Chapter 9 - Sexuality Flashcards
Permissiveness with affection standard (Daugherty & Copen, 2016)
belief that sex between unmarried partners is fine as long as it is within context of committed relationship.
Hookups
sexual interactions with nonromantic partners, do not involve any expectation of a lasting relationship
Do men and women usually have more positive or negative feelings after a hookup
Positive
What is a major difference in sexual regret for men and women
-Women regret their actions, men regret their inactions.
Sexual double standard (3)
Women are judged more harshly fo
-being sexually permissive
-having an STI
-Having a threesome
What does tolerance of same-sex sexuality depend on?
One’s beliefs about its origins
Beliefs about origins of sexual orientation, from most to least tolerant (3)
-People are born gay/lesbian
-result of a person’s upbringing
-Just the way people choose to live
Categories of sexual orientation (5)
-Heterosexual
-Mostly heterosexual
-Bisexual
-Mostly gay/lesbian
-Gay/lesbian
At what age do gay people start to show interests different than their peers’?
3.5 years old
What percentage of people have sex before marriage
97%
Average age of losing virginity
17
4 themes in common reasons to have sex
-Emotional
-Physical
-Insecurity
-Pragmatic
Least common reasons to have sex (3)
revenge, gain advantage, enhance social status
Emotional reason to have sex
communication of love and commitment
Physical reason to have sex (2)
Physical pleasure and attraction
Pragmatic reason to have sex
attain a goal
Examples of pragmatic reasons to have sex
Have a baby, make someone jealous, move on from a relationship, etc.
Insecure reasons to have sex (2)
boost one’s self esteem or keep a partner from straying
Is this generation having more or less sex than grandparents generation
Less
Why do men report more sexual partners than women? (3)
-Might define a sexual partner differently
-If the study includes prostitutes, the numbers are more equal
-Men exaggerate, and women minimize number
Extradyadic sex
having sex outside the couple, with someone other than one’s partner
Why are men more likely than women to cheat? (2)
-More positive attitudes towards casual sex
-Want sexual variety
Sociosexual orientations
trait-like collections of beliefs and behaviours that describe our feelings about sex
Good genes hypothesis
women with less desirable mates
(a) pursue long-term partners who will contribute resources to protect and feed their offspring
( b) seeking good genes for their children from other men
Sperm competition
sperm of 2+ men occupy a woman’s vagina at the same time
Who usually wins a sperm competition
the last partner, as their penis is shaped to scoop existing sperm away
Consensual non-monogamy (CNM)
partners agree that it is acceptable to have 1+ sexual/romantic relationship at the same time
Types of Consensual non monogamy (3)
-Open relationship
-Swingers
-Polyamory
Open relationship
partners have sex with others but avoid romantic/emotional attachments
Swingers
Partners pursue casual connections as a couple
Polyamory
partners have love affairs with more than one person
Gender difference in sex drive
men have higher sex drives on average
Barriers to having safe sex (9)
-Underestimate risk
-Illusion of unique invulnerability
-Faulty decision-making
-Intoxication
-Pluralistic ignorance
-Inequalities in power
-Abstinence education
-Low self-control
-Decreased intimacy/pleasure
Illusion of unique invulnerability
believe that bad things are generally more likely to happen to others than to us, so we fail to take sensible precautions that would prevent foreseeable dangers
Alcoholic myopia
reduction of people’s abilities to think about and process all of the information available to them when they are intoxicated
Pluralistic influence
when people wrongly believe that their feelings and beliefs are different from those of others.
group of people can end up following norms that everyone thinks are prevalent but that almost no one privately supports
Stealthing
removes a condom just before or during intercourse without his partner’s knowledge or consent
Sexual growth beliefs
sexual satisfaction as something you work for; they think that sexual success is malleable
Sexual destiny beliefs
you just have to find your sexual soulmate; you’re sexually compatible with some people and not with others
