sociology of sexualities

Question 1

How is sex personal?

Answer 1

It affects individual identity, intimate relationships and personal choices

Question 2

How is sex social?

Answer 2

sexual identities can be seen through our culture, history, economics, etc.
It creates clusters in communities that are ordered hierarchically.
External forces affect these behaviors

Question 3

Gonorrhea (as an example of an external force)

Answer 3

1941/World War 2: social disrupter thus leading to more unsafe sexual relations
Post War: everyone came home (baby boom era) thus marital partners reducing cases
Late 60s to early 80s: sexual revolution, birth control pill, extra marital sex, no condoms
80s: Aids epidemic, public health intervention for safer sex
Late 2010s/2020: less condom use, antirestistent antibiotic gonorrhea is on the rise

Question 4

Norms

Answer 4

informal/formal rules

Question 5

Values

Answer 5

what is good/bad

Question 6

importance of values/norms in sexuality

Answer 6

Sexual norms and values are highly salient, strongly held