Midterm 2 Flashcards
Cisgender
A person whose self-identified gender conforms to their biological sex
Transgender
A person whose self-identified gender does NOT correspond to their biological sex
Variations on the X chromosome can cause transgender expression
Hermaphrodite
A person or animal with both male and female sex organs
Intersexuality
Person born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the typical definitions of male and female
Alfred Kinsey
One of the problems with his studies was the fact that sexual behavior is not indicative of sexual orientation
Kinsey scale
Sexual preference scale: 0-6
0=exclusively heterosexual
6=exclusively homosexual
1-5=degrees of bisexuality
Pansexuality
Attraction to a person of any sex or gender
Klein Sexual Orientation Grid
A system for describing a person’s sexual preference in a more detailed and informative way
Authoritarian Personality
Enforce strict obedience to authority (esp. government) at the expense of personal freedom
Often tightly linked to heterosexism
Things like blood and semen bother them
Their leadership rises due to economic dislocation
Bigamy
Getting married to someone who is already married to another person
Bisexual Erasure
AKA bisexual invisibility
The tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or reexplain evidence of bisexuality in history, academia, news media and other primary sources
Can also deny that bisexuality exists (extreme)
Compersion
Feeling happy for your lover when they are enjoying another relationship
A polyamorous principle
Ephebophilia
Adult sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15-19
Pediphilia
Sexual feelings toward children
Heteronormativity
Belief that people fall into distinct and complementary genders with natural roles in life (man & woman)
Assumes that heterosexuality is the only sexual orientation or the only norm
States that sexual and marital relations are only fitting between people of opposite sexes
Heterosexism
Discrimination or prejudice by heterosexuals against homosexuals
Sexual Pluralism
The view that any sexual behavior is morally permissible so long as it takes place between mutually committed adults
Rectophobia
A fear of rectums, rectal pain, or rectal diseases (branches from sodomy)
Transphobia
Intense dislike of or prejudice against transsexual or transgender people
Autoandrophilia
A person assigned female at birth who is sexually aroused by the thought or image of being a man
Autogynephilia
A person assigned male at birth who is sexually aroused by the thought or image of being a woman
Epidemiology
The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health
A lot of “medical treatments” for “curing” homosexuality have spawned from the obsession to cure diseases in a society where too many things are considered a disease without actually being one
Genital Ulceration
Sores on the genitalia caused by an STI like syphilis, parasitic infections, or bacterial infections
Primary mode of transmission HIV
Plethysmograph
A medical instrument used to measure blood flow to the genitals
Typically used to measure sexual arousal
Virology
The branch of science that deals with the study of viruses
Anal Sex
Bighorn sheep are known for gay sex, and they only mate with females once a year; about 10% of the population of rams is exclusively gay
Ambiphilia
Synonymous with bisexuality– the combination of gynephilia and androphilia
Androphilia
Sexual attraction to men or masculinity
Gynephilia
Sexual attraction to women or femininity
Lordosis Behavior
AKA presenting
A body posture that indicates female receptivity to copulation
Paraphilia
Abnormal sexual desires, typically involving extreme or dangerous activities
Sexual arousal towards objects, pain/humiliation, children
Zoophilia
AKA beastiality
Sexual desire or activities with animals
