Sexualities Part 1 Flashcards
What is Sexual Abstinence?
Sexual abstinence or sexual restraint is the practice of refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity for medical, psychological, legal, social, financial, philosophical, moral, or religious reasons.
Sexual abstinence is distinct from asexuality, which is a sexual orientation where people do not feel sexual attraction
Sexuality statistic in USA
Although US one of the most conservative, 93% of women and men have had pre-marital sex
What happens to sexual practices when the country’s attitudes are liberal?
Country’s permissive approach to sex has helped the country avoid some of the major social problems associated with sex.
- Low rates of teen pregnancy
- Low rates of sexually transmitted disease
What happens to sexual practices when the country’s attitudes are conservatives?
- High rates of teenage pregnancy
- High rates of sexually transmitted disease
What is the relation between gender equality in a country and sexual satisfaction?
The more equal women and men are in a country, the more satisfied they feel about their sexual relations.
What are the 4 primordial components that bring Sexual Liberation Movement in the 1960?
- Access to birth control and safe legal abortions
- Free sexuality and the right to pleasure
- The right to say no to sex
- The sexual option of lesbianism
What type of sexual double standards are Black women and men subjected to?
Black men are subjected to sexual surveillance
Black woman are subjected to sexual exploitation and violence by white men
What is the myth of the Black rapist? Justified lynching:
Deprive or a right to vote
Instilled a climate or fear
White women’s purity and chastity
Stop from forming alliances
Anti miscegenation?
law prevent interracial marriages and sexual encounters
But the law did not apply to white men raping black women
Story of Emmett Till p. 74
Botham Jean
90 % of rapes are INTRARACIAL
How are non-White women portrayed in films, movies and TV shows?
Black: Aunt Jemima, Jezebels
Latinas: Madonna or whores
Native: savage squaw or Pocahontas
Asian women: geishas or dragon ladies
What does Fausto Sterling say about gender, sex and sexualities?
Fausto-Sterling: no universal categories for sex, gender and sexuality that hold up over time and cross-culturally
In Sambia, sexual orientation does not always correspond with behaviour. What kind of rituals do Sambian boys go through to become men?
Heterosexuals can have homosexual relations.
-Boys in Sambia: in this case, behaviour doesn’t change the orientation.
What about in Brazil? What’s the relation between behaviour and gender identity?
Behaviour changes gender (or sexual) identity as in the case of Tavestis in Brazil.
They are considered as women because they like to be penetrated.
Define Lesbian or Bisexual Chic and give a real-life example from the media and celebrities lives.
“Same sex behaviour engaged in by essentially heterosexual individuals under certain extenuating circumstances, in keeping with the cultural belief that there are only two true forms of sexuality”
Why does biphobia exist?
Bisexuality is a challenge for gay and lesbian communities.
Seen as transitional phase – no sense of belonging
Biphobia from many sides.
What are certain problems with Lavay’s research in the “gay gene” findings?
Lavay found that the hypothalamus was same size as women in gay men, and double the size in straight men
Study done on gay men that had HIV – which reduces testosterone and affect the brain.
How does Playboy affect sexual practice?
Carefree sex and devoid of consequences for real straight un-married men
What happened in the 60s and 70s that made US people more liberal about sex?
Women’s liberation movements sought to free women from social and moral confines.
With the introduction of the pill and second-wave feminism, women gained more control over their bodies and sexuality during the ‘60s.
Women could engage in sex without the risk of pregnancy.
At the same time, many women involved in the feminist movement questioned the traditional gender and sex roles ascribed to them.
Double-standard of sexuality for men and women(example)
“Women things like baking or cooking are just for women until it’s a profession, and then it’s for men.”
“When a woman cries, it’s viewed as normal. When a man cries, he’s told to man up.”
“Men get pockets big enough to hold all their stuff while women get fake pockets that are sewn shut, or a micro pocket that can’t fit anything.”
“When women look after their kids, it’s just parenting, but when men look after their kids, it’s babysitting.”
