Chapter 14 - Sexuality in Adulthood

Question 1

Serial Monogomy

Answer 1

A pattern of involvement in one exclusive relationship after another, as opposed to engaging in multiple sexual relationships at the same time.

Question 2

Celibacy

Answer 2

Complete sexual abstinence. (Sometimes used to design the state of being unmarried, especially in the case of people who take vows to remain celibate.)

Question 3

Friend with Benefits (FWB)

Answer 3

A friend with whom a person has a sexual but not a romantic relationship.

Question 4

Cohabitation

Answer 4

Living together as though married but without legal sanction.

Question 5

Monogamy

Answer 5

Marriage to one person.

Question 6

Polygyny

Answer 6

A form of marriage in which a man is married to more that one woman at the same time.

Question 7

Polyandry

Answer 7

A form of marriage in which a woman is married to more than one man at a time.

Question 8

Gay Marriage

Answer 8

Marriage to a person of the same sex.

Question 9

Homogamy

Answer 9

The practice of marrying people who are similar in social background and standing.

Question 10

Extramarital Sex

Answer 10

Sexual relations between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse.

Question 11

Conventional Adultery

Answer 11

Extramarital sex that is kept hidden from one’s spouse.

Question 12

Consensual Adultery

Answer 12

Extramarital sex that is engaged in openly with the knowledge and consent of one’s spouse.

Question 13

Swinging

Answer 13

A form of consensual adultery in which both spouses share extramarital sexual experiences. Also referred to as mate swapping.