Exam 11: Sexual Orientation

Sam has been given a copy of the Heterosexual Questionnaire.This handout includes all of the following questions except ________.

Most self-aware gay and lesbian individuals are quite clear that they always knew they were "different" from other kids in some fundamental ways for as long as they can remember.

Many states have passed "defense of marriage" acts which specifically limit marriage to opposite-sex couples and forbid same sex marriages.

Irene is excited to learn about the link between sexual orientation and siblings.The studies she has reviewed have found that, on average, gay men have a greater number of ________.

What Nora learns from reading her human sexuality textbook is that civil unions provide the same benefits as legal marriage.

Some have suggested that the underpinnings of the search for the cause of sexual orientation are based on negative attitudes about homosexuality, including all of the following except that it is ________.

Sexual orientation is different from sexual behavior because it refers to feelings and self-concept.

Two of the more widely accepted models of the coming out process reflect a gradual step-like progression, including ________.

All of the following countries have extended gay couples the right to marry with all the rights bestowed on heterosexual married couples except ________.

Simon LeVay's research findings suggested brain differences in heterosexual and homosexual men ________ sexual orientation.

The ________ theory considers both biological and environmental factors in the development of sexual orientation.

________ referred to nonreproductive, noncommercial, consensual sexual acts between adults in private, and included oral and anal sex at a minimum, and in some extreme cases, virtually any sexual behavior other than intercourse between a married man and woman in the "missionary position."

A "0" on the Kinsey's sexual orientation rating scale would mean ________.

State and federal anti-discrimination laws specify certain characteristics of groups that are protected under these laws such as race, religion, sex (male-female), country of origin, age, or disability, These are referred to as ________.

Relationship satisfaction and quality are about the same regardless of the sexes of the couple.

________ laws have allowed for more stringent penalties for violent crimes that can be shown to have been motivated by bias or prejudice toward a protected class of people.

________ are all examples of states that have legalized gay marriage.

No federal law prevents a person from being fired or refused a job on the basis of sexual orientation.

Aaron, like many gay people, recognizes that one of the dangers of coming out is ________.

Seth is an out gay male.Depending on the state he works in, he could be ________ based solely because he is gay.