gender and human sexuality

Question 1

define agender

Answer 1

An individual who may have no gender or may describe themselves as having a neutral gender.

Question 2

define ambivalent sexism

Answer 2

A concept of gender attitudes that encompasses both positive and negative qualities.

Question 3

define benevolent sexism

Answer 3

The “positive” element of ambivalent sexism, which recognizes that women are perceived as needing to be protected, supported, and adored by men.

Question 4

define bigender

Answer 4

An individual who identifies as two genders.

Question 5

define binary

Answer 5

The idea that gender has two separate and distinct categories (male and female) and that a person must be either one or the other.

Question 6

define cisgender

Answer 6

A term used to describe individuals whose gender matches their biological sex.

Question 7

define developmental intergroup theory

Answer 7

A theory that postulates that adults’ focus on gender leads children to pay attention to gender as a key source of information about themselves and others, to seek out possible gender differences, and to form rigid stereotypes based on gender.

Question 8

define gender

Answer 8

The cultural, social, and psychological meanings that are associated with masculinity and femininity.

Question 9

define gender constancy

Answer 9

The awareness that gender is constant and does not change simply by changing external attributes; develops between 3 and 6 years of age.

Question 10

define gender identity

Answer 10

A person’s psychological sense of being male or female.

Question 11

define gender roles

Answer 11

The behaviors, attitudes, and personality traits that are designated as either masculine or feminine in a given culture.

Question 12

define gender schema theory

Answer 12

This theory of how children form their own gender roles argues that children actively organize others’ behavior, activities, and attributes into gender categories or schemas.

Question 13

define gender stereotypes

Answer 13

The beliefs and expectations people hold about the typical characteristics, preferences, and behaviors of men and women.

Question 14

define genderfluid

Answer 14

An individual who may identify as male, female, both, or neither at different times and in different circumstances.

Question 15

define genderqueer/gender non-binary

Answer 15

An umbrella term used to describe a wide range of individuals who do not identify with and/or conform to the gender binary.

Question 16

define hostile sexism

Answer 16

The negative element of ambivalent sexism, which includes the attitudes that women are inferior and incompetent relative to men.

Question 17

define schemas

Answer 17

The gender categories into which, according to gender schema theory, children actively organize others’ behavior, activities, and attributes.

Question 18

define sex

Answer 18

Biological category of male or female as defined by physical differences in genetic composition and in reproductive anatomy and function.

Question 19

define sexual harassment

Answer 19

A form of gender discrimination based on unwanted treatment related to sexual behaviors or appearance.

Question 20

define sexual orientation

Answer 20

Refers to the direction of emotional and erotic attraction toward members of the opposite sex, the same sex, or both sexes.

Question 21

define social learning theory

Answer 21

This theory of how children form their own gender roles argues that gender roles are learned through reinforcement, punishment, and modeling.

Question 22

define transgender

Answer 22

A term used to describe individuals whose gender does not match their biological sex.

Question 23

true or false: girls are more fearful/shy

Answer 23

false

Question 24

true or false: boys are not angrier than girls

Answer 24

true

Question 25

true or false: girls are more emotional

Answer 25

false

Question 26

true or false: boys are better at math

Answer 26

false

Question 27

true or false: girls are more talkative than boys

Answer 27

false

Question 28

which gender develops language skills earlier

Answer 28

girls

Question 29

which gender exhibits higher rates of unprovoked physical aggression

Answer 29

boys

Question 30

define anal sex

Answer 30

penetration of the anus by an animate or inanimate object

Question 31

define androgyny

Answer 31

having both feminine and masculine characteristics

Question 32

define bisexual

Answer 32

attraction to two sexes

Question 33

define case study

Answer 33

an in-depth and objective examination of the details of a single person or entity

Question 34

define coital sex

Answer 34

vaginal-penile intercourse

Question 35

define cunnilingus

Answer 35

oral stimulation of the female’s external sex organs

Question 36

define dizygotic twins

Answer 36

twins conceived from two ova and two sperm

Question 37

define fellatio

Answer 37

oral stimulation of the male’s external sex organs

Question 38

what are the 5 stages of psychosexual development

Answer 38

oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

Question 39

define heterosexual

Answer 39

opposite sex attraction

Question 40

define homosexual

Answer 40

same-sex attraction

Question 41

define intersex

Answer 41

born with an absence or combination of male and female reproductive organs, sex hormones, or sex chromosomes

Question 42

define masochism

Answer 42

receiving pain from another person to experience pleasure for one’s self

Question 43

define masturbation

Answer 43

tactile stimulation of the body for sexual pleasure

Question 44

define monozygotic twins

Answer 44

twins conceived from a single ovum and single sperm, genetically identical

Question 45

define oral sex

Answer 45

cunnilingus or fellatio

Question 46

define paraphillic disorders

Answer 46

sexual behaviors that cause harm to others or one’s self

Question 47

define replacement fantasy

Answer 47

fantasizing about someone other than one’s current partner

Question 48

define sadism

Answer 48

inflicting pain upon another person to experience pleasure for one’s self

Question 49

define safer-sex practices

Answer 49

Doing anything that may decrease the probability of sexual assault, sexually transmitted infections, or unwanted pregnancy; this may include using condoms, honesty, and communication.

Question 50

define sexual consent

Answer 50

permission that is voluntary, conscious, and ability to withdraw at any time

Question 51

define sexual fluidity

Answer 51

Personal sexual attributes changing due to psychosocial circumstances.

Question 52

define sexual literacy

Answer 52

The lifelong pursuit of accurate human sexuality knowledge, and recognition of its various multicultural, historical, and societal contexts; the ability to critically evaluate sources and discern empirical evidence from unreliable and inaccurate information; the acknowledgment of humans as sexual beings; and an appreciation of sexuality’s contribution to enhancing one’s well-being and pleasure in life.

Question 53

define sexual orientation

Answer 53

a person’s sexual attraction to other people

Question 54

a transgender female’s birth sex was ______

Answer 54

male

Question 55

a transgender male’s birth sex was _______

Answer 55

female