Human Sexuality Exam 5 – Flashcards
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Gay conversion programs succeed with over half of all participants
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false
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Individual's homophobic attitudes can change with deliberate effort, experience, or education
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true
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to better understand the relative influences of social environment (nurture) and genetic makeup (nature), researchers often use
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twin studies
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When "coming out" it is probably BEST to make your first disclosure to...
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someone who you are sure you can trust and whom you would expect to be accepting
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homophobia is frequently directed toward lesbians
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false
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therapy to help homosexual clients cope with negative societal attitudes is known as
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gay-affirmitive therapy
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Investigations of homosexuality and handedness suggest
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a correlation between handedness and sexual orientations
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Which of the following is NOT part of the "coming out" process?
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Passing
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"All a lesbian needs is a good lay" is a statement that reflects
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the "by default" myth
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Positive attitudes toward homosexuality are associated most with which of the following
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being a college student
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Some of the most virulent antigay rhetoric has come from deeply closeted men in positions of religious leadership
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true
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In several research studies, the incidence of homosexual orientation was greater for those siblings of a homosexual male who were
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an identical twin
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Most sexologists believe that ultimately people are born with a sexual orientation, and this thinking is supported through biological research
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FALSE
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What is a genetic disorder in girls that creates unusually high levels of exposure to androgens during prenatal development and childhood?
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
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Lisa Diamond uses the term sexual fluidity to describe
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variability in same-sex and other-sex attraction at various times throughout the lifespan
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Which of the following statements concerning lesbians is TRUE?
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Most lesbians have identified themselves as homosexual prior to their first same-sex contact
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Statutory rape is having intercourse, even if consensual, with a person under the age of consent for that state
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true
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Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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Men in rape prone societies frequently have less economic and political power than women, which fuels the anger that is often the motivation for the rape.
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Acquaintance rape is also known as
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date rape
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Which of the following is NOT an example of sexual harrassment?
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Marine's employer tells jokes with a racist theme at a staff meeting
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According to your text, sexual abuse prevention strategies...
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Should be given early because up to a quarter of abuse victims are under seven years of age
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A woman's preconception of a "real" rape as a violent attack by a stranger may not match her experience of an acquaintance rape, and therefore she may not consider it reportable criminal behavior
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true
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The legal definition of rape is federally defined and therefore consistent from state to state
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FALSE
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________ was the first adult film that drew mainstream audiences, including women, to X-rated movie houses
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Deep Throat
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Under some state laws, sexting is considered child pornography and sending or receiving it is a felony sex crime
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True
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The word erotica is rooted in eros, or...
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"passionate love"
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Pornography is separated into several categories, name a few
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Soft-core, hard-core, violent
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a call boy
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is often a social companion
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In a 5-year follow up study of the impact on the public health and welfare of sex workers since the decriminalization of prostitution, it was found that
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sex workers had a high level of condom use and safe sex practices
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A nationwide study of two years worth of credit-card receipts from a major online provider of pornography found that states whose residents consume the most pornography tend to have
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more conservative and religious populations than states whose residents exhibit lower levels of consumption
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Among sex worker, Burnette found that...
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approximately 60% want to leave the profession, but do not have the resources to do so
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According to the FBI, what city ranks as number one for internet searches of adult-related content?
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Salt Lake City
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The ______ usually earns more money than other female prostitutes
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call girl
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What type of prostitute faces the WORST work conditions?
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a streetwalker
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When studying the frequency of prostitution patronage, Carael found that
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approximately 10% of men in the study exchanged money for sex within the last year
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Sex workers typically engage in unprotected sex acts because
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the increase in yearly income is significant
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the "By Default" Myth
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-some people believe that unhappy heterosexual experiences cause a person to become homosexual -contrary to this myth, Bell's analysis of the data indicated that homosexual orientation reflects neither a lack of heterosexual experience nor a history of negative heterosexual experiences. Bell found that homosexual and heterosexual groups did not differ in their frequency of dating during high school, but fewer homosexual subjects reported that they enjoyed heterosexual dating
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The Seduction Myth
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-some people believe that young men and women become homosexual because they have been seduced by older homosexual people or because they have been "turned" by someone else-particularly a well-liked and respected teacher who is homosexual
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Freud's Theory
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-Freud maintained that one's relationship with one's father and mother was crucial. He believed that in "normal" development, we all pass through a homoerotic phase. Boys, he argued, could become fixated at this homosexual phase if they have an overly close relationship with their mother and poor relationship with father
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Describe how prenatal; and biological influences on the brain affect sexual orientation
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-research using MRI and PET scans has typically found male-female differences in brain areas related to emotional expression and verbal skills -the causes of sexual orientation remain a matter of speculaion, rather than thinking in terms of a single cause for sexual orientation, it seems more appropriate to consider the continuum of sexual orientation as being influenced by dynamic interactions among various biological, environmental, and cultural factors
