Deck 11: Heterosexual Deviance

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a factor that accounts for changes in contemporary attitudes toward sex?

A) Church attendance is down
B) More narrow standards of acceptable gender-related expression
C) Increased urbanizations
D) Widespread desire for individualized expression in personal lifestyles

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The term ______ denotes the use of computers to flirt, exchange romantic messages, and acquire sexual satisfaction online.

A) compusex
B) onlinisex
C) cybersex
D) codesex

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Sexuality emerges from a _____ process.

A) biological
B) physiological
C) social
D) psychological

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Arrest data are poor indicators of the number of people engaged in prostitution.

Question 5

Tolerance and openness toward sexual variation has not increased or decreased in the last few decades.

Question 6

Which Roman emperor created new laws to encourage marriage and having children?

A) Nero
B) Cesar
C) Constantine
D) Augustus

Question 7

Most male prostitutes do not see themselves as exclusively homosexual.

Question 8

Sexual norms vary by:

A) the relationship between the participants
B) the physical setting
C) precise behaviors
D) all of the above

Question 9

Rates of prostitution over time:

A) have decreased steadily since the early 1900s
B) have decreased steadily, except for periodic increases in wartime
C) have remained stable, except for periodic increases in wartime
D) have increased dramatically since around 1984

Question 10

About 10% of child prostitutes in Thailand were HIV positive.

Question 11

Sexual norms do not change quickly.

Question 12

All feminists find pornography degrading and want it controlled or banned.

Question 13

Prostitution is now legal in parts of India, Germany, and Amsterdam.

Question 14

The supposed practice of "sex for drugs" among some prostitutes is a myth.

Question 15

Most judgments of sexual deviation consider all of the following characteristics except:

A) the degree of consent
B) the religiosity of the participants
C) the settings in which sex acts occur
D) certain kinds of acts or conduct

Question 16

Which of the following is likely to have the most permissive attitudes about extramarital sex?

A) Females
B) Older people
C) More highly educated
D) All of the above are equally likely to have permissive attitudes

Question 17

Examples of pornography can be found throughout history in diverse societies.

Question 18

In modern industrial societies like the U.S. there are uniform guidelines that govern sexual behavior.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is false?

A) Prostitution is rarely found outside Western and Central/South American societies.
B) Prostitution shares some characteristics with the crime of forcible rape.
C) Sex work is linked to several important values in American society.
D) Prostitution is defined by social control efforts more than by the behavior itself.

Question 20

The term used to describe those that engage in a wide variety of activities such as prostitution, erotic massage, and exotic dancing is called:

A) whoring
B) sex work
C) erotic economic exchanges
D) sexploitation

Question 21

Prostitution is currently legal in parts of which state?

A) Alaska
B) Nevada
C) Oregon
D) Hawaii

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT one of the developmental stages in becoming a prostitute?

A) Entrance into the career
B) Securing a pimp
C) Apprenticeship
D) Development of contacts

Question 23

Which of the following statements is true?

A) There is no evidence of negative effects of pornography on behavior
B) Pornography serves no positive social function
C) Sociologists need much more information than they now have about the positive and negative effects of exposure to pornography
D) Both a and b

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT an argument used by prostitutes to justify their practices?

A) They are performing a necessary social function
B) They are no worse than other people and often less hypocritical
C) Clients of prostitutes would be committing other crimes if they weren't with the prostitutes
D) They achieve certain dominant social values such as financial success and supporting others who depend on them

Question 25

Individuals may develop relationships over the Internet and participate in cybersex to acquire sexual gratification. Many individuals meet in chat rooms and use aliases, otherwise known as:

A) nicks
B) alia
C) cybernames
D) none of the above

Question 26

Why has female sexual slavery persisted?

A) High poverty among women
B) Traditional female role socialization
C) Social attitudes that promote this behavior and government inattention
D) All of the above

Question 27

Both male and female adolescent prostitutes have the same type of typical customer?

A) Young (19-32) white working class men
B) Middle-aged (30-50) minority males, typically middle class
C) Middle aged (30-50) usually white men from a variety of backgrounds
D) Poor, urban, minority males of all ages

Question 28

Critics of prostitution argue that:

A) it involves a great deal of promiscuity, especially with strangers
B) it damages other social relationships
C) prostitutes experience unwholesome social effects
D) all of the above

Question 29

_______ are known to only take clients on referrals from known and trusted sources.

A) Streetwalkers
B) Bar girls
C) Call girls
D) None of the above

Question 30

Co-marital sexual relations between two or more married couples are known as _____________.

A) swinging
B) exhibition
C) voyeurism
D) prostitution

Question 31

When female strippers "play the customers" and establish a relationship with customers to elicit good tips, this is called:

A) sexual intimacy
B) profit bending
C) counterfeit intimacy
D) necessary enticement

Question 32

In Miller v. California, the Supreme Court argued that certain materials can be classified as obscene and banned if an average person applying contemporary community standards would find all of the following except that:

A) it appeals to prurient interests in sex
B) it brings sexual satisfaction
C) it describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way
D) it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

Question 33

Germany legalized prostitution in what year?

A) 1946
B) 1967
C) 1985
D) 2002

Question 34

Which of the following types of prostitutes is the most common?

A) Streetwalker
B) Bar girl
C) Call girl
D) Road whore

Question 35

Some evidence about pornography indicates:

A) narrowing conceptions of pornography and increased tolerance for pornography
B) widening conceptions of pornography and increased tolerance for pornography
C) widening conceptions of pornography and decreased tolerance for pornography
D) narrowing conceptions of pornography and decreased tolerance for pornography

Question 36

Most prostitutes contract AIDS as a result of:

A) sex with other females
B) sex with males
C) unprotected sex with romantic partners
D) intravenous drug use

Question 37

Supporters of prostitution such as COYOTE argue:

A) most prostitution is forced
B) prostitution is simply a service occupation
C) prostitutes need police protection in order to operate, reducing the quality of law enforcement
D) prostitution is a violation of civil rights

Question 38

Throughout the Middle Ages, prostitution was seen as:

A) an abomination
B) illegal
C) a necessary evil
D) a normal part of a healthy lifestyle

Question 39

Change in the attitudes toward specific sexual practices to include permissiveness acts such as premarital sex, cohabitation, spouse swapping, and phone sex can be classified as:

A) sexual evolvement
B) sexual revolution
C) sexual promiscuity
D) None of the above

Question 40

This type of prostitute enjoys the highest status of any type of prostitute.

A) bar girl
B) streetwalker
C) convention girl
D) call girl

Question 41

How do young children and adolescents become engaged in prostitution? How are male and female adolescent prostitutes similar?

Question 42

Why has the degree of tolerance and openness about sex increased over the past few decades?

Question 43

Compare and contrast the different types of prostitution (streetwalkers, call girls etc.)?

Question 44

How has technology affected sexual behavior in the United States? What are the perceived advantages to computer and phone sex for their users?

Question 45

Compare and contrast the different feminist arguments for and against pornography. Based on studies of the effects of pornography mentioned in the text, which arguments do you favor?