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
Liberals view on pornography
Divided over calling it’s a social problem Some believe that whatever material people choose to read her view is there on business defend freedom of expression support peoples right to privacy
Feminist liberals view on pornography
Object to pornography as demeaning women a power issue typically depicts women as the play things a Man
Sexual harassment
I want to Commons gestational price or physical contact of a sexual nature
TITLE IX
Higher education amendments which band sex discrimination institution receiving federal funds
Hearing of Clarence thomas
Anita hill accused him of sexual harassment
Types of sexual harassment
Quid pro quo one thing for another
Sexual jokes bide photos touching
Creating a hostile working environment
Oncale vs sundowner offshore services
Man threatening rape to another man
Ellerth vs Burlington industries
Woman complained that their supervisors were making sexual advances he could make her job easy or difficult
Faragher v city of nova raton
Women who worked his lifeguards in the city of Florida and their supervisors I create a hostile workplace environment gauging and sexual comments and physical touch
Ellerth and Burlington industries
Faragher vs BofA raton caused
Ruling that employees can be victims of harassment even if they are not obviously harmed by losing out on a promotion and that employers are responsible
Prostitution
The selling of sexual services
Major reason that pregnancy rate among girls in their teams has been declining
Decline in a share of teens who are sexually active
Increased use of contraceptives among teens who are sexually active
Critics of sex Ed say
Levels of sexual activity in teens Has increased but your son sex education is part of the problem
Supporters of sex education to say
Biggest cause of teenage pregnancy is ignorance it makes sense to teach young people about birth control methods and contracting sexually transmitted diseases
Abortion
Intentional termination of pregnancy
Roe vs wade
Doe vs bolton
Struck down Allstate abortion laws
Hyde Amendment
Prohibiting the use of Medicaid funds For abortions except for necessary to save a life
Harris vs mcrae
The state and federal governments will not provide poor women with taxpayer funded abortions
Webster vs Reproductive health services
Court of held state laws that require doctors before performing an abortion to conduct medical test to see whether to see this could survive outside the mothers body
Planned Parenthood of southern Pennsylvania versus Casey
Reaffirm that states had white latitude and setting abortion policy
TRAP LAWS
Targeted regulation of abortion provider barriers to women abortion rights
Sexually transmitted infections
Infection spread by sexual contact
Gonorrhea and syphilis
Oldest infections Gonorrhea can cause sterile and syphilis can result in blindness and mental disorders and even death
Genital herpes
Has no cure it has a virus painful blisters on genitals accompanied by fever and headache
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome destroys the bodies immune system not being able to fight off a range of other diseases that will cause death
HIV
Is transmitted from person to person through blood semen or breastmilk but it’s not transmitted through casual contact such as shaking hands
Behaviors that put people at risk for HIV Infection
Anal sex
Sharing needles
Useing any drug this harms a persons judgement
Incest taboo
Forbids sex Between certain close family members causing confusion in famlies
Kingsley davis
Wrote about the benefits of prostitution for society talking about the benefits to some men
Virginity
State of never having sexual intercourse
Queer theory
Why do you theory and research that changes the heterosexual bias in the US society
Highlights inequality between homosexual and heterosexual
Hererosexism
Treats heterosexuality as the normal stigmatizing anyone who violates this morning as queer
Feminist theory queer theory
Highlight how closely sexuality is tied to varies dimensions of social inequality
Radical left a few politics of sexuality what is the problem
Men dominate women does heterosexual people with other sexual orientations
Radical left view sexuality What is the solution
Sexism and hetero sexism are deeply rooted in the existing system of radical feminine
Queer theory Argues that the quality for people of all sexual orientations require a basic things in our culture
Liberal view sexuality What is the problem
Prostitution and pornography Porn women teen pregnancy is going to poverty and sexual-harassment prevents people from doing their jobs
Liberal view sexuality solutions
Government must combat prostitution and pornography keep sexuality out of the workplace ensure abortion is available to all women and pursue a cure for aids
Far right sexuality problem
Far right holds that premarital sex an extra marital sex and homosexuality violate traditional principles of right and wrong abortion two is morally wrong
Conservative views
Conservatives are more excepting of the social patterns of
Far right and conservative sexuality solution
Families preferably with two active involved parents must teach children traditional virtues personal responsibility in matters of sexuality problems such as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections will decline
