.
B) All humans possess a heterosexual orientation.
C) Men were more likely to participate in homosexual behaviors than women.
D) Human sexuality is on a continuum that ranges from heterosexual to homosexual.

Answer 3

Human sexuality is on a continuum that ranges from heterosexual to homosexual.

Question 4

What were the research findings presented by Hooker in 1956 at the American Psychological Association (APA) conference?

A) She confirmed the assumption that homosexuals were mentally unstable.
B) She concluded that homosexuality was related to lack of religious education at home.
C) She refuted the idea that homosexuals had innate mental problems.
D) She found a correlation between homosexuality in men and being raised by a single mother.

Question 5

What is heterosexism?

A) The oppression of people who are heterosexual
B) A lifelong sexual desire for a person of the opposite sex
C) The oppression of people who are not heterosexual
D) The sexual identity of a person based on sexual fantasies, desires and practices

Question 6

In what year did the American Psychological Association (APA) declare that homosexuality was not a mental illness?

A) 1956
B) 1973
C) 1992
D) It has not been removed.

Question 7

Using anthropological evidence and child studies, to what did Pillard attribute sexual orientation?

A) An innate personality trait that can be observed even in young children
B) A choice made by adults
C) A choice that is easily changeable with therapy
D) Purely based upon the influence of sex hormones on brain function

Question 8

What did the results suggest about sexual behaviors in the world's largest study of twins in 2008?

A) Sexual behavior is shaped only by genetics.
B) Sexual behavior is shaped only by environmental factors.
C) Sexual behavior is shaped by both genetics and environmental factors.
D) Sexual behaviors are a choice than can be changed at will.

Question 9

What is cultural heterosexism?

A) The systematic oppression of those who are not heterosexual
B) The assumption that everyone is born heterosexual
C) Being "in the closet" refers to concealment of sexual orientation from colleagues, heterosexual friends, and/or family.
D) The societal promotion that heterosexuality is the norm and everything else is deviant

Question 10

The term "Greek love" was a 19^th century euphemism for

A) homosexuality.
B) campfire activities in ancient Greece.
C) a passion for Latin and Greek texts.
D) same-sex boarding schools.

Question 11

Why did San Francisco become the site of the first major urban gay community in the United States?

A) California courts had upheld the constitutionality of a business's refusing to serve gay customers.
B) Many gay men and lesbians moved there to protest the killing of Harvey Milk, a San Francisco city supervisor.
C) Many gay and lesbian soldiers returning from World War II came through San Francisco and decided to remain there.
D) This became the place to go in order to avoid being drafted into serving during World War II.

Question 12

What was known as the "gay disease" in the 1980s?

A) Cancer
B) Ryan White Disease
C) Drug addiction
D) AIDS

Question 13

The Catholic Church accepts that individuals are pre-disposed to being gay while

A) Still continuing to denounce being gay.
B) Most Protestants remain neutral about the issue of being gay.
C) Urging parents to denounce their gay and lesbian children.
D) Denying it occurs in nature.

Question 14

What is gay bashing?

A) The physical assault of heterosexuals by gay people
B) Parties thrown by gay people
C) The physical assault of a person perceived to be gay
D) The picketing of companies that don't support same sex marriage

Question 15

What is an effective way to decrease the incidents of anti-gay violence?

A) Dispel myths about sexual orientation though education.
B) Criminalize being gay
C) Add sexual orientation to identified groups under the Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
D) Encourage gay people to not declare their sexuality in order to avoid violence

Question 16

Why could the killers of Matthew Shepard not be charged with a hate crime?

A) They did not know Matthew Shepard was gay.
B) They were gay themselves so it could not be considered gay bashing.
C) No one saw them commit the crime.
D) Sexual orientation was not protected under federal hate crime laws at the time.

Question 17

Who is most likely to be a perpetrator of anti-gay violence?

A) Phillipa, a 27 year old female
B) Martin, a 17 year old male
C) Taryn, a 52 year old male
D) Alexis, a 23 year old transgendered female

Question 18

Which of the following statements about being gay is accurate?

A) Anyone who has ever engaged in sexual activity with an individual of the same sex is a gay person.
B) Gay people have a greater tendency to become pedophiles.
C) l Relationships between gay people can be monogamous and lifelong.
D) Gay people have refused a heterosexual lifestyle as a result of negative heterosexual experiences.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is not a myth about being gay?

A) Being gay and pedophilia are the same thing.
B) A person who has had a relationship with an individual of the same sex will always be a gay person.
C) Being gayis a choice and can be changed through sexual reorientation therapy.
D) Sexual orientation is complex and shaped by both genetic and environmental factors.

Question 20

What is homophobia?

A) A love and acceptance of being gay
B) A fear or hatred of gay people
C) The fear of catching HIV from coming in contact with a gay person
D) Engaging in sexual activity with a person of the same sex only once

Question 21

A teacher approaches you in the teacher's lounge about another teacher she suspects is gay. She says," I wouldn't want him around my children. He might try to molest them." You could respond in all but which way to dispel this myth?

A) Child molesters are pedophiles, not gay people.
B) Children are at greater risk of being molested by heterosexuals than by gay people.
C) Maybe we should find out if he is really gay first before jumping to conclusions.
D) Pedophilia has nothing to do with being gay.

Question 22

What is institutional heterosexism?

A) Prejudiced attitudes and behaviors against others based on the assumption that they are not heterosexual.
B) The assumption that everyone is a heterosexual
C) Established laws, customs, and practices that discriminate against people who are not heterosexual
D) The societal promotion that heterosexuality is the norm and anything else is deviant

Question 23

The term "gay rights" refers to

A) Accepting being gay as an alternative to heterosexuality.
B) Protecting the civil rights of gay people in areas such as those of housing, employment, and medical care.
C) Condoning being gay.
D) Granting special rights to gay people that are not given to other citizens.

Question 24

What is often the result of gay people not identifying their sexual orientation at work?

A) They are often socially isolated and do not receive promotions as readily.
B) They are not discriminated against based on sexual orientation.
C) They miss out on company benefits for same sex partners.
D) If a person does not identify themselves as being gay, then they cannot be protected under federal hate laws.

Question 25

Which is not a benefit of a domestic partnership?

A) To be eligible for their partner's survival benefits
B) To be able to make medical and legal decisions for an incapacitated partner
C) To be married in a church of their choosing
D) To inherit a partner's property

Question 26

Opposition to same-sex marriages included all but

A) They are sexually promiscuous.
B) Marriage should be between a man and a woman.
C) Same sex marriages will contribute to the deterioration of heterosexual marriages.
D) Gay men and lesbians have loving monogamous relationships.

Question 27

By 2014 how many states had revised or passed new nondiscrimination policies

A) 23
B) 19
C) 21
D) 17

Question 28

What is the stance of the American Academy of Pediatrics on same-sex parenthood?

A) The well-being of a child is not related to the parents' sexual orientation.
B) Having two heterosexual parents is required for well-being and stability.
C) As long as one parent provides a heterosexual perspective, the child will most likely be well adjusted.
D) Same sex couples are not effective parents.

Question 29

Which of the following is not a result of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the U.S. military?

A) The policy was intended to discourage attempts to discharge gay people from the military on the basis of sexual orientation.
B) The policy required gay people to ?keep quiet? or ?lie? about their sexual orientation to avoid being discharged from the military.
C) The policy has increased the numbers of gay people applying to serve in the military.
D) The policy has resulted in an increase in the numbers of gay people discharged from the military based on sexual orientation.

Question 30

What is the average age of coming out, or identifying publicly as gay or straight?

A) 10
B) 14
C) 16
D) 23

Question 31

What is the heterosexual assumption and how is it evident in everyday life?

Question 32

Why has religion been used to denounce being gay in the United States? What is the current religious stance on being gay?

Question 33

What are some myths about being gay and are theretruths behind those myths?

Question 34

How can LBGT people be discriminated against if they don't reveal their identities? Name and explain at least two.

Question 35

What is the advantage of having domestic partnerships for same sex couples?