Sexuality Flashcards
Limited viewpoint of sexuality
Conservative
Understanding viewpoint of sexuality
Liberal
4 top categories of sex researched
Pre-marital sex, extra-marital sex, teenage sex, and homosexuality
(Sexual desire) has three components
Libido
How intense is the desire that one feels for another.
Attractiveness - Libido
How open one is to the advances of another.
Receptiveness - Libido
The active behaviors that reflect attractivity and receptiveness.
Proceptivity - Libido
Preference for sexual partners of the same or opposite sex.
Sexual Orientation
A person who is sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
Heterosexual
A person who is sexually attracted to members of the same sex.
Homosexual
A person who is sexually attracted to members of both sexes.
Bisexual
A person who is without sexual attraction to either sex.
Asexual
A person who asserts that sex and gender are irrelevant in determining sexual attraction.
Pansexuality
Video: Rat deprived of testosterone influenced to be more attracted to male rats. Hormones
True
The more older brothers a man has, the more chances of him being gay (1/3 increase) Right handed only
True
Contrary of societal stereotypes, gay and lesbian individuals have the same wide range of psychological and social attributes that heterosexuals do.
Heterosexual women have the same finger length ration of gay men. (vice versa with hetero men and gay women.)
Hetero men have a vibration pattern like gay women. (vise versa with hetero women and gay men)
Sexual orientation - True
The fetuses’ exposure to hormones while still in utero may predispose some to homosexuality.
Example: Lesbian daughter - Mom took hormones for fertiility
Biological - What influences sexual orientation
Identical twins are more alike in sexual orientation than fraternal twins.
Example: Older brother effect
Genetic - What influences sexual orientation
- Homosexuality stemming from domineering mother and a weak father has received little support
- Gay or lesbian parents have little impact on later sexual environment
- Seduction into the homosexual lifestyle has little support
Environmental - What influences sexual orientation
Example: Aggressive yelling about homosexuals when secretly and or denyingly gay
Reaction formation - defense mechanism (psychodynamic theory)
Classify:
Person A is a man who is married and has 3 children. Approximately once a month he engages in impersonal sex with another man in a public restroom.
1-5 on gay scale
indefinite
Person C is a 44 year old woman who has been married for 20 years. Occasionally during intercourse with her husband she imagines engaging in sex with another woman. She has had no other sexual partner other than her husband.
1-5 on gay scale
indefinite
Contrary to popular belief, moderate porn consumption does not make users more aggressive, promote sexism, or harm relationships.
Exposure to porn may make some people less likely to commit sexual crimes.
Keeps abnormal sexuality within confines of imagination.
Helps limit sexual repression.
True
Suppressing the desire to view porn for moral or religious reasons may strengthen the urge for it and exacerbate sexual problems.
True
Person B is a 29-year-old woman who was sexually active with men from the time she was 19 until she was raped at 24. She has had no sexual contact since that time. She is no longer interested in sex with men, but says she would consider a sexual relationship with another woman.
1-5 on gay scale
indefinite
Person D is a woman who shares an apartment with another woman. They have not had any sexual contact other than an occasional hug and kiss when greeting or departing.
1-5 on gay scale
indefinite
Person E is a 5-year-old boy who enjoys watching basketball. When asked whom he wants to marry he answers, “Michael Jordan.”
1-5 on gay scale
indefinite
Person F is a 28-year-old man who has been sent to prison. From the time he was 20 until he was sent to prison he engaged in intercourse with his girlfriend twice weekly. Now he engages in intercourse with other male inmates twice weekly. He plans to continue his sexual relationship with his girlfriend once he is released from prison.
1-5 on gay scale
indefinite
Person G is a 58-year-old man who lives alone. He has never married, nor has he had any sexual contact of any kind. He occasionally buys pornographic magazines, which depict male-to-male sexual contact, although he does not enjoy these very much.
1-5 on gay scale
indefinite
