ch 9 sexuality

Question 0

What shapes sexual attitudes?

Answer 0

Historical, social, religious, political influences

Question 1

what is the popular view of promiscuity?

Answer 1

sex out of marriage is ok- as long as it is in a comitted relationship

Question 2

Extradayadic sex is…

Answer 2

sex outside a comitted relationship. gay men are most likely to participate in extradyadic sex

Question 3

sociosexual orientations are…

Answer 3

collections of beliefs and behaviours that describe our feelings about sex

Question 4

good genes hypothesis:

Answer 4

woman can profit from DUAL DATING: long term partner to provide security and comfort, and short term partner to provide “desireable dna”

Question 5

why do we engage in unsafe sex?

Answer 5

underestimating risk
faulty decision making
pluralistic ignorance
inequalities in power
intimacy/pleasure

Question 6

underestimating risk:

Answer 6

illusion of unique invulnerability, think bad things happen to others
-the better looking a partner is, the safer they are presumed to be

Question 7

faulty decision making:

Answer 7

“heat of the moment” clouds judgement, last minute decisions are not thought out, intoxication

Question 8

pluralistic ignorance

Answer 8

OVERassume the ammount of people that prefer PLURAL hookups- so we have more sex with more partners exposing us to disease
-do this because other’s perceived judgements on us influences behaviour

Question 9

inequalities in power

Answer 9

more powerful partner can influence the other to be unsafe

Question 10

sex is most satisfying when….

Answer 10

it is autonomous (chosing actions), competent (confidence and capability) and relatednes (establishing a connection)