Exam 8: Sexuality

The mati in Suriname form intimate spiritual, emotional, and sexual relationships with other women but may maintain a "visiting" relationship with men for the purposes of children and economics. To some, this might suggest that these women are what?

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

Anne Allison's study of nightclubs for "salary men" in Japan ultimately concludes that the purpose of these clubs is not just about sexualizing women, but about building deeper relationships for who?

Among college students, what percentage said that oral sex constituted "having sex"?

In addition to humans, which other mammals engage in sexual activity for fun rather than exclusively for procreation?

Mapping the global scope of diverse human sexual beliefs and behaviors, or ethnocartography, offers the chance for a deeper analysis of one's own culture. What else does such work provide?

Which of the following best describes machismo in Nicaragua?

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

Mati may engage in sexual relationships with which of these groups?

Sociologist Mignon Moore found that openly gay sexuality among minority communities was seen as an affront to what?

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?

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

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?

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?

After WWII, anthropology shifted away from its growing focus on sexuality and instead looked at what?

Which of the following statements about the mati of Suriname is correct?

Some studies have found that 61 percent of men believe women give consent nonverbally through body language, though only 10 percent of women say they give consent through body language cues. To which issue are these finds related?

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

Roger Lancaster found that in Nicaragua, men who received anal intercourse were stigmatized while men who penetrated other men during anal intercourse were still considered properly masculine. What does this reveal about the concept of machismo?

This chapter highlights anthropological investigations of sexuality in several different parts of the world (Sweden, Suriname, Nicaragua, Japan, Nigeria). Pick two of them and describe the studies themselves and the researchers' analyses and key findings. What is similar about these studies? How do they differ? How do the studies you chose highlight the value of an ethnocartography of human sexuality?