Sexuality

Question 1

Sexual Attitudes

Answer 1

Over the past 50 years, attitudes about sex in North America have become more excepting

 Casual sex
 Sex before marriage
 Sex outside of a committed relationship
 Who can have sex with whom

Question 2

Casual Sex

Answer 2

Most people no longer expect to “save themselves” for marriage, as was once acceptable.

However, most people still believe that sex among unmarried people is only acceptable as long as it occurs in an affectionate, committed relationship.

This is the permissiveness with affection standard

Question 3

Hookups

Answer 3

• Hookups are short-lived sexual interactions with nonromantic partners that do not involve any
  expectation of a lasting relationship.
• All genders engage in hookup.
• Up to 40% of people who engage in hooking up report being disappointed by the ordeal or having negative emotions afterwards.

However, these results vary according to the reasons people hookup to begin with.

People who engage in hookups for pleasure or for having fun tend to have better experiences and view hooking up more favorably than people who hookup for other reasons.

Question 4

Sexual Double Standard

Answer 4

Society tends to **judge permissive women more harshly than permissive men, **though there is
evidence that this might be changing
.
However, women are still often judged more harshly for getting an STI compared to men.

Question 5

Homosexuality

Answer 5

Attitudes about homosexuality have changes significantly over the past few decades.

Some people still disapprove of sexual
relations between people of the same sex, but not most.

In many countries, most people now believe that homosexuality is socially and morally acceptable

Question 6

Cultural Differences

Answer 6

Attitudes towards sex differ by culture, both between and within countries.

People in the United States often believe that their country is particularly tolerant of sexual promiscuity. However, research shows that on average, the United States holds more
Attitudes towards sex differ by culture, both between and within countries.
People in the United States often believe that their country is particularly tolerant of sexual
promiscuity. However, research shows that on average, the United States holds more conservative, less permissive attitudes about:
 Sex
 Extramarital sex
 Same-sex relations

Compared to other countries, including Canada

Question 7

Sexual Attitudes

Answer 7

Sexual attitudes have become more permissive over time.

Question 8

% Currently Sexually Active 15- to 24-year Olds

Answer 8

Highest in females between 20-24

Lowest in men between 15-17

overall the highest sexual activity is between 20-24 and lowest 15-17

Question 9

Currently Sexually Active 15- to 24-year Olds: Heterosexuals,Biasexuals and Homosexuals

Answer 9

Highest in gay men between 15-24 years old

lowest in heterosexual women

over all is lower in stregh people

Question 10

% Sexually Active Who Have Had Multiple Partners, 15- to 24-year Olds

Answer 10

Highest in bisexual man

Lowest in heterosexual women

over bisexual people have more then one partner

and lowest in streight people

Question 11

% of Currently Sexually Active 15- to 24-year Olds Who Have Used A
Condom in Their Last Sexual Encounter

Answer 11

Highest: 15-17one partner

Lowest: 20-24 one partner

Question 12

Reasons for Not Using a Condom

Answer 12

• Monogamous Relationship (most common)
• Used Another Method(second most common)
• Did Not Think They Were at Risk of STI
• Don’t Like Condoms
• Did Not Think They Were at Risk of Pregnancy
• Were or Trying to Get Pregnant
• No Condom Avalaible
• Other(lowest)

Question 13

Why do
People Have
so Much
Unsafe Sex?

Answer 13

• Underestimate the Risk
• Faulty Decision Making
• Pluralistic Ignorance
• Inequalities in Power
• Abstinence Education
• Low Self-control
• Decreased Intimacy and Pleasure

Question 14

Decoupling Identity,
Desire, and Practice

Answer 14

 At least 1% of American men who identify as straight have had casual sex with at least one other man, and
0.5% have had casual sex with multiple men.

 Real numbers are likely higher.

 Men of all racial and ethnic groups have an equal chance of identifying as straight and engaging in casual sex with men.

 Although this behavior is more common in older men and
in men living in rural communities, surveys shows that it occurs in men of all ages and across the U.S

Question 15

Decoupling Identity,
Desire, and Practice

Answer 15

 Most of these men are attracted primarily to women but enjoy having occasional sex with men.

 They consider themselves straight, not closeted.

Question 16

Reasons for Identifying as Straight

Answer 16

• Romantic relationship with women
• Family life
• Masculine identity
• Integration into straight communities
• Societal expectations and
• heteronormativity

Question 17

What Does
This Tell Us
about Sexual
Identity?

Answer 17

Sexual attraction, sexual behavior, and sexual identity do not always align.
Sexual identities may describe how people perceive themselves and what community they associate themselves with, but they do not necessarily indicate attraction or sexual behavior.