Question 1

According to Jonathan Ned Katz, when was heterosexuality "invented"?

Accepted Answer

A)  about 6,000 years ago, when homosexuality first developed 
B)  in 1859, when laws about sexual orientation were written 
C)  in 1700, when the term was first used in Germany 
D)  in 1892, when the term was first used in the United States 
A)  about 6,000 years ago, when homosexuality first developed 
B)  in 1859, when laws about sexual orientation were written 
C)  in 1700, when the term was first used in Germany 
D)  in 1892, when the term was first used in the United States

Question 2

Why do contemporary anthropologists study sexuality?

Accepted Answer

A)  They study sexuality in order to provide a better understanding of the diverse expressions of sexuality worldwide. 
B)  They study sexuality in order to better understand the individuals they want to study. 
C)  Other researchers do not study sexuality due to the difficulty of watching people have sex. 
D)  It is a unique exercise in participant observation. 
A)  They study sexuality in order to provide a better understanding of the diverse expressions of sexuality worldwide. 
B)  They study sexuality in order to better understand the individuals they want to study. 
C)  Other researchers do not study sexuality due to the difficulty of watching people have sex. 
D)  It is a unique exercise in participant observation.

Question 3

Discuss the role of language in sexuality and how it both controls behavior and gives license to perform certain behaviors. How do prominent public figures use language around sexuality? What are the consequences of direct and honest discussion in both a public and private setting?

Accepted Answer

Students may discuss how linguistic anth

Question 4

Philosopher Michel Foucault describes sexuality as "an especially dense transfer point for relations of power." Discuss his claim. How does the private act of sex become a transfer point for power? What are the public channels in which we might expect to observe this process?

Accepted Answer

Students should be able to draw on the n

Question 5

The work of Mignon Moore describes the experiences of lesbian African American women. Why do these women often struggle in their lives?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are forced to choose whether to remain loyal to their race. 
B)  They are forced to negotiate several different identities of race, class, and sexuality. 
C)  They are forced to be openly lesbian in a hostile environment. 
D)  They must participate in the black community, but not the lesbian community. 
A)  They are forced to choose whether to remain loyal to their race. 
B)  They are forced to negotiate several different identities of race, class, and sexuality. 
C)  They are forced to be openly lesbian in a hostile environment. 
D)  They must participate in the black community, but not the lesbian community.

Question 6

Recently, the government of China began a crackdown on the practice of hiring strippers to perform at funerals in rural parts of the country, a practice that many see as normal, but to others might seem odd or even bizarre. What effect might such a prohibition have?

Accepted Answer

A)  It allows the government to regulate sexual behavior norms. 
B)  It helps regulate commerce in rural populations. 
C)  It can foster negative attitudes toward stripping as a profession. 
D)  It enforces traditional funeral practices. 
A)  It allows the government to regulate sexual behavior norms. 
B)  It helps regulate commerce in rural populations. 
C)  It can foster negative attitudes toward stripping as a profession. 
D)  It enforces traditional funeral practices.

Question 7

Define sexuality and, using a minimum of three examples from the text, describe the ways in which culture influences sexual beliefs and behaviors.

Accepted Answer

Students should define sexuality, includ

Question 8

Many governments attempt to criminalize sex work through legal and social sanctions. How do these sanctions impact sex workers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They must conduct their work covertly. 
B)  They have to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases. 
C)  Sex workers must register with a government agency. 
D)  Sex workers pay taxes that are higher than others. 
A)  They must conduct their work covertly. 
B)  They have to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases. 
C)  Sex workers must register with a government agency. 
D)  Sex workers pay taxes that are higher than others.

Question 9

The Victorian ideal of sexuality was focused on procreation and discouraged the idea of having sex for pleasure. Having sex "for fun" was considered out of keeping with what aspect of society at that time?

Accepted Answer

A)  government edicts 
B)  Christian teachings 
C)  scientific facts 
D)  medical knowledge 
A)  government edicts 
B)  Christian teachings 
C)  scientific facts 
D)  medical knowledge

Question 10

How do many governments in Africa regard homosexuality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many governments believe homosexuality is the result of the Western influences that have flooded Africa for years. 
B)  Homosexuality is considered a threat to many local economies because resources cannot be shared when two men combine households and do not have children. 
C)  Most governments accept homosexuality because the practice is tied to precolonial traditions. 
D)  Most governments in Africa do not attempt to control or regulate sexuality in their countries. 
A)  Many governments believe homosexuality is the result of the Western influences that have flooded Africa for years. 
B)  Homosexuality is considered a threat to many local economies because resources cannot be shared when two men combine households and do not have children. 
C)  Most governments accept homosexuality because the practice is tied to precolonial traditions. 
D)  Most governments in Africa do not attempt to control or regulate sexuality in their countries.

Question 11

According to the work of Don Kulick and Jens Rydstrom, how do most governments regard the sexuality of disabled persons when providing them with living assistance?

Accepted Answer

A)  The erotic lives of the disabled are largely ignored. 
B)  The erotic lives of the disabled are respected as a biological need. 
C)  Disabled persons are generally denied access to sexual health testing. 
D)  Disabled persons receive greater access to sexual health care. 
A)  The erotic lives of the disabled are largely ignored. 
B)  The erotic lives of the disabled are respected as a biological need. 
C)  Disabled persons are generally denied access to sexual health testing. 
D)  Disabled persons receive greater access to sexual health care.

Question 12

'Yan daudu challenge the dominant norms of what aspect of northern Nigerian culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  sexual 
B)  domestic 
C)  colonial 
D)  marital 
A)  sexual 
B)  domestic 
C)  colonial 
D)  marital

Question 13

Many different cultural institutions and systems of power interconnect to regulate sexuality, affecting both individual lives and group experiences. How do anthropologists refer to this aspect of overlapping systems and institutions in our daily lives?

Accepted Answer

A)  intersectionality 
B)  hegemony 
C)  sexology 
D)  sexual discourse 
A)  intersectionality 
B)  hegemony 
C)  sexology 
D)  sexual discourse

Question 14

Michel Foucault was a gay man whose writing about sexuality was informed by his own lived experience. What was his view about sexuality in every culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Each society's members define the political and cultural powers that shape sexuality. 
B)  Sexuality is an arena where relations of power are worked out. 
C)  Sexuality allows human beings to express the full meaning of their lives. 
D)  It is the responsibility of the medical establishment to make sexual activity safe. 
A)  Each society's members define the political and cultural powers that shape sexuality. 
B)  Sexuality is an arena where relations of power are worked out. 
C)  Sexuality allows human beings to express the full meaning of their lives. 
D)  It is the responsibility of the medical establishment to make sexual activity safe.

Question 15

How do the 'yan daudu in Nigeria see homosexual behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is both incompatible with marrying women and with their Muslim faith. 
B)  It is compatible with both marrying women and their Muslim faith. 
C)  It is incompatible with marrying women but is compatible with their Muslim faith. 
D)  It is compatible with marrying women but is incompatible with their Muslim faith. 
A)  It is both incompatible with marrying women and with their Muslim faith. 
B)  It is compatible with both marrying women and their Muslim faith. 
C)  It is incompatible with marrying women but is compatible with their Muslim faith. 
D)  It is compatible with marrying women but is incompatible with their Muslim faith.

Question 16

Which of the following best describes machismo in Nicaragua?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a kind of gender performance. 
B)  It is a sexually deviant act. 
C)  It is simply a display of sexual bravado. 
D)  It confers a special status. 
A)  It is a kind of gender performance. 
B)  It is a sexually deviant act. 
C)  It is simply a display of sexual bravado. 
D)  It confers a special status.

Question 17

Gloria Wekker believes that anthropologists should not impose their views about sexuality onto other cultures. How does she categorize the labels of "homosexuality" and "heterosexuality" for describing sexual orientation?

Accepted Answer

A)  as fixed, biological categories 
B)  as limited, but useful, labels for studying sex across cultures 
C)  as useless, since homosexuality does not exist outside of Western cultures 
D)  as Western folk knowledge 
A)  as fixed, biological categories 
B)  as limited, but useful, labels for studying sex across cultures 
C)  as useless, since homosexuality does not exist outside of Western cultures 
D)  as Western folk knowledge

Question 18

The text notes that having a term to describe the sexual activities between opposite-sex persons (heterosexuality) is a fairly new concept in the United States. What led to the development of the term heterosexuality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alfred Kinsey's finding that sexual behaviors could shift over the course of a lifetime 
B)  the greater cultural currency afforded to homosexuality 
C)  the shame that Victorians experienced when talking about sexual activity 
D)  Richard von Krafft-Ebing's book Psychopathia Sexualis 
A)  Alfred Kinsey's finding that sexual behaviors could shift over the course of a lifetime 
B)  the greater cultural currency afforded to homosexuality 
C)  the shame that Victorians experienced when talking about sexual activity 
D)  Richard von Krafft-Ebing's book Psychopathia Sexualis

Question 19

What have geneticists found regarding the genetic code and human sexual orientation?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are clusters of "gay" and "straight" genes that determine sexual orientation. 
B)  There is a "gay" gene but not a "straight" gene. 
C)  There is a "straight" gene but not a "gay" gene. 
D)  There is no gene or cluster of genes that determines sexual orientation. 
A)  There are clusters of "gay" and "straight" genes that determine sexual orientation. 
B)  There is a "gay" gene but not a "straight" gene. 
C)  There is a "straight" gene but not a "gay" gene. 
D)  There is no gene or cluster of genes that determines sexual orientation.

Question 20

Why do the "salary men" of white-collar Japan go to hostess bars?

Accepted Answer

A)  to find suitable companions for the evening 
B)  to build and strengthen office relationships and corporate culture 
C)  to relieve their sexual tensions 
D)  to enjoy banter about women's breasts 
A)  to find suitable companions for the evening 
B)  to build and strengthen office relationships and corporate culture 
C)  to relieve their sexual tensions 
D)  to enjoy banter about women's breasts

According to Jonathan Ned Katz, when was heterosexuality "invented"?

Why do contemporary anthropologists study sexuality?

Discuss the role of language in sexuality and how it both controls behavior and gives license to perform certain behaviors. How do prominent public figures use language around sexuality? What are the consequences of direct and honest discussion in both a public and private setting?

Philosopher Michel Foucault describes sexuality as "an especially dense transfer point for relations of power." Discuss his claim. How does the private act of sex become a transfer point for power? What are the public channels in which we might expect to observe this process?

The work of Mignon Moore describes the experiences of lesbian African American women. Why do these women often struggle in their lives?

Recently, the government of China began a crackdown on the practice of hiring strippers to perform at funerals in rural parts of the country, a practice that many see as normal, but to others might seem odd or even bizarre. What effect might such a prohibition have?

Define sexuality and, using a minimum of three examples from the text, describe the ways in which culture influences sexual beliefs and behaviors.

Many governments attempt to criminalize sex work through legal and social sanctions. How do these sanctions impact sex workers?

The Victorian ideal of sexuality was focused on procreation and discouraged the idea of having sex for pleasure. Having sex "for fun" was considered out of keeping with what aspect of society at that time?

How do many governments in Africa regard homosexuality?

According to the work of Don Kulick and Jens Rydstrom, how do most governments regard the sexuality of disabled persons when providing them with living assistance?

'Yan daudu challenge the dominant norms of what aspect of northern Nigerian culture?

Many different cultural institutions and systems of power interconnect to regulate sexuality, affecting both individual lives and group experiences. How do anthropologists refer to this aspect of overlapping systems and institutions in our daily lives?

Michel Foucault was a gay man whose writing about sexuality was informed by his own lived experience. What was his view about sexuality in every culture?

How do the 'yan daudu in Nigeria see homosexual behavior?

Which of the following best describes machismo in Nicaragua?

Gloria Wekker believes that anthropologists should not impose their views about sexuality onto other cultures. How does she categorize the labels of "homosexuality" and "heterosexuality" for describing sexual orientation?

The text notes that having a term to describe the sexual activities between opposite-sex persons (heterosexuality) is a fairly new concept in the United States. What led to the development of the term heterosexuality?

What have geneticists found regarding the genetic code and human sexual orientation?

Why do the "salary men" of white-collar Japan go to hostess bars?

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Exam 9: Sexuality

According to Jonathan Ned Katz, when was heterosexuality "invented"?

Why do contemporary anthropologists study sexuality?

Discuss the role of language in sexuality and how it both controls behavior and gives license to perform certain behaviors. How do prominent public figures use language around sexuality? What are the consequences of direct and honest discussion in both a public and private setting?

Philosopher Michel Foucault describes sexuality as "an especially dense transfer point for relations of power." Discuss his claim. How does the private act of sex become a transfer point for power? What are the public channels in which we might expect to observe this process?

The work of Mignon Moore describes the experiences of lesbian African American women. Why do these women often struggle in their lives?

Recently, the government of China began a crackdown on the practice of hiring strippers to perform at funerals in rural parts of the country, a practice that many see as normal, but to others might seem odd or even bizarre. What effect might such a prohibition have?

Define sexuality and, using a minimum of three examples from the text, describe the ways in which culture influences sexual beliefs and behaviors.

Many governments attempt to criminalize sex work through legal and social sanctions. How do these sanctions impact sex workers?

The Victorian ideal of sexuality was focused on procreation and discouraged the idea of having sex for pleasure. Having sex "for fun" was considered out of keeping with what aspect of society at that time?

How do many governments in Africa regard homosexuality?

According to the work of Don Kulick and Jens Rydstrom, how do most governments regard the sexuality of disabled persons when providing them with living assistance?

'Yan daudu challenge the dominant norms of what aspect of northern Nigerian culture?

Many different cultural institutions and systems of power interconnect to regulate sexuality, affecting both individual lives and group experiences. How do anthropologists refer to this aspect of overlapping systems and institutions in our daily lives?

Michel Foucault was a gay man whose writing about sexuality was informed by his own lived experience. What was his view about sexuality in every culture?

How do the 'yan daudu in Nigeria see homosexual behavior?

Which of the following best describes machismo in Nicaragua?

Gloria Wekker believes that anthropologists should not impose their views about sexuality onto other cultures. How does she categorize the labels of "homosexuality" and "heterosexuality" for describing sexual orientation?

The text notes that having a term to describe the sexual activities between opposite-sex persons (heterosexuality) is a fairly new concept in the United States. What led to the development of the term heterosexuality?

What have geneticists found regarding the genetic code and human sexual orientation?

Why do the "salary men" of white-collar Japan go to hostess bars?

Anthropology in a Global Age

Culture

Fieldwork and Ethnography

Language

Human Origins

Race and Racism

Ethnicity and Nationalism

Gender

Kinship, Family, and Marriage

Class and Inequality

The Global Economy

Migration

Politics and Power

Religion

Health, Illness, and the Body

Art and Media

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