Exam 5: Our Sexual Selves

According to the text, perhaps the most significant change in sexuality since the sexual revolution, among heterosexuals at least, has been in __________ sex.

One of the most striking changes over the past several decades has been the emergence of __________ issues as political controversies.

"Human immunodeficiency virus" produces __________.

How many new cases of HIV are diagnosed each year in the U.S.?

Americans are more likely to approve of a gay or lesbian lifestyle than of civil rights protections for gays or lesbians.

Which standard of nonmarital sex reflects "casual sex?"

In sharing sexual pleasure, each partner assumes ___________, that is, responsibility for his or her own sexual response.

__________ are attracted to persons of either sex

When Americans polled knew someone who is gay, lesbian, or bisexual their support for gay and lesbian rights increased.

__________ involves viewing homosexuality with fear, dread, aversion, or hatred.

Children are maturing about __________ than they were one hundred years ago.

In all couple types studied by Kurdek-gay, lesbian, heterosexual cohabitants, and married couples-within each group, sexual satisfaction was associated with

Over ___________ people are living with HIV or full-blown AIDS.

The largest percentage (70%) of diagnosed AIDS cases to date involve

No specific _____________ differences between heterosexuals and gays have been conclusively established.

From a(n) __________ perspective, we consider that humans are designed for the purpose of transmitting their genes to the next generation.

Summarize the history of American attitudes toward sex and sexuality. Begin with patriarchy and its origins and conclude with current attitudes.

Which theoretical perspective views the concepts "bisexual," "heterosexual," and "homosexual" as social inventions?

Which of the following is NOT one of Ira Reiss's standards of nonmarital sex?

__________ refers to the decreased interest in sex that results from the increased accessibility of a sexual partner and the predictability in sexual behavior with that partner over time.