MIDTERM (1) Flashcards
Who are sexologists?
Individulas who study sex, sexual behaviour and what makes one sexual.
Who is qualified to be a sexologist?
Researchers, psychologists, sociologists, and human developmentalists.
Why is it important to study sex?
- Sex is an important topic in our lives.
- Studying sex breaks down barriers and increases communication and understanding.
- Sex improves marriages
What are the countries that passed a legislation saying “it is illegal to retouch images in ads without implicating that it is?
Canada, Finland and Norway.
Describe how sex was viewed along with its practices in the ancient mediterranian cultures?
- Extreamly against incest, contraception and rape.
- Male circumcison was very common.
- Biblical views influenced sanitation and beauty.
Describe how sex was viewed along with its practices in the ancient egyption cultures?
- Women used to put sponges int heir vaginas as a form of contraception.
- Prostitution was common.
What is the difference between prostitution vs concubine?
A concubine is simply the term used for wealthy men that wanted to hire a prostitute.
How was sex viewed in hebrew culture?
Hebraic culture
- The hebraic bible (the tenach) influenced their values.
- Strict values of rape, homosexuality, extra-marital affairs and incest.
How was sex viewed in the greek cultures?
Helenistic culture
- Extreamly permissable of rape, incest ,beastialityetc.
- Engaged in Pederasty (Plato, Socrates and Aristotle)
- They belived in platonic love, however was laughed at for this becaus eit was unusual for men to not partake in homoeroticness.It was also called non-sexual or ideal love.
How was sex viwed in Roman cultures?
- The rise of chritianity influenced their practices.
- Condemned homosexuality, rape, incest.
- Marriage was done for status not for love.
What is pederasty?
A sexual relationship done in greek cultures, where an older mentor would take a young man under his wing and engage in sexual relations.
How as sex viewed in Ancient asia (India)?
- India contributed a lot to sexuality (i.e Kama Sutra)
- History of patriarchy
- Marriage was an economic game
- Practices like the dowry system and female infanticide was common
- Remarriage was not encouraged.
- Sati was done usually when a woman’s husband had died.
How was sex viewed in Ancient Asia (China)?
- Yin and Ynag : symbolised masculine and feminine
- There was a precedence in female orgasm but it was done for the man’s ego.
- Homosexuality was forbidden.
- Polygamy was not a problem
What kind of polygmy was when a woman has more than 1 partner?
polyandry
What kind of polygamy was it when a man had more than 1 partner?
Polygyny
How was sex viewed in Christianity?
- Paternalistic view
- Homosexuality and pre marital sex is a sin.
- ## Saints believed in Celibacy but considered oral sex and masturbation to not be “real sex”.
Who are the Quiver full?
Quiverfull is a Christian theological position that sees large families as a blessing from God. It encourages procreation, abstaining from all forms of birth control, natural family planning, and sterilization reversal.
What were the practices and beliefs around sex in islam?
- They emphasize modesty, particularly women “Satr al- awra”
- Their “private part” is theor whole body
- Women that are siolated in their homes whilst being married to wealthy men are called harems.
- The men would have sex with concubines.
What is harem?
In a Muslim household, a harem is a part of a house set apart for women and from which nonfamily males are excluded.
Who said that “women should be privy to sex as men” leading the sexual revelation for women?
William Reich
Until what year was homosexulaity a mental disorder?
1973
What is anti-miscegenation?
Anti-miscegenation laws are laws that enforce racial segregation at the level of marriage and intimate relationships by criminalizing interracial marriage.
Who are the sexual teachers in the ancient ages?
Entremetteuse
