Chapter 9 - Lifespan - Definitions

Question 1

Ageism

Answer 1

Discrimination against people because of their age.

Question 2

Cohabitation

Answer 2

People involved in a romantic and/or sexual relationship living together without being married.

Question 3

Extramarital sex

Answer 3

Sex that occurs outside the context of a marriage.

Question 4

Extradyadic sex

Answer 4

Sex that occurs outside the context of the primary relationship.

Question 5

Menarche

Answer 5

The first incidence of menstruation.

Question 6

Primary sex characteristics

Answer 6

The main sex organs that are necessary for reproduction.

Question 7

Secondary sex characteristics

Answer 7

Features not directly related to reproduction that develop at puberty.

Question 8

Semenarche

Answer 8

The first incidence of ejaculation.

Question 9

Sexual double standard

Answer 9

A set of culturally maintained standards for sexual behaviour reflecting more permissive and less restricted sexual expression by men than by women.

Question 10

Sexualization

Answer 10

Making someone or something sexual.