Chapter 9 - Sexuality

Question 1

Permissiveness with affection standard (Daugherty & Copen, 2016)

Answer 1

belief that sex between unmarried partners is fine as long as it is within context of committed relationship.

Question 2

Hookups

Answer 2

sexual interactions with nonromantic partners, do not involve any expectation of a lasting relationship

Question 3

Do men and women usually have more positive or negative feelings after a hookup

Answer 3

Positive

Question 4

What is a major difference in sexual regret for men and women

Answer 4

-Women regret their actions, men regret their inactions.

Question 5

Sexual double standard (3)

Answer 5

Women are judged more harshly fo
-being sexually permissive
-having an STI
-Having a threesome

Question 6

What does tolerance of same-sex sexuality depend on?

Answer 6

One’s beliefs about its origins

Question 7

Beliefs about origins of sexual orientation, from most to least tolerant (3)

Answer 7

-People are born gay/lesbian
-result of a person’s upbringing
-Just the way people choose to live

Question 8

Categories of sexual orientation (5)

Answer 8

-Heterosexual
-Mostly heterosexual
-Bisexual
-Mostly gay/lesbian
-Gay/lesbian

Question 9

At what age do gay people start to show interests different than their peers’?

Answer 9

3.5 years old

Question 10

What percentage of people have sex before marriage

Answer 10

97%

Question 11

Average age of losing virginity

Answer 11

17

Question 12

4 themes in common reasons to have sex

Answer 12

-Emotional
-Physical
-Insecurity
-Pragmatic

Question 13

Least common reasons to have sex (3)

Answer 13

revenge, gain advantage, enhance social status

Question 14

Emotional reason to have sex

Answer 14

communication of love and commitment

Question 15

Physical reason to have sex (2)

Answer 15

Physical pleasure and attraction

Question 16

Pragmatic reason to have sex

Answer 16

attain a goal

Question 17

Examples of pragmatic reasons to have sex

Answer 17

Have a baby, make someone jealous, move on from a relationship, etc.

Question 18

Insecure reasons to have sex (2)

Answer 18

boost one’s self esteem or keep a partner from straying

Question 19

Is this generation having more or less sex than grandparents generation

Answer 19

Less

Question 20

Why do men report more sexual partners than women? (3)

Answer 20

-Might define a sexual partner differently
-If the study includes prostitutes, the numbers are more equal
-Men exaggerate, and women minimize number

Question 21

Extradyadic sex

Answer 21

having sex outside the couple, with someone other than one’s partner

Question 22

Why are men more likely than women to cheat? (2)

Answer 22

-More positive attitudes towards casual sex
-Want sexual variety

Question 23

Sociosexual orientations

Answer 23

trait-like collections of beliefs and behaviours that describe our feelings about sex

Question 24

Good genes hypothesis

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Sperm competition

Answer 25

sperm of 2+ men occupy a woman’s vagina at the same time

Question 26

Who usually wins a sperm competition

Answer 26

the last partner, as their penis is shaped to scoop existing sperm away

Question 27

Consensual non-monogamy (CNM)

Answer 27

partners agree that it is acceptable to have 1+ sexual/romantic relationship at the same time

Question 28

Types of Consensual non monogamy (3)

Answer 28

-Open relationship
-Swingers
-Polyamory

Question 29

Open relationship

Answer 29

partners have sex with others but avoid romantic/emotional attachments

Question 30

Swingers

Answer 30

Partners pursue casual connections as a couple

Question 31

Polyamory

Answer 31

partners have love affairs with more than one person

Question 32

Gender difference in sex drive

Answer 32

men have higher sex drives on average

Question 33

Barriers to having safe sex (9)

Answer 33

-Underestimate risk
-Illusion of unique invulnerability
-Faulty decision-making
-Intoxication
-Pluralistic ignorance
-Inequalities in power
-Abstinence education
-Low self-control
-Decreased intimacy/pleasure

Question 34

Illusion of unique invulnerability

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Alcoholic myopia

Answer 35

reduction of people’s abilities to think about and process all of the information available to them when they are intoxicated

Question 36

Pluralistic influence

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Stealthing

Answer 37

removes a condom just before or during intercourse without his partner’s knowledge or consent

Question 38

Sexual growth beliefs

Answer 38

sexual satisfaction as something you work for; they think that sexual success is malleable

Question 39

Sexual destiny beliefs

Answer 39

you just have to find your sexual soulmate; you’re sexually compatible with some people and not with others