Chapter 14

Question 1

A causal friendship where sexual intimacy is occasionally acted upon. The sex and the relationship is never talked about with other people and is not exclusive

Answer 1

friends with benefits

Question 2

What do majority of people consider sex to be?

Answer 2

vaginal or anal intercourse

Question 3

What is the problem of a narrow definition of sex?

Answer 3

Might not use a condom or protection, may not disclose sexual activities to doctors, and may not discuss other forms of sexual activites

Question 4

Factors that determine age of first sexual experience.

Answer 4

Positive emotional connections with family members, parental opinions on sex and contraceptive use, parental control, peer-related self-esteem, higher academic achievement, religion, sex education, substance use, age of partner, or unwanted sexual encounters.

Question 5

True or false: 72% of men and 61% of women rated first sexual experience as good

Answer 5

true

Question 6

True or False: women experienced more pleasure then men in first sexual experience

Answer 6

false

Question 7

What is the average age of “loss of virginity”?

Answer 7

20 to 24

Question 8

People who are still a virgin due to shyness, poor body image, lack of dating experience, poor social skills and logistical problems

Answer 8

reluctant virgins

Question 9

True or false: reluctant virgins are comfortable with a lack of sexual experience

Answer 9

False, but they are more concerned about the lack of intimacy and love from being in a romantic relationship

Question 10

True or false: the hymen is a good way to check if someone is a virgin

Answer 10

false, not everyone has a hymen, nor does it always tear during first sexual experience

Question 11

when two partners verbally agree that they want to have sex

Answer 11

sexual consent

Question 12

What are the three components to sexual consent?

Answer 12

1. clear understanding of what will occur
2. consent is given freely
3. consent is ongoing

Question 13

When one partner consents to sexual activity, but they don’t actually want to do it

Answer 13

sexual compliance

Question 14

Why do people engage in sexual compliance?

Answer 14

they want to make their partner happy, promote intimacy, and avoiding conflict

Question 15

an effective response arising from one’s subjective evaluation of one’s sexual relationship

Answer 15

sexual satisfaction

Question 16

What causes sexual satisfaction?

Answer 16

1. Relationship satisfaction
2. Cost/Rewards
3. Comparison of Cost/Rewards
4. Equality of Cost/Rewards

Question 17

Materials that promote sexual arousal

Answer 17

sexually explicit material

Question 18

True or False: it’s better if your sexual partner shares the same sexual preferences

Answer 18

False, having different sexual preferences can change the sexual script

Question 19

What is the problem with not discussing sexual preferences

Answer 19

Partners having assumptions based on stereotypes of what people traditionally want

Question 20

What type of relationship is considered “settling down”

Answer 20

monogamous relationships

Question 21

What is the average age of starting to date?

Answer 21

16

Question 22

what is the risk of coming out at a younger age?

Answer 22

Higher risk of suicide, discrimination and absence of resiliency

Question 23

true or false: people remain sexually satisfied in a long-term relationship despite having less sex

Answer 23

true

Question 24

what is the percentage of divorce in canada?

Answer 24

33%

Question 25

what is the average length of marriage before divorce?

Answer 25

14.5

Question 26

An umbrella term for any type of causal relationship where all partners agree that each partner may have sexual or romantic relationships with other people

Answer 26

consensual nonmonogamy

Question 27

being in a long-term romantic or sexual relationship with more then one person at the same time. Usually there is a primary relationship with each person having a secondary relationship.

Answer 27

polyamory

Question 28

When both partners in a relationship have sex with other individuals. Typically they have sex at the same like. For example: threesome or a foursome

Answer 28

swinging

Question 29

When both partners in a relationship agree they can have sex with other people, but not emotional bonds

Answer 29

open relationships

Question 30

When one person is married to more then one spouse at a time

Answer 30

polygamy

Question 31

when one partner engages in a sexual or romantic relationship without the consent of the other partner

Answer 31

nonconsensual nonmonogamy

Question 32

The media affects what we think is important by paying more attention to certain things

Answer 32

agenda-setting theory

Question 33

the media depicts the values and expectations that we develop and adopt as our own (stereotypes)

Answer 33

cultivation theory

Question 34

individual model their attributes and behaviours according to what they see in the media

Answer 34

social learning theory

Question 35

what to consider when viewing sex in the media:

Answer 35

1. content 2. short-term and long-term impacts of the quality of the sexual relationships shown 3. extent to which the sexual script is used 4. influence of the context