CH6 Sexuality Flashcards
Sexual Culture
Appropriate for both married and single adults.
Mixed signals to the youth.
Positive for boys. Negative for girls.
Developing a Sexual Identity
Sexual identity is influenced by social norms related to sex. Sexual orientation, interests, and styles of behavior.
Heterosexual attitudes and behavior & Sexual Script
9-12th grade sexual intercourse has declined. A sexual script is a pattern of roles for how individuals should behave sexually.
Sexual Scripts
Sex Drive: Men are always ready and women suppress sexual expression.
Physical and Emotional Sex: Men are more physical and women are more emotional.
Sexual Performance: Both should be sexually skilled and women should have oral sex skills.
Initiation and Gateway scripts: Men initiate and women gatekeep
Sexual Evaluation: Single women who appear sexually are bad. Men are rewarded for being sexual
Sexual minority youths’ attitudes and behavior
LGBT experience their first same-sex attraction just before adolescence some during emerging adulthood.
Not fixed and can change during adulthood. Quietly struggle.
Homophobia
Irrational feelings against LGBT people
More targeted for violence than heterosexual youth.
Rejection from family, peers, schools, and communities.
Homosexual is used less now.
Contraceptive use
Barrier methods of contraception to reduce unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Low SES less likely to use contraceptives than middle SES
Adolescent pregnancy
The US has higher numbers.
To reduce it we should:
- education about sex and family planning
- access to contraception
- life options
- community involvement and support
- abstinence
can cause health risks to the baby and the mother
making a decline in pregnancy
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Infections from sexual contact. Vaginal, oral, and anal-genital.
3 Virus STI
AIDs, genital Herpes and Warts
AIDS and HIV
Destroys body immune system. If HIV is not treated it can lead to AIDS. Exchange of infected blood, semen, or vaginal fluids
Genital Herpes and Warts
No Cure. Herpes is produced by a large family of virus with different strains and with non sexually symptoms. Warts are very contagious and there isn’t always symptoms.
3 Bacteria STI
Gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia.
Forcible Sexual Behavior and Sexual Harassment
Rape: forced intercourse without consent
Date Rape: someone the rapist knows
Quid pro quo harassment: when a school employee asks for a sex favor for a educational advancement or consequence
Hostile environment sexual harassment: Unwelcome sexual conduct that limits students’ ability to benefit from their education.
Most effective sex education
Comprehensive but US schools focus on abstinence maybe to avoid the problem altogether
