Deck 9: Sexualities

Question 1

"Baby boomers" refers to the generation

A)who were born during the Great Depression and who grew up during the 1930s and 1940s.
B)who were born before World War II and who grew up during the 1940s and 1950s.
C)who were born after World War II and who grew up during the 1950s and 1960s.
D)who were born during the Vietnam War and who grew up during the 1960s and 1970s.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Natalia is __________;she is desired by all the men she works with at a local bank.

A)sexual
B)sexy
C)sexually liberated
D)sexually subjectified

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is sexual objectification?

A)the process by which people,especially women,are reduced to their sex appeal
B)the process by which women internalize a heterosexual orientation
C)the process by which people find someone attractive and sexually desirable
D)the process by which men define a particular object as sexually desirable

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following expressions best represents today's new sexual imperatives?

A)There is pressure to be sexually active as being a virgin after a certain age is seen as a liability.
B)Saying "yes" to sex has been replaced by a pressure to say "no."
C)The loss of virginity has been equated with masturbation and anal sex.
D)The majority of 15- to 24-year-olds prefer to avoid sexual intercourse.

Question 5

Gina is unsure whether she should list her MBA degree on a dating site.Research suggests that her advanced degree

A)will always be an advantage,as accomplishments matter as much,if not more,than attractiveness for women.
B)will always be a disadvantage,as accomplishments always make women seem less attractive.
C)can be both an advantage and a disadvantage.Her degree can potentially help her attract an accomplished man,but being too accomplished may knock her out of contention altogether.
D)can be both an advantage and a disadvantage.Initially,it will be a disadvantage,but as she ages,her accomplishments will be more important than her attractiveness.

Question 6

How does the erotic marketplace demonstrate gendered inequality?

A)Cultural norms suggest that women should be older than men.
B)Cultural norms suggest that women should be more accomplished than men.
C)Cultural norms suggest that men should be more attractive than women.
D)Cultural norms suggest that men should be more accomplished than women.

Question 7

What does it mean to say that we privilege the heterosexual male gaze?

A)Media content is designed to appeal to sexy women.
B)Media content is designed to appeal to heterosexual women who are attracted by the gaze.
C)Media content is designed to appeal to heterosexual men and lesbian women.
D)Media content is designed to appeal to heterosexual men.

Question 8

According to data from the online dating site OKCupid,why is men's desirability less dependent on their physical appearance than women's desirability?

A)Women only respond to men with high incomes and do not consider men's looks.
B)The most attractive women are less likely to receive messages than the most attractive men.
C)Men are less likely to be sexually objectified than women.
D)On average,men tend to seek women who are more attractive than they are.

Question 9

__________ is the LEAST likely of the four choices to receive a response from men on an online dating site.

A)An Asian woman
B)A black woman
C)A Middle Eastern woman
D)A white woman

Question 10

What is sexual subjectification?

A)the process by which people learn to discover and know their own desires as sexual subjects
B)the process by which women learn to submit themselves to a heterosexual male gaze
C)the process by which we internalize the sexual script offered by our culture
D)the process by which gay men and women discover their subjective sexual orientation

Question 11

What is the sexual script?

A)specific rules that guide homosexual sexual performances
B)images designed to appeal to a hypothetical heterosexual man
C)rules that objectify others as sexually attractive
D)social rules that guide sexual interaction

Question 12

Which couple is the MOST likely to intermarry?

A)a black male and a white female
B)a black female and a white male
C)a black male and an Asian female
D)a white male and an Asian female

Question 13

Reggie and Kendra have been in a committed relationship for ten years.They have both agreed that each partner can pursue sexual encounters outside their relationship.Which term best describes their relationship?

A)monogamy
B)open
C)polyamory
D)sexually liberated

Question 14

What is the erotic marketplace?

A)the abstract space in which goods and services are assigned economic value
B)the places in which people sell and buy erotic services and goods
C)the abstract space in which sexual goods are commodified
D)the abstract space in which people are organized according to their perceived sexual desirability

Question 15

When Audrey engages in sex,she positions her body so that it looks very flattering.She especially tries to accentuate her curves.Which term is Audrey demonstrating?

A)heterosexual male gaze
B)sexual subjectification
C)self-objectification
D)spectating

Question 16

How can racial stereotypes about black and Latino men's sexuality be a double-edged sword?

A)Hypermasculinity is both sexually attractive and sexually frightening.
B)Hypermasculinity makes men more sexually skilled,but also less likely to be desired.
C)Hypermasculinity is sexually attractive to gay men,but not heterosexual women.
D)Hypermasculinity is sexually attractive to heterosexual women,but not gay men.

Question 17

Self-objectification is

A)accepting a heterosexual orientation simply by virtue of heteronormativity.
B)the internalization of the idea that others can be more attractive than we ourselves.
C)a rejection of sexual subjectification and learning to love one's own body.
D)internalizing the idea that physical attractiveness determines your self-worth.

Question 18

How do gender and age intersect in the erotic marketplace?

A)As women get older,they prefer younger men,just as older men prefer younger women.
B)The average man prefers to date a woman who is younger;the average woman prefers a man her age or slightly older.
C)The average man prefers to date women who are younger,but as they get older,the age gap that men prefer shrinks.
D)Age is conflated with ugliness;this is equally true for men and women,so as they age,their erotic value approaches zero.

Question 19

Andrea believes strongly that the way to achieve sexual liberation is to objectify her male partners and to pursue relationships purely for reasons of sexual desire.According to the text,she has adopted __________ to sex.

A)a feminine approach
B)a masculine approach
C)an open approach
D)a polyamorous approach

Question 20

Many heterosexual men are uncomfortable in gay male spaces because

A)they have not internalized correctly the heterosexual female gaze.
B)they have not internalized correctly the homosexual male gaze.
C)they are used to objectifying others,rather than being objectified by others.
D)they are used to being objectified only by women.

Question 21

Are sexual scripts gendered?

A)Yes,there is an assertive masculine role and a responsive feminine role.
B)Yes,there is a responsive masculine role and an assertive feminine role.
C)No,both the masculine and feminine role are assertive.
D)No,both the masculine and feminine role are responsive.

Question 22

Based on data from OKCupid,how do age,race,class,and gender intersect to play a role in the erotic marketplace? Discuss at least two of the wider social implications of this differential "marketability."

Question 23

Which student is the most likely to participate in hookup culture?

A)an upper-class white male
B)a working-class white female
C)a working-class black male
D)an upper-class black female

Question 24

What are the main characteristics of hookup culture? How does it differ from previous forms of romantic and sexual interaction? How does it reflect gender inequality? How do class,sexual orientation,and race intersect to shape who participates?

Question 25

Which of the following statistics related to rates of orgasm is true?

A)Women have about three times as many orgasms as men but are reluctant to admit it.
B)Women in same-sex relationships have two to three times as many orgasms as women in heterosexual ones.
C)Compared to men,when women masturbate,they reach orgasm much more slowly.
D)In penile-vaginal intercourse,women have more orgasms than men do.

Question 26

In contemporary college hookup culture,how is sexual pleasure unevenly distributed?

A)Men neglect women's orgasms in general.
B)Men neglect women's orgasms in hookups.
C)Men prioritize women's orgasms in hookups.
D)Women prioritize their own orgasms.

Question 27

Is the orgasm gap an outcome of natural biological differences between men and women? Why or why not?

Question 28

What is the politics of respectability?

A)the rule that contemporary Americans display tolerance to racial and sexual minorities
B)a cultural script for men that prescribes respect for women's sexuality
C)a form of resistance to negative racial stereotypes that involves following conservative norms of appearance and behavior
D)a cultural script that identifies white men and women as deserving of respect

Question 29

Describe two contemporary advertisements or programs you have encountered in the media that you believe contribute significantly to processes of sexual liberation and/or sexual objectification.Explain clearly how they do so.Use your examples also to consider whether these effects are similar or different for women and men of different racial groups and why this would be the case.

Question 30

Bystander intervention programs on college campuses are effective in reducing rates of sexual violence,because

A)they teach both men and women how to safely intervene in specific situations.
B)they empower the entire college community to just say no to rape culture.
C)they teach that standing by is safer than intervening.
D)they teach women to always have a buddy with her for safety in numbers.

Question 31

What is one way that anti-rape campaigns on college campuses frequently perpetuate rape culture instead?

A)Rape culture is so institutionalized that it is impossible to escape it.
B)These campaigns forget to draw attention to nonstudent sexual predators.
C)College women can shame perpetrators who are fellow students more easily than administrators can.
D)Campaigns tend to focus on what women did not do to reduce their risk,rather than what the perpetrators did.

Question 32

According to the text,how did the women's movement and the sexual revolution influence our current understanding of sexual liberation? Address how we currently define and understand sexual liberation.Then,evaluate whether you think we are actually in an age of sexual liberation.Make sure to provide supporting details to explain why or why not.