Deck 8: A: Sexuality and Society

Question 1

Researchers did not begin to study sexuality until the middle of the twentieth century.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

No sexual practice-not even the incest taboo-is found everywhere in the world.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The region of the world where people make the least use of birth control is North America.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Modesty is culturally variable.

Question 5

Durand and Cousens,in the chapter-opening story,are transsexuals.

Question 6

Gender is an element of culture.

Question 7

Although there is a human "sex drive," our biology does not dictate any specific ways of being sexual.

Question 8

Primary sex characteristics refer to reproductive organs.

Question 9

It appears,from research done,that Canadian adults are more sexually active than American adults.

Question 10

The fact that many people are bisexual demonstrates that sexual orientation is often not clear-cut.

Question 11

Gender reassignment is always voluntary.

Question 12

The baby boom generation-people born between 1946 and 1964-became the first cohort in U.S.history to grow up with the idea that sex was part of everyone's life,married or not.

Question 13

Historically,public attitudes towards sexuality in North America have been inconsistent,mixing cultural repression with individual choice.

Question 14

The publication of Alfred Kinsey's first book in 1948 caused a stir,first of all,because scientists were actually studying sex.

Question 15

People in all cultures respond to intersexual people with confusion or even disgust.

Question 16

Sociologists point out that human sexual behavior is very similar across all cultures.

Question 17

While the sexual revolution increased sexual activity overall,it changed behaviour among men more than among women.

Question 18

Most married adults in Canada are sexually unfaithful to their spouses at some point in their marriages.

Question 19

There are few areas of life in which sexuality does not play some part.

Question 20

During the twentieth century,Canadian society experienced profound changes in sexual attitudes and practices.

Question 21

Although some people think rape is a form of sex,it is an expression of power.

Question 22

The Canadian rate of teenage pregnancy was actually higher in the 1960s than it is today.

Question 23

The symbolic-interaction approach highlights the various meanings people attach to sexuality.

Question 24

The social-conflict approach highlights the ways sexual attitudes and practices benefit some and disadvantage others.

Question 25

Pornography is a moral issue for some people and a political issue for others.

Question 26

Homophobia refers to a fear of sexuality.

Question 27

The structural-functional approach highlights patterns of inequality linked to sexuality.

Question 28

There was no distinct category of "homosexual" people until about a century ago.

Question 29

Heterosexism refers to rejecting or stigmatizing anyone who is not heterosexual.

Question 30

Becoming pregnant as a teenager raises the risk of not finishing school and becoming poor.

Question 31

Most societies tolerate homosexuality.

Question 32

In Canada,prostitution is not a crime.

Question 33

The abortion debate is about nothing other than the question of when life begins.

Question 34

The sexual revolution raised the level of teenage pregnancy in Canada.

Question 35

Prostitution is greatest in poor nations,where women have fewer economic opportunities.

Question 36

Homosexuality and heterosexuality are mutually exclusive,meaning that all people fall into one category or the other.

Question 37

Estimates are that 20% of the Canadian population is gay.

Question 38

What is and is not pornographic has long been a matter of debate.

Question 39

In recent decades,the public attitude toward homosexuality in Canada has been moving toward greater acceptance.