Chapter 7 Flashcards
Sexual scripts
descriptions of behaviors of behaviors that reflect beliefs about what is “normal” sexual behavior in a given culture
- enables individuals to organize sexual situations and interpret emotions and sensations as sexually meaningful
- we can modify or change or scripts, but we will not throw them away
compulsory heterosexuality
the idea that the only appropriate or normal romantic and sexual behaviors are heterosexual
- key part of gender role socialization
- contributes to gender oppression
Performative bisexuality
non-heterosexual script. Women make out and engage in seuxal activities with other women for the enjoyment of men who are watching them
- revolves around teh sexual pleasure of one or more men
sexual double standard
women are judged more harshly than men for engaging in comparable sexual behaviors
Negative impact on women
- Teen girls with many sexual partners were less likely to be accepted by their peers than were boys with many partners
- White college student participants were more likely to judge a woman who initiated a casual sex encounter as being less intelligent and less mentally healthy than a man who did the same thing
Slut shaming
occurs when girls and women are criticized for their actual or presumed engagment in sexual behaviors, and it’s particularly common among adolescents and young adults
Sexual socialization
the process of learning about sexuality - begins far earlier than adolescence
- starts when parents talk to young children about their body parts, romantice and sexual relationships
- Children manage to absorb information that gives them insight into sex and sexuality
Learning about sex - Peers
Broader social networks are often important sources of information about sexuality for young people
- girls and young women rank peers as a more important source of information about sex than their parents
Learning about sex - The Media
Is a major source of information about what constitutes acceptable sexual behaviors
- reinforces heteronormativity and largely ignores the sexual desires of girls and women
- young people are also increasingly learning about sex through pornography especially in the absence of clear information from parents
Abstinence-only sex education approach
teaching that abstaining until marriage is the only way to avoid pregnancy, STIs and negative psychological consequences
- received significant funding from the federal government
- often developed by religious organization
Abstinence-plus sex education
still promotes absitnence as the most effective way to prevent pregnancy and disease, but htis approach also includes information about contraception and strategies for safer sex practices
Comprehensice sex education
approaches cover abstinance as well, but not as the primary focus. Rather, abstinance is discussed as one of a number of ways to remoce or reduce the risk for pregnancy and STIs along with other contraceptives
- Sex and sexuality are framed as positive and healthy components of life
sex positivity
the idea that all sexual expression and behavior is healthy as long as it is practiced with explicit consent from all parties involved
hypoactive sexual desire disorder
a lack of interest in sexual activity or the complete absence of sexual desire including thoughts and fantasies, prior to and during sexual experience
sexual arousal disorder
occurs when the desire for sex is normal but women have difficulty achieving or maintaining physiological sexual arousal
- low levels of vaginal lubrication
- Decreased engorgement and/or sensation in the clitoris and labia
Female orgasmic disorder
the absence, delay, or decreased intensity of orgasms after experiencing sufficient sexual stimulation and arousal
