Sexualities Part 1

Question 1

What is Sexual Abstinence?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Sexuality statistic in USA

Answer 2

Although US one of the most conservative, 93% of women and men have had pre-marital sex​

Question 3

What happens to sexual practices when the country’s attitudes are liberal?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What happens to sexual practices when the country’s attitudes are conservatives?

Answer 4

• High rates of teenage pregnancy

- High rates of sexually transmitted disease

Question 5

What is the relation between gender equality in a country and sexual satisfaction?

Answer 5

The more equal women and men are in a country, the more satisfied they feel about their sexual relations.

Question 6

What are the 4 primordial components that bring Sexual Liberation Movement in the 1960?

Answer 6

1. Access to birth control and safe legal abortions​
2. Free sexuality and the right to pleasure​
3. The right to say no to sex​
4. The sexual option of lesbianism​

Question 7

What type of sexual double standards are Black women and men subjected to?

Answer 7

Black men are subjected to sexual surveillance​

Black woman are subjected to sexual exploitation and violence by white men​

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Question 8

What is the myth of the Black rapist? Justified lynching:

Answer 8

Deprive or a right to vote​

Instilled a climate or fear ​

White women’s purity and chastity ​

Stop from forming alliances

Question 9

Anti miscegenation?

Answer 9

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​

Question 10

How are non-White women portrayed in films, movies and TV shows? ​

Answer 10

​Black: Aunt Jemima, Jezebels​

Latinas: Madonna or whores​

Native: savage squaw or Pocahontas​

Asian women: geishas or dragon ladies

Question 11

What does Fausto Sterling say about gender, sex and sexualities? ​

Answer 11

Fausto-Sterling: no universal categories for sex, gender and sexuality that hold up over time and cross-culturally

Question 12

In Sambia, sexual orientation does not always correspond with behaviour. What kind of rituals do Sambian boys go through to become men? ​

Answer 12

Heterosexuals can have homosexual relations. ​
-Boys in Sambia: in this case, behaviour doesn’t change the orientation. ​

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Question 13

What about in Brazil? What’s the relation between behaviour and gender identity? ​

Answer 13

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.​

Question 14

Define Lesbian or Bisexual Chic and give a real-life example from the media and celebrities lives. ​

Answer 14

“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”

Question 15

Why does biphobia exist?

Answer 15

Bisexuality is a challenge for gay and lesbian communities. ​

​Seen as transitional phase – no sense of belonging​

Biphobia from many sides.

Question 16

What are certain problems with Lavay’s research in the “gay gene” findings?

Answer 16

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. ​

Question 17

How does Playboy affect sexual practice?

Answer 17

Carefree sex and devoid of consequences for real straight un-married men​

Question 18

What happened in the 60s and 70s that made US people more liberal about sex?

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Double-standard of sexuality for men and women​(example)

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Answer 19

“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.”