Chapter 5 Flashcards
Sex
Biological distinction between females and males
Alfred Kinsey
Did research involving sexuality
Sexual revolution in 1960
Sex drugs and rock ‘n’ roll came to be called the sexual revolution
The invention of the birth control pill 1960
And end of the historical connection between heterosexual intercourse and pregnancy gave women freedom
Ok Kate millet
Said that sex is really about power men view women as sexual creatures men dominate women
Sexual orientation
Persons romantic an emotional attraction to another person
Heterosexuality
Sexual attraction to someone of the other sex
Homosexuality
Sexual attraction to someone of the same sex
Sexual attraction and sexual behavior are Not the same
Bisexuality
Sexual attraction ofPeople of both sexses
Asexuality
Absence of sexual attraction to people of other sex
Alfred kinsey
Claimed Most women and men experience at least some same-sex attraction although most do not act on it
Berdache
Dressing and acting like a women Doing women’s work and even marrying another man
Muexs
Men Address and act as women some only on ritual occasions some all the time a third sexual category
Stonewall riot
Started in stonewall bar Gay men and women and others fight in the street for two days for the rights
Homophobia
And aversion to you or hostility toward people thought to be gay lesbian or bisexual
Transgender
Appearing or behaving in ways that challenge conventional cultural norms considering healthy meals and Mail should look and act
Transgender movement
Challenge is the idea that sexuality and gender identity must be expressed in the traditional binary terms of female and male involves pronouns label people and identities
Cisgenders
Identifies people whose gender identity reflects the same assignment they had a birth
LGBTQ
Lesbian gay bisexual transgender or questioning
Pornography
Words or images intended To cause sexual arousal
Erotica
Includes the artistic portrayal of nudity throughout not necessarily sexual activity
Soft core pornography
Which shows or discribes Community and suggest sexual activity
Hard-core pornography
Contains explicit descriptions for images of sexual acts
Effects of pornography
Inability to achieve sexual arousal sexual violence
Pedophilia
Conservative on pornography
Moral issue emphasizes personal responsibility they define it as a social problem because it threatens conventional morality