Gender and Sexuality - Week 11

Question 1

biological aspect of male and femaleness

Answer 1

sex

Question 2

acquired behavioral and psychological aspects of being a man or woman

Answer 2

gender

Question 3

androgyny

Answer 3

functional level of gender-role identification that contains both feminine and masculine qualities

Question 4

identification model of gender development (stoller)

Answer 4

boys and girls initially identify with mother
boys dis-identify with mother (with help of father)
girls dis-identify in a smaller way, if at all

Question 5

separation-individuation model of gender dev (chodorow)

Answer 5

gender identity can be understood as a relational strategy for establishing, maintaining, or denying crucial attachments

Question 6

sexual development (Delamater)
0-3 yrs

Answer 6

0-3:

sensual responses begin at birth
activity & interests “play house”

Question 7

at what age does gender identification happen?

Answer 7

3 years old

Question 8

sexual development (Delamater)
3-7yrs

Answer 8

increased sexual interest
curious about genital differences
boys move to primary attachment with father
girls remain attached to mother

Question 9

sexual development (Delamater)
age 5

Answer 9

begin to attach to same sex peers

Question 10

sexual development (Delamater)
8-12

Answer 10

primarily spend time with same sex peers

Question 11

sexual development (Delamater)
13-19 yrs

Answer 11

puberty = increased sexual interest

Question 12

during adolescence, what percent of boys and girls have had sexual experiences with the same gender?

Answer 12

boys = 5-10% 
girls = 6%

Question 13

sexual development (Delamater)
adult

Answer 13

options of sexual expression

Question 14

in adult sexual development, what factors contribute to sexual satisfaction?

Answer 14

1. accepting one’s own sexuality
2. listening to one’s partner and beign aware of the partner’s likes/dislikes
3. talking openly and honestly

successfully completing the developmental tasks of adolescence & young adulthood are key to sexual health

Question 15

sexual development (Delamater)
later adulthood

Answer 15

biological changes influence sexual expression

Question 16

identification model of sexuality (daryl bem)

Answer 16

exotic becomes erotic

Question 17

biopsychosocial theory of homosexuality

Answer 17

biological = 40% of homosoexuality 
psychological = temperament & gender non-conformity (temperament -->gender)

social: lack of identification with the same sex parent & sexual abuse

Question 18

gender = cultural

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

erotic- attachment theory

Answer 19

erotic expeiences are linked to early attachment experiences

Question 20

erotic

Answer 20

excited, attracted & objectified

Question 21

attached

Answer 21

attuned to, comforted & subjectified

Question 22

our sexual partners are both subjects and objects

Answer 22

TRUE

Question 23

adult sexuality: difficulty balancing erotic & attached

erotic fades while attachment deepens

this may lead to people:?

Answer 23

cutting off their erotic needs or searching for them outside of the marriage through daydream, porn or activity with others

Question 24

erotic perversions (stoller)

Answer 24

hate or hostility in the erotic: is a tool to objectify partner through distance

hate=distance

Question 25

erotic perversions (stoller)

scripts are used in sexual life

scripts = undo childhood trauma, conflicts & frustrations

Answer 25

childhood experiences become eroticized as adults to gain mastery over the experiences

process of undoing by converting these painful early experiences to present fantasies

Question 26

erotic perversions: TREATMENT

Answer 26

many people do not “suffer” from perversions

balance of attachment & eroticization

Question 27

power differentials become eroticized

Answer 27

domination and submission

Question 28

perversion is used to ______?

Answer 28

preserve identity against humiliation

Question 29

fetishes preserve the trauma

Answer 29

TRUE

Question 30

eroticism is used as a defense against intimacy due to a fear that intimacy will lead to a loss of identity

Answer 30

TRUE

Question 31

the trauma in each perversion script is converted to a triump where humiliation is the fundamental experience that is exchanged

Answer 31

by humiliating, one gets revenge for having been humiliated

Question 32

necessary aspect of erotic excitment in perversion = one must keep oneself from knowing too much (the reasons of intentions/desires)

Answer 32

TRUE

Question 33

for perversion: insight is the death of excitement because?

Answer 33

it would require one to come to terms with the trauma and develop the ability to enjoy intimacy with someone else rather than deny it with a manic outburts-the perversion.

Question 34

perversion is far more common in men than women?

Answer 34

TRUE

Question 35

differentiated greater perversions from lesser perversion is based off

Answer 35

whether the erotic excitement brings one toward or away from sustained intimacy with another person

Question 36

hostility in perversion takes form in a fantasy of revenge to convert childhood trauma to adult triump

Answer 36

perversion is a response to attempt to cure early painful experiences that couldn’t be handled without one changing hsi or her development

Question 37

sexual development is a process that begins at conception and ends at death and is defined by biological maturation, progression through stages & one’s social relationships during each stage

Answer 37

TRUE:

these forces interact to develop he persons sexual identity