Question 1

Which of the following statements is a widespread-but false-idea about rape?

Accepted Answer

A) Many rapes take place in the home. 
B) Women who are raped must have encouraged their attackers. 
C) Men who rape are interested in power rather than sex. 
D) "Date rape" is a common problem on college campuses. 
A) Many rapes take place in the home. 
B) Women who are raped must have encouraged their attackers. 
C) Men who rape are interested in power rather than sex. 
D) "Date rape" is a common problem on college campuses.

Question 2

Sexual attraction to someone of the same sex is called

Accepted Answer

A) heterosexuality. 
B) bisexuality. 
C) homosexuality. 
D) asexuality. 
A) heterosexuality. 
B) bisexuality. 
C) homosexuality. 
D) asexuality.

Question 3

About what share of the states in this country have laws that permit marriage between first cousins?

Accepted Answer

A) 10 percent of the states 
B) none of the states 
C) all of the states 
D) half of the states 
A) 10 percent of the states 
B) none of the states 
C) all of the states 
D) half of the states

Question 4

Read the four statements below.Which statement is NOT consistent with the social-conflict approach?

Accepted Answer

A) The process of reality construction is highly variable, so that one group's views of sexuality may well differ from another's. 
B) Defining women in sexual terms devalues them, turning women into objects of men's interest. 
C) U.S.culture often depicts sexuality in terms of sport and violence, such as when we speak of men "scoring" with women, and men "hitting on" women. 
D) When police enforce laws against prostitution, the person most likely to be arrested is the female prostitute, not her male "client." 
A) The process of reality construction is highly variable, so that one group's views of sexuality may well differ from another's. 
B) Defining women in sexual terms devalues them, turning women into objects of men's interest. 
C) U.S.culture often depicts sexuality in terms of sport and violence, such as when we speak of men "scoring" with women, and men "hitting on" women. 
D) When police enforce laws against prostitution, the person most likely to be arrested is the female prostitute, not her male "client."

Question 5

Standards of human beauty are the same for people everywhere in the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The sexual counterrevolution had begun in the United States by

Accepted Answer

A) 1920. 
B) 1960. 
C) 1980. 
D) 1995. 
A) 1920. 
B) 1960. 
C) 1980. 
D) 1995.

Question 7

Explain the significance of the Muxes of central Mexico for our understanding of gender.Develop a similar argument that takes the existence of transgender people in the United States into account.In other words, what cultural changes would be necessary for our society to recognize the full range of sexual diversity that exists here?

Accepted Answer

The Muxes of central Mexico are signific

Question 8

Based on what you know about the history of human sexuality, once a society gains birth-control technology

Accepted Answer

A) social control of sexuality becomes more strict. 
B) families, rather than individuals, make choices about sexual partners. 
C) social norms regarding sexuality become more permissive. 
D) the incest taboo no longer is observed. 
A) social control of sexuality becomes more strict. 
B) families, rather than individuals, make choices about sexual partners. 
C) social norms regarding sexuality become more permissive. 
D) the incest taboo no longer is observed.

Question 9

Sociobiologists point out that, in every society throughout the world, people are attracted to youthfulness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The concept "homophobia" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) fear of pregnancy. 
B) fear of one's own sexuality. 
C) fear of close personal interaction with people thought to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual. 
D) fear of attracting sexual interest from another person. 
A) fear of pregnancy. 
B) fear of one's own sexuality. 
C) fear of close personal interaction with people thought to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual. 
D) fear of attracting sexual interest from another person.

Question 11

Although there is a human "sex drive," our biology does not dictate any specific ways of being sexual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following concepts refers to a person's romantic and emotional attraction to another person?

Accepted Answer

A) sex role 
B) sexual orientation 
C) sexual experience 
D) personal transsexuality 
A) sex role 
B) sexual orientation 
C) sexual experience 
D) personal transsexuality

Question 13

The fact that many people are bisexual demonstrates that sexual orientation is not clear-cut.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

When did the sexual revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

A) It began during the colonial era. 
B) It began during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 
C) It began in the 1940s and then grew quickly in the late 1960s. 
D) It began about 1980. 
A) It began during the colonial era. 
B) It began during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 
C) It began in the 1940s and then grew quickly in the late 1960s. 
D) It began about 1980.

Question 15

If you often had the feeling of being "trapped in the wrong body," you might be

Accepted Answer

A) a hermaphrodite. 
B) a homosexual. 
C) a transsexual. 
D) a bisexual. 
A) a hermaphrodite. 
B) a homosexual. 
C) a transsexual. 
D) a bisexual.

Question 16

A majority of adults in the United States report at least some homosexual experience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Consider the issue of rape.Why have most cases of rape gone unreported? Why is this pattern changing now? What factors make date rape an important issue on college campuses? What strategies for change might reduce this problem?

Accepted Answer

Most cases of rape have gone unreported

Question 18

The structural-functional approach highlights patterns of inequality that are linked to sexuality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Research on extramarital sex shows that about _____ of married men and about _____ of married women remain faithful to their spouse throughout their married lives.

Accepted Answer

A) 25 percent; 40 percent 
B) 25 percent; 75 percent 
C) 75 percent; 50 percent 
D) 75 percent; 90 percent 
A) 25 percent; 40 percent 
B) 25 percent; 75 percent 
C) 75 percent; 50 percent 
D) 75 percent; 90 percent

Question 20

Which theoretical approach points to the ways in which sexuality is linked to social inequality?

Accepted Answer

A) the structural-functional approach 
B) the symbolic-interaction approach 
C) the social-conflict approach 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) the structural-functional approach 
B) the symbolic-interaction approach 
C) the social-conflict approach 
D) All of these are correct.

Exam 8: Sexuality and Society

Which of the following statements is a widespread-but false-idea about rape?

Sexual attraction to someone of the same sex is called

About what share of the states in this country have laws that permit marriage between first cousins?

Read the four statements below.Which statement is NOT consistent with the social-conflict approach?

Standards of human beauty are the same for people everywhere in the world.

The sexual counterrevolution had begun in the United States by

Based on what you know about the history of human sexuality, once a society gains birth-control technology

Sociobiologists point out that, in every society throughout the world, people are attracted to youthfulness.

The concept "homophobia" refers to

Although there is a human "sex drive," our biology does not dictate any specific ways of being sexual.

Which of the following concepts refers to a person's romantic and emotional attraction to another person?

The fact that many people are bisexual demonstrates that sexual orientation is not clear-cut.

When did the sexual revolution begin?

If you often had the feeling of being "trapped in the wrong body," you might be

A majority of adults in the United States report at least some homosexual experience.

Consider the issue of rape.Why have most cases of rape gone unreported? Why is this pattern changing now? What factors make date rape an important issue on college campuses? What strategies for change might reduce this problem?

The structural-functional approach highlights patterns of inequality that are linked to sexuality.

Research on extramarital sex shows that about _____ of married men and about _____ of married women remain faithful to their spouse throughout their married lives.

Which theoretical approach points to the ways in which sexuality is linked to social inequality?

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