Sexual Values and Varieties Of Sexual Behaviour

Question 1

Socialization Process

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Refers to the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs, values and ideologies, providing an individual with skills and habits that focus on gender role-related behaviour and/or human sexual behaviour.
All elements of culture are LEARNED, SHARED and TRANSMITTED

Question 2

Sex Negative Socialization

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It points to existence of a lot messages about probations and adverse consequences when engaging in sexual behaviour

Question 3

Sexual Conduct

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Reflection of what they choose to do or not to do.

Example: Abstinence

Question 4

Experimental Learning

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Something that comes into academic certification, experience traveling or doing volunteer work that could get credit for that.
This can occur without any particular effort being made or it can happen by design

Question 5

Didactic Learning

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Instruction that occurs when one person or several teach one or more others

Question 6

Role models

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• Offer examples of various kinds of patterned behaviour that may be relevant to the understanding of human sexuality and gender roles
• These can include friends, family or counsellors, individuals in mass media

Question 7

Sexperts

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• May be authors of books or articles on human sexuality.

- Some people looking to make a profit out of the ignorance and suffering of those in need

Question 8

Naturalistic Societies

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Those in which open communication about sexual matter is common and in which there is a “taken for granted” quality associated with the ways in which sex is treated.

Question 9

Moralistic Societies

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Those that stress strict adherence to rules about sexual involvements and practices and ones that treat sexual activity as something worthy of special attention

Question 10

Pluralistic Societies

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Those in which there is widespread acceptance of and tolerance for sexual diversity and differences in sexual choice and expression. Unique aspects of human sexual behaviour could be accepted and acknowledged

Question 11

Sexual Revolution

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Term that is used to describe some of the major transformations that have occurred in our society over the course of the last half century or so

Question 12

A revolution

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Suggests that there has been a major, “global” transformations of values, norms, and practices that has had a major impact upon large numbers of persons

Question 13

Coleman (Double Standard)

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Refers to the difference in rules and expectations applied to males and females whereby one type of behaviour might be accepted, tolerated, or approved of for males but not for females.

Is reflective of prejudicial thinking and feeling that emphasizes sex-negative aspects of socialization for females.

Question 14

Sex for pleasure

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Refers to involvement in sexual activities that is associated with a particular motivation

Question 15

Casual Sex

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Refers to sexual involvement that is not associated with a “serious” relationship and does not entail commitment on a mutual, long term basis

Question 16

Values

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Refer to what people want, what they hold dear, what they have as aims or objective, what they consider worthy

Question 17

Technical Virgins

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A person who has never had genital sex but who has engaged in one or more sexually satisfying acts with one or more other people:

Question 18

Electric kissing

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Partners taking off their shoes walking around on carpet and them getting close enough for sparks to fly between them

Question 19

Masturbation been a subject of controversy

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• Some view it harmless and beneficial, while others believe it can be damaging
• Efforts made to control sexual expression associated with masturbation

Question 20

Self-Gratification

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Viewed as an “unproductive” form of sexual release that is contrary to the sex norms described by Kingsley Davis.

Question 21

Petting Orgasm

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Stimulating another person’s sex organs or breasts- usually with your hand or mouth, and normally while kissing them

Question 22

Linda Marchiano

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• Also known as Linda Lovelace
• Pornographic actress
• Famous film called Deep Throat

Question 23

Anal Sex

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Option explored by some partners, sometimes in order to provide an acceptable alternative to conventional intercourse

Question 24

Fetishes

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Specialized interests that fall outside of what many people would think of as “normal sexual activity”

Question 25

Fantasies

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Many fantasies are relatively innocent and do not carry great risks with them. However some can be problematic: there are individuals that wish to explore various forms of restraint and domination in their relationships. Examples include biting, spanking

Question 26

Safe word

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Used when engaging in bondage or domination, a safe word that can be used to stop any activity that is not liked

Question 27

Play room

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Is a room dedicated to play, submissive and dominate behaviour

Question 28

Infantilism

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Childish behaviour; the persistence of infantile characteristics or behaviour in adult life

Question 29

Cross-Dressing

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Wearing clothes of the opposite sex. May be much more extensive. For example men may wear girls panties because it turns them on

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Swingers

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People who go out and have sex with strangers or they go as a couple and then switch partners

Question 31

Booty call relationships

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Random hook ups

Question 32

Concerns about frequency of sex

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• might miss
  
  • kissing
  • hugging

sex has the power and the potential to CHANGE relationships