Deck 9: Heterosexual Deviance

Question 1

According to the text,approximately ________ of American men do not participate in extramarital sex.

A)90 percent
B)80 percent
C)75 percent
D)60 percent

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Teenage girls with high self-esteem generally

A)engage in sex.
B)abstain from sex.
C)are apathetic toward sex.
D)fear sex.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to the text's authors,men participate in adultery more than women because of

A)a patriarchal belief that men should prove their masculinity.
B)an evolutionary need to create children.
C)the male role in all cultures that permits adultery.
D)the belief of women that men should be permitted to wander.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Women who make huge sums selling sex to men are sociologically categorized as

A)clever businesswomen.
B)feminist pioneers.
C)heterosexual deviants.
D)members of an exploited group.

Question 5

Which of the following aspects of pornography is considered most damaging,to a feminist?

A)its emphasis on sexual gratification and permissiveness
B)its undermining of monogamous relationships by producing sexual arousal outside the marital relationship
C)its direct and indirect link to violence and discrimination
D)its social benefit,such as helping consumers to shed sexual inhibitions

Question 6

Which of the following statements about adultery in other cultures is TRUE?

A)Adultery in other cultures,by definition,involves sexual intercourse.
B)The form of adultery in other countries strongly resembles America's patterns.
C)Adultery is considered deviant in all cultures.
D)In some cultures,certain adulteries are considered legitimate.

Question 7

What do phone sex and nude dancing have in common?

A)They both sell a fantasy.
B)Both involve in-person contact with the customer.
C)Their customers are almost exclusively working-class men.
D)Both result in very low wages for their workers.

Question 8

The __________ view of pornography emphasizes its harmless impact on society.

A)liberal
B)conservative
C)radical
D)feminist

Question 9

Although pornography is considered deviant,and much of it is illegal,it is

A)widely used.
B)only popular with a few people.
C)a subject in which only a few sociologists or other scientists are interested.
D)always changing.

Question 10

If you believe that pornography is dangerous to communal values such as marriage and the family,you agree with the __________ view of pornography.

A)liberal
B)feminist
C)radical
D)conservative

Question 11

For women,the major significance of an affair is

A)sex.
B)love.
C)money.
D)excitement.

Question 12

The following are more likely to engage in extramarital sex,EXCEPT for

A)men.
B)the middle class.
C)those who have not experienced premarital sex.
D)the less religious.

Question 13

Teenage boys with high self-esteem generally

A)abstain from sex.
B)have sex.
C)are indifferent toward sex.
D)fear sex.

Question 14

Among the Kofyar of Nigeria,a woman who is unhappy with her husband but does not want to divorce may take an extra lover who lives openly with her in her husband's house.This is an example of

A)legal adultery.
B)illegal adultery.
C)legitimate adultery.
D)deviant adultery.

Question 15

In the eyes of U.S.society,

A)all premarital sex is seen as deviant.
B)teenage sex is seen as deviant.
C)teenage sex is considered normal.
D)only sex by those under the age of 15 is considered deviant.

Question 16

After an affair,most often the husband and wife

A)divorce.
B)do whatever they can to save their marriage.
C)react violently to their spouse's behavior.
D)continue the affair.

Question 17

According to the text,about __________ of adult American men have participated in extramarital sex.

A)75 percent
B)40 percent
C)25 percent
D)19 percent

Question 18

Which of the following statements reflects the primary conservative position on sex education mentioned in the textbook?

A)Schools should not be involved in any kind of sex education.
B)Schools should teach both abstinence from sex and contraception.
C)Schools should teach about contraception only.
D)Schools should teach only abstinence from sex.

Question 19

In the past,studies have shown that swinging couples

A)is initiated by the husband and then is forced onto the wife despite her objections.
B)is initiated by the husband and is often well-received by the wife.
C)is most often initiated by the wife.
D)is initiated by the wife,who in turn ends up enjoying swinging far less than the husband.

Question 20

Which of the following statements about extramarital sex is true?

A)Extramarital sex is equally popular with both men and women.
B)Most married Americans,especially men,wish at one time or another to have an extramarital affair.
C)Most men who have extramarital affairs found their experience very pleasurable.
D)Most people have affairs because they are oversexed.

Question 21

Which of the following statements about nude dancers is true?

A)They generally make low wages.
B)Most of their customers are middle-class,married men.
C)Most find their work empowering.
D)Most publicly identify themselves as nude dancers.

Question 22

Compared with most other types of prostitutes,the streetwalker is

A)more attractive.
B)more educated.
C)less often arrested by the police.
D)less able to charge her customers high fees.

Question 23

According to the authors of the text,sexual harassment

A)is no longer a serious problem in American society.
B)reflects men's attempt to preserve their traditional dominance over women.
C)is a problem that affects as many men as it does women.
D)is more of a legal than a social problem.

Question 24

Unlike other prostitutes,call girls

A)are routinely explicit in discussing their fees with clients.
B)seem to adhere to a professional code of ethics.
C)wear fantasy and other provocative clothing.
D)can openly give orders to their clients.

Question 25

The madam is one who

A)solicits customers for a prostitute in return for a share of the proceeds.
B)simply lives off the earnings of one or more prostitutes.
C)is considered the "lowest of the low" by lower-class blacks.
D)is ranked much lower than prostitutes in the prostitute subculture.

Question 26

All of the following are popular myths about prostitution,EXCEPT that

A)women become prostitutes because they are nymphomaniacs.
B)all prostitutes are sexually frigid.
C)it is not the oldest profession in the world.
D)most prostitutes are involved with drugs.

Question 27

The highest status prostitute is the

A)call girl.
B)massage-parlor prostitute.
C)streetwalker.
D)gay prostitute.

Question 28

Which of the following statements about prostitution is TRUE?

A)The different types of prostitutes are part of a highly stratified occupation.
B)The type of prostitutes who make the most money are streetwalkers.
C)Most children who are abused become prostitutes.
D)Most prostitutes make a very good living.

Question 29

Which of the following definitions of sexual harassment was accepted by the Supreme Court in 1993?

A)any conduct leading to severe psychological injury
B)any conduct that involves actual sexual contact in the workplace
C)casual lewd remarks
D)any conduct that makes the workplace environment hostile or abusive

Question 30

According to the textbook,madams run their brothels in about the same way as legitimate businesspeople run theirs,except that

A)they engage in far more exploitative practices toward their employees.
B)they operate on a business model that seeks to hustle the customer out of their money.
C)they must deal with problems arising from the illegal nature of their trade.
D)they must deal with problems arising from the unreliable nature of their employees.

Question 31

Which of the following is an example of a compulsive john?

A)a man who likes to beat up prostitutes
B)a man who wants to make friends with every prostitute
C)a man who wants to make friends with one special prostitute
D)a man who cannot keep away from prostitutes,from whom he wants sex only

Question 32

All of the following are conservative rationales against prostitution EXCEPT

A)prostitution often subjects innocent citizens to offensive public solicitation.
B)prostitution lures young girls into the trade with the promise of lucrative work.
C)prostitution is destructive to public morals,which enforcement of the laws helps to preserve.
D)prostitution helps spread the AIDS virus and other sexually transmitted disease.

Question 33

__________ is the exchange of sex for money.

A)Dating
B)Prostitution
C)Robbery
D)Homosexuality

Question 34

To support their professional ideology,a number of prostitutes claim that their work does all of the following,EXCEPT for

A)preventing rape and other sex crimes.
B)saving marriages.
C)introducing women to a highly skilled profession.
D)providing the same services as social workers and psychiatrists.

Question 35

Which of the following is the most common reason why women enter prostitution?

A)basic personal,social-psychological,and sexual difficulties
B)economic problems like unemployment and the need to support a family
C)addiction to drugs,especially crack
D)extreme poverty and low self-esteem

Question 36

Adolescent prostitutes comprise

A)only a small minority of prostitutes in the United States and other Western societies.
B)a significant portion of prostitutes in the United States and other Western societies.
C)a majority of prostitutes in the United States and other Western societies.
D)virtually none of the prostitutes in the United States and other Western societies.

Question 37

Roberta Perkins's study of prostitutes in Australia discovered all of the following about most prostitutes,EXCEPT that they

A)resemble conventional women in desiring marriage and traditional family life.
B)have the same level of education as the general population.
C)have family and social relations that do not differ from those of average women.
D)have been sexually assaulted as children.

Question 38

The pimp is a man who

A)visits prostitutes and patronizes brothels with regularity.
B)simply lives off the earnings of one or more prostitutes.
C)is considered the "lowest of the low" by lower-class blacks.
D)is ranked much lower than prostitutes in the prostitute subculture.

Question 39

If a caller to a phone sex operator sounds attractive and is able to arouse the operator's personal or sexual interest,he is a ______ type of caller.

A)likable
B)sexually possessive
C)quick-sex
D)psycho

Question 40

Which of the following statements about the relation of AIDS to prostitution is TRUE?

A)Only long-term prostitutes have a chance of contracting AIDS.
B)A major negative aspect of prostitution is its role in creating the AIDS virus.
C)Relatively few prostitutes in the United States contract the AIDS virus.
D)Few prostitutes in America insist on condoms and therefore catch the AIDS virus from their clients.

Question 41

Swinging is modernly known today as comarital sex or wife swapping.

Question 42

The porn industry's fantastic growth stemmed mostly from the entry of pornographic videos into mainstream society.

Question 43

Sociologist Kingsley Davis asserted that prostitution exists because

A)the economic system demands it.
B)genders are separate and unequal.
C)the moral system encourages it.
D)the police try to suppress it.

Question 44

The definition of adultery is relative across cultures.

Question 45

The definition of adultery varies across cultures.

Question 46

U.S.society considers teenage sex to be deviant and unacceptable.

Question 47

All of the following are reasons why prostitution has become a fast-growing global industry,EXCEPT for

A)the collapse of the Soviet Union.
B)media exploitation of prostitution.
C)growing rural poverty in the Third World.
D)a prevalence in human trafficking.

Question 48

People who engage in extramarital affairs do not enjoy sex as much on average as those who remain faithful to their partners.

Question 49

According to studies,nonviolent porn seems to be harmless while violent porn seems to be harmful.

Question 50

Phone sex and nude dancing are similar in that both are selling sexual fantasies.

Question 51

Teenage sex is not taboo in the United States.

Question 52

According to the conservative view,pornography is merely erotic and harmless material that should not be controlled by the government.

Question 53

Though considered deviant,teenage sex is prevalent in the United States.

Question 54

One misconception about extramarital sex is that people who have affairs are oversexed.

Question 55

According to liberals,pornography does serve a practical purpose in society.

Question 56

Teenage sex is still considered deviant and unacceptable in the United States.

Question 57

Most customers of topless bars are middle-class,white-collar workers.

Question 58

The popular belief that a woman can earn a lot of money as a prostitute is one of the __________ factors that cause women to become prostitute.

A)predisposing
B)ideological
C)attracting
D)precipitating

Question 59

In some cultures,adultery may take both legitimate and illegitimate forms.

Question 60

For most women today,affairs are mainly for sex and have little relationship to love or a lasting relationship.

Question 61

Madams primarily recruit their employees from pimps or the Internet.

Question 62

A pimp may have anywhere from one to twenty women,which he refers to as his "stable," but most pimps have around five to seven women.

Question 63

Working-class men are the biggest patrons of topless bars.

Question 64

Prostitution is the exchange of sex for money.

Question 65

According to Roberta Perkins's study,prostitutes differ from conventional women in that they do not desire marriage and traditional family life.

Question 66

It is relatively rare for prostitutes in the United States and other Western countries to contract the AIDS virus from their sex work.

Question 67

COYOTE is a group advocating for the arrest of prostitutes in order to protect the community.

Question 68

The majority of the prostitute's customers are what Greenwald calls "occasional johns."

Question 69

Most nude dancers find their work degrading.

Question 70

Call girls are generally more discreet in their operations,compared to streetwalkers.

Question 71

Most prostitutes enter the trade out of economic necessity.

Question 72

A call girl is especially skilled at making her commercial transactions appear non-commercial.

Question 73

Representing the largest number of prostitutes,streetwalkers rank relatively high in the status system of prostitution.

Question 74

Pimps generally take 50 percent of a prostitute's earnings.

Question 75

Prostitution helps preserve "loveless" marriages.

Question 76

Sexual harassment is any conduct that makes the workplace environment so hostile or abusive to a reasonable person that the victim finds it harder to perform her job.

Question 77

Most prostitutes feel that they are more moral than their customers.

Question 78

Recent studies have shown that unemployment and poverty are not social factors that can lead women to prostitution.

Question 79

Less than 40 percent of all working women experience actual sexual harassment.

Question 80

A number of prostitutes see themselves as basically honest and many members of respectable society as dishonest.