Unit 1 - Key Terms

Question 1

Being male, female, or some other gender such as trans

Answer 1

Gender

Question 2

Behaviour that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm.

Answer 2

sexual behaviour

Question 3

The tendency to regard our own ethnic group and culture as superior to others’ and to believe that its customs and way of life are the standards by which other cultures should be judged

Answer 3

ethnocentrism

Question 4

Regulations prohibiting sexual interaction between close blood relatives, such as brother and sister or father and daughter

Answer 4

incest taboos

Question 5

Subtle insults directed at people of colour and often done unconsciously

Answer 5

racial microaggressions

Question 6

Self-stimulation of the genitals to produce sexual arousal

Answer 6

masturbation

Question 7

A state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being related to sexuality

Answer 7

sexual health

Question 8

Basic, inalienable rights regarding sexuality, both positive and negative, such as rights to reproductive self-determination and sexual self-expression, and freedom from sexual abuse and violence

Answer 8

sexual rights