Exam 9: Sexuality

Using historical and cross-cultural examples provided in the text, evaluate the value of an anthropological approach to sexuality. What do historical and cross-cultural cases of sexuality tell us about sexual norms? Did you learn anything in this chapter about sexuality that you had previously taken for granted? If so, what did you learn? If not, provide an example of something discussed in the chapter that you think someone in an older generation might be surprised to learn.

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Students should refer to at least one historical example (e.g., the history of the study of sexology or colonialism) and at least one cross-cultural example (e.g., the practice of boy insemination in Papua New Guinea). They should discuss the value (or lack of value) of anthropological research focusing on sexuality. Students should discuss the ways in which sexuality is culturally constructed and provide examples of what they learned about sexual norms, or what they think someone of an older generation might be surprised to learn about sexual norms.

Margaret Mead's work in the islands of the western Pacific contributed which of the following to a greater understanding of human sexuality?

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Colonial corporations such as the Dutch East India Company regulated sexual activity and marriage among employees. Their regulations did NOT include:

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Scientists have found that human sexuality:

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Heterosexuality in the United States:

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________________ is a social scientist who wrote about the link between sexuality and power, describing the ways that sexuality is an arena in which appropriate behavior is defined, relations of power are worked out, and inequality and stratification are created, enforced, and contested.

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All of the women in Patty Kelly's research in a brothel in Chiapas, Mexico, used the brothel as a way to do all of the following, EXCEPT:

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The scale describing a spectrum of human sexuality with exclusively heterosexual behavior on one end and exclusively homosexual behavior on the other is known as:

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Question 8

Define sex work and describe its role in Denise Brennan's research in the Dominican Republic and in Patty Kelly's research in Mexico. What are some similarities and differences between these two cases? Do the sex workers in one case appear to be more or less secure than sex workers in the other? Why or why not? What is the impact of globalization in each case?

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Question 9

Mapping the global scope of diverse human sexual beliefs and behaviors is called the:

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In reality, the colonial boundaries that were intended to distinguish communities of colonizers from their colonial subjects:

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The text offers examples of sex tourism destinations around the world. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

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Which of the following factors would a cultural constructionist consider studying when investigating human sexuality?

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In Nicaragua, machismo:

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Violence perpetuated through sexually related physical assaults such as rape is called:

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According to the text, which of the following has seen an increase in attention to policies addressing sexual violence?

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How did sexology contribute to establishing heterosexuality as the dominant erotic ideal in the United States? Despite his findings that human sexuality is marked by diversity, flexibility, and fluidity, in what two ways did Kinsey's research contribute to the establishment of heterosexuality as the dominant erotic ideal? Do you think this ideal remains in U.S. culture today? Why or why not?

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Contemporary anthropologists study sexuality:

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Harvard-trained biologist and zoologist Alfred Kinsey's study on human sexuality revealed which of the following?

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The "wedding industry" is which of the following?

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Margaret Mead's work in the islands of the western Pacific contributed which of the following to a greater understanding of human sexuality?

Colonial corporations such as the Dutch East India Company regulated sexual activity and marriage among employees. Their regulations did NOT include:

Scientists have found that human sexuality:

Heterosexuality in the United States:

________________ is a social scientist who wrote about the link between sexuality and power, describing the ways that sexuality is an arena in which appropriate behavior is defined, relations of power are worked out, and inequality and stratification are created, enforced, and contested.

All of the women in Patty Kelly's research in a brothel in Chiapas, Mexico, used the brothel as a way to do all of the following, EXCEPT:

The scale describing a spectrum of human sexuality with exclusively heterosexual behavior on one end and exclusively homosexual behavior on the other is known as:

Mapping the global scope of diverse human sexual beliefs and behaviors is called the:

In reality, the colonial boundaries that were intended to distinguish communities of colonizers from their colonial subjects:

The text offers examples of sex tourism destinations around the world. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

Which of the following factors would a cultural constructionist consider studying when investigating human sexuality?

In Nicaragua, machismo:

Violence perpetuated through sexually related physical assaults such as rape is called:

According to the text, which of the following has seen an increase in attention to policies addressing sexual violence?

Contemporary anthropologists study sexuality:

Harvard-trained biologist and zoologist Alfred Kinsey's study on human sexuality revealed which of the following?

The "wedding industry" is which of the following?

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