Deck 12: Gender and Sexuality

Question 1

In a study by Alexander and Fisher (2003), college students were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions and brought to the lab to fill out questionnaires about their sexual attitudes and behaviors. The researchers found that in the bogus pipeline condition, ______.

A) men reported more sex partners than women
B) women and men reported about the same number of sex partners
C) women reported more sex partners than men
D) women and men both reported less sex partners than the other two conditions

Answer 1

women and men reported about the same number of sex partners

Question 2

According to Else-Quest and Hyde, an important force shaping female sexuality is ______.

A) nonresponsiveness of the clitoris
B) parents' teaching that sex is to be feared
C) lack of experience with masturbation
D) inability to orgasm

Answer 2

lack of experience with masturbation

Question 3

Chivers et al. (2007) conducted a study measuring the physiological levels of arousal of men and women while they watched a series of 90-s clips from seven stimulus categories. They found ______.

A) men responded to a wider range of stimuli, regardless of actor gender
B) men and women responded to stimuli equally, on average
C) women responded to a wider range of stimuli, regardless of actor gender
D) gay men responded to a wider range of stimuli than women, but women responded to a wider range of stimuli than heterosexual men

Answer 3

women responded to a wider range of stimuli, regardless of actor gender

Question 4

A study (Bachmann & Leiblum, 1991) of healthy women in their 60s, all with a male partner, found that those who were sexually active reported intercourse an average of ______ time(s) per month.

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) five

Question 5

The ______ is the most sexually sensitive organ in the female body.

A) vagina
B) cervix
C) clitoris
D) genital glans

Question 6

Although the excitement phase looks different for men and women, the underlying mechanism, ______, is the same.

A) myotonia
B) vasocongestion
C) genital expansion
D) orgasm

Question 7

Masters and Johnson dispelled Freud's myth regarding the female orgasm by showing that, physiologically, there is/are ______ kind(s) of orgasm.

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

Question 8

Sexual desire, vasocongestion, and the muscle contractions of orgasm make up the components of which model?

A) triphasic model
B) dual control model
C) Masters and Johnson's model
D) traditional arousal model

Question 9

______ refers to the evaluation of male behavior and female behavior according to different standards, especially in the area of sexuality.

A) The double standard
B) Ambivalence
C) Evaluation bias
D) Bi-evaluation

Question 10

Female orgasm ______.

A) may be either vaginal or clitoral, depending on the locus of stimulation
B) is always followed by a refractory period
C) physiologically, is the contraction of the orgasmic platform
D) physiologically, is the secretion of lubricating fluid

Question 11

Bachmann and Leiblum (1991) found that women who were sexually active had ______ atrophy of the genitals than the women who were not sexually active.

A) less
B) more
C) the same amount of
D) much more

Question 12

Perry and Whipple estimated that ______ of women ejaculate.

A) less than 5%
B) 10-20%
C) 25-35%
D) 55-70%

Question 13

In the sexual response cycle, vaginal lubrication in the female corresponds most closely to _____ in the male.

A) erection
B) ejaculation
C) muscular tension
D) There is no comparable response.

Question 14

Unlike women, men must go through a ______ following orgasm before they are capable of arousal again.

A) resolution phase
B) refraining period
C) refractory period
D) recharge phase

Question 15

Most discussions of teenage girls' sexuality focus on topics such as teen pregnancy and date rape. Psychologist Michele Fine (1988) believed that conversation regarding adolescent women's sexual needs for pleasure was lacking; also referred to as the ______.

A) noncommunication of desire
B) limited desire content analysis
C) limited conversation of desire
D) missing discourse of desire

Question 16

Sexual inhibition is a component of which model?

A) triphasic model
B) dual control model
C) Masters and Johnson's model
D) traditional arousal model

Question 17

According to the dual control model, someone who is very high on excitation and low on inhibition may ______.

A) develop sexual desire disorders
B) abstain from sex more often than others
C) never need arousal medications
D) engage in risky sexual behaviors

Question 18

Lubrication appears on the walls of the vagina during which stage of the sexual response cycle?

A) excitement
B) plateau
C) orgasm
D) resolution

Question 19

The G-spot is the popularized term for the ______.

A) clitoris
B) vagina
C) Skene's gland
D) clitoris glans

Question 20

The elevation of the clitoris occurs during which stage of the sexual response cycle?

A) excitement
B) plateau
C) orgasm
D) resolution

Question 21

Kegel exercises are an example of recommendations to ______.

A) increase women's sexual pleasure
B) increase women's sexual arousal
C) increase women's chance of orgasm
D) increase women's ability to have vaginal childbirth

Question 22

Rather than focusing on achievement, Masters and Johnson's sex therapy focuses on ______.

A) the partner
B) level of orgasm
C) the senses
D) the individual

Question 23

Frigidity is a common term use by sex therapists to describe female arousal disorders.

Question 24

Orgasmic disorders in general are common among women.

Question 25

______ women's sexuality is essentially invisible.

A) Black
B) Asian
C) American Indian
D) White

Question 26

Boys and girls seem to learn about masturbation in different ways.

Question 27

Research shows that women can experience multiple orgasms before reaching the resolution phase.

Question 28

______ women's sexuality has been stereotyped as submissive and dependent on men.

A) Black
B) Asian
C) American Indian
D) White

Question 29

Roughly ______ of women report no sexual desire, with the percentage ______ as women age.

A) 20-35%; decreasing
B) 10-15%; increasing
C) 20-35%; increasing
D) 10-15%; decreasing

Question 30

The clitoris is the only exclusively sexual organ in the human body.

Question 31

Asexuality is an example of a sexual disorder.

Question 32

The feminist campaign for a "pink Viagra" is an example of the co-optation of the women's movement by big business.

Question 33

A content analysis of teen magazines for girls in the United States (Joshi et al., 2011) indicated that cultural factors ______.

A) play a major role in the socialization of girls' sexuality
B) do not play a bigger role in the socialization of girls' sexuality than parents
C) influence boys more than girls during adolescence
D) focus more on girls' sexual desire than boys'

Question 34

Family background in which sex was considered dirty and sinful, previous sexual assault, and long experience of painful intercourse due to a physical problem can all be common symptoms of ______.

A) vaginismus
B) anorgasmia
C) arousal disorder
D) hypoactive sexual desire

Question 35

Sexuality is fundamentally about the body, but for many transpersons, ______.

A) the body can be realigned
B) sex can be an out-of-body experience
C) the body is the problem
D) the focus is on the connection to the other person

Question 36

Both men and women face consequences if they exceed the "appropriate" amount of sexual hookups.

Question 37

Regarding the intersection of race and gender in sexuality, Black women begin masturbating ______.

A) later than Black men and White women
B) earlier than Black men and White women
C) later than Black men, but earlier than White women
D) later than White women, but earlier than Black men

Question 38

Hypoactive sexual desire, anorgasmia, dyspareunia, and vaginismus are examples of ______.

A) desire disorders
B) sexual disorders
C) pain disorders
D) orgasm disorders

Question 39

Girls tend to experience less pleasure and more guilt at first intercourse than boys do.

Question 40

Regarding the dual control model, women score somewhat higher on sexual excitation and men somewhat higher on inhibition.

Question 41

Explain one of the components of Tiefer's recommendations for feminist sex therapy for women.

Question 42

Identify and differentiate between the four phases of sexual response, specifically for women.

Question 43

What is one of the main criticisms of Masters and Johnson's work?

Question 44

Explain what Freud meant by some women being "vaginally frigid."

Question 45

What are two myths regarding women and sexuality that research has busted?

Question 46

Explain why experiences with masturbation are important early sources of learning about sexuality.

Question 47

Petersen and Hyde (2010) conducted a meta-analysis of studies reporting data on gender differences in sexuality. Two gender differences were substantial: the incidence of masturbation and attitudes about casual sex. Explain the gender differences on these two scales. Then, explain the argument of how these results might be inaccurate.

Question 48

Compare and contrast hypoactive sexual desire and female sexual arousal disorder.

Question 49

How would you define "hooking up?" What are the implications of hookup culture in the United States?

Question 50

According to the dual control model of sexual response, the inhibition response can be highly functional. Explain one of these functions.