chapter 5

Question 1

sexual orientation

Answer 1

describes how sexual desires are patterned in relationship to the gender system

Question 2

components of sexual orientation

Answer 2

sexual attraction (to whom you are attracted to)
sexual behaviors (what you do)
sexual identity (how you feel)

Question 3

heterosexuality

Answer 3

attraction to a person of a different gender

Question 4

gay and lesbian
bisexual
pansexual

Answer 4

gay and lesbian: attraction to the same gender
bisexuality: attraction towards members of more than one gender
pansexuality: attractions to a person regardless of gender and/or sex

Question 5

Queer
Polyamory
Kink

Answer 5

Queer - non-normative sexuality, gender, and/or sex
polyamory - consensually non-monogamous
kink - sexual practices including bondage, discipline, domination, submission, sadism, and masochism (BDSM)

Question 6

sodomy laws

Answer 6

• define consensual, non-normative sex acts as crimes
• used to close obvious subculture elements

Question 7

sex work laws

Answer 7

• business that provides sex-related products/services
• regulated or criminalized by most countries

Question 8

sexual abuse laws

Answer 8

• any form of unwanted sexual behavior perpetrated by another
• definitions differ across nations and subcultures
  
  • spousal rape was legal until the 90s

Question 9

sex trafficking laws

Answer 9

• selling humans for purposes of sexual exploitation or sexual slavery

Question 10

enforcing sexual norms at the micro level
-Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in schools

Answer 10

• 2/3 of LGBTQ+ middle school students regularly experience verbal harassment
• school support for LGBTQ students varies

Question 11

enforcing sexual norms at the micro level
- Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in workplaces

Answer 11

• vulnerabilities in areas without anti-discrimination laws
• supportive internal policies

Question 12

enforcing sexual norms at the micro level
- socioeconomic and health consequences for LGBTQ+ persons

Answer 12

• discrimination and lack of experience
• laws allow businesses to deny services
• medical care inequities
  
  • denial of care
  • poor treatment

Question 13

moral panics

Answer 13

• media coverage of high-profile sex crimes -> public sex offender registry
  
  • harsh sex offender laws covered a wide range of “sex” crimes

Question 14

changes norms around sexual behavior outside of marriage: norms and morality shifts

Answer 14

• courtship
• dating culture
• premarital sex
• “hookup culture”

Question 15

shifting attitudes on sexual orientation and same-sex marriage

Answer 15

• social changes about sexuality not always unidirectional
• states passed amendments against same-sex marriage
• meanings derived from social interactions

Question 16

asexuality

Answer 16

low or absent sexual attractions

Question 17

bisexuality

Answer 17

Sexual attraction toward members of more than one gender

Question 18

heterosexuality

Answer 18

Sexual attraction to a person of a different gender

Question 19

moral panics

Answer 19

Feelings of fear that spread quickly through a population based on the idea that some form of evil threatens society

Question 20

pansexuality

Answer 20

Sexual and/or romantic attractions regardless of gender and/or sex

Question 21

romantic attraction

Answer 21

feelings of affection, love, and longing for someone

Question 22

sex negative

Answer 22

Sees sex, including consensual sex, as fundamentally dangerous; views sexual expression as a problem to be managed, repressed, and controlled

Question 23

sex positive

Answer 23

Understands consensual sex as a fundamentally positive activity that should be promoted

Question 24

sexual minorities

Answer 24

People with types of sexual orientations other than heterosexuality

Question 25

sexual slavery

Answer 25

The assertion of right of ownership over another person with the intent of coercing them to engage in sexual activities; can include forced marriages