Deck 5: How Does Gender Matter for Whom We Want and Desire the Gender of Sexuality

Question 1

Which of the following terms defines how individuals place themselves in our current system of sexuality?

A) sex
B) sexual identity
C) gender
D) sexual category

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following characteristics is true of sexual desire?

A) Sexual desire is physical and institutional.
B) Sexual desire is strictly internal.
C) Sexual desire is physical, internal, and cultural.
D) Sexual desire is objective.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

How many sex categories exist in John Stoltenberg's imagined world?

A) zero (none)
B) one
C) two
D) five

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which theoretical perspective argues that sex is a way in which we "accomplish" feeling like a man or a woman?

A) doing gender theory
B) queer theory
C) evolutionary sociobiology
D) status characteristics theory

Question 5

Until recently, marriage between two people of the same sex was illegal in the majority of the United States. This demonstrates which of the following concepts?

A) doing gender
B) hegemonic masculinity
C) compulsive heterosexuality
D) androgenization

Question 6

The term that defines the ways in which power is associated with a gender binary system while presuming heterosexuality as a social norm is ______.

A) doing gender
B) hegemonic masculinity
C) compulsive heterosexuality
D) heteropatriarchy

Question 7

______ is the way in which heterosexuality is viewed as the normal, natural way of being.

A) Heteronormativity
B) Hegemonic masculinity
C) Compulsive heterosexuality
D) Heteropatriarchy

Question 8

Early studies in sexology focused on demonstrating that ______.

A) nonheterosexuality is deviant
B) heterosexuality is socially constructed
C) compulsive heterosexuality impacts gender identity
D) heteropatriarchy impacts sexuality

Question 9

The ancient Greek understanding of sex is an example of how ______ can be important in sexuality.

A) gender
B) social status
C) activity
D) sexuality

Question 10

In much of Anglo-European history, the division between ______ sex and ______ sex was one of the most important distinctions in sexuality.

A) bisexual; homosexual
B) consensual; forced
C) procreative; nonprocreative
D) premarital; extramarital

Question 11

In some Native North American cultures, it is acceptable for a boy or a girl to express an interest in learning the traditional activities of the other gender. This is called a ______.

A) one-sex model
B) two-spirit role
C) two-sex model
D) hermaphrodite

Question 12

Seeing one's own culture as superior to another culture is known as ______.

A) ethnocentrism
B) hegemony
C) cultural relativism
D) anglocentrism

Question 13

Kinsey's theory of sexuality proposed that sexuality is best characterized by______.

A) discreet categories
B) a continuum
C) a one-sex model
D) five sexes

Question 14

The practice of providing sex for soldiers to motivate men to fight demonstrates which of the following?

A) Men are seen as sexual subjects.
B) Men are exempt from hegemonic masculinity.
C) Men are seen as sexual objects.
D) Men's sexuality is rooted in ethnocentrism.

Question 15

Research shows that often, young girls give into sex with their boyfriends for their initial sexual experiences due to their ______.

A) need for masculine protection
B) search for recognition from an idealized other
C) desire to procreate
D) tendency to be more emotional

Question 16

Which of the following terms refers to a sexual interest in the exotic racialized Other?

A) sex tourism
B) ethnocentrism
C) racism
D) sexism

Question 17

The ways in which many women as sex tourists are "looking more to be swept away by men than to assert their strong control over their paid male counterparts" is known as:

A) sex tourism
B) romance tourism
C) sex racism
D) romance fetishism

Question 18

Learned guidelines for sexual expression that provide individuals with a sense of culturally appropriate sexual behaviors and sexual desires are known as ______.

A) sexuality
B) gender
C) heteronormativity
D) sexual scripts

Question 19

Ronen's 2010 study on "grinding" at college dance parties found that ______.

A) men danced together in groups to attract women
B) women danced together in groups to attract men
C) grinding was between both same-sex and opposite-sex dance partners
D) women assertively approached men to grind

Question 20

Mernissi argues that in Islamic thought, women's sexual desire ______ men's.

A) is less than
B) is equal to
C) greatly exceeds
D) is not as important as that of

Question 21

______ is a Zulu vernacular word used to describe intersex individuals.

A) Berdache
B) Stabane
C) Mahu
D) Hijras

Question 22

The perspective in sociology that examines changes in human lives over a long stretch of lifetime is known as ______.

A) life-course perspective
B) socialization
C) micro-level perspective
D) symbolic interactionism

Question 23

Young Christian men in Diefendorf's study who abstained from sexual intercourse until marriage displayed which type of masculinity?

A) marginalized
B) hegemonic
C) hybrid
D) compromised

Question 24

Wosick-Correa and Joseph's research on women consumers of strip clubs found that strippers tailored their performances in a more playful way with women customers. This demonstrates the enactment of______.

A) homosexuality
B) bisexuality
C) sexual scripts
D) sexual subjectivity

Question 25

Bisexuals may refer to heterosexuals and homosexuals as ______.

A) gendered
B) monosexuals
C) fence riders
D) sexually repressed

Question 26

Some people do not experience sexual attraction. They are said to be______.

A) monosexual
B) asexual
C) AVEN
D) nonsexual

Question 27

______ is/are the set of unearned rights that are given to heterosexuals in many societies.

A) Double standards
B) Androcentrism
C) Sexual dimorphism
D) Hetero-privilege

Question 28

The practices in schools that both legitimize the dominant culture and marginalize or reject other cultures or forms of knowledge are known as the ______ curriculum.

A) hegemonic
B) hidden
C) privileged
D) androcentric

Question 29

Women's role in nationalism is largely ______ and ______.

A) symbolic; defensive
B) reproductive; defensive
C) symbolic; reproductive
D) nurturing; productive

Question 30

Kate Bornstein, a trans woman, suggested that we wear ______ in order to show our sexual preference.

A) nametags with categories
B) various colored bracelets
C) culturally dictated clothes
D) certain colored clothes

Question 31

Emotional intimacy is a necessary component of sexuality.

Question 32

Stoltenberg imagined a world with a broad array of highly unique people with no sex category.

Question 33

Heteropatriarchy alludes to how dominance in our gender system is associated with presumed heterosexuality.

Question 34

In Anglo-European settings, women are often seen as sexual subjects.

Question 35

Heteronormativity is the way in which heterosexual is viewed as "the norm."

Question 36

Sexuality refers to the global category into which people place themselves based on Anglo-European conceptions of heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual.

Question 37

Many girls in Karin Martin's research saw sex as something they do, rather than something that happens to them.

Question 38

Many Islamic sources define sex as serving God's purpose.

Question 39

A person who is aromantic has no romantic drive, or no desire to find a romantic partner.

Question 40

The labels "heterosexuality" and "homosexuality" did not exist in common language until the 19th century.

Question 41

Martin's 1996 study demonstrated that adolescent girls' romanticization of ideal love helped them wait to have sex with their boyfriends until they were ready.

Question 42

Whereas women are more likely to engage in sex tourism, men are more likely to engage in romance tourism.

Question 43

Men who practice abstinence before marriage are adhering to the expected sexual scripts based on hegemonic masculinity.

Question 44

Wosick-Correa and Joseph's research on strip clubs showed that when strippers engaged in sidestaging with women customers, they were more likely to reveal their "true" thoughts and identities.

Question 45

The assumption that bisexual women are promiscuous and disloyal is a neutralization technique referred to as marginalization.

Question 46

Explain the historical process by which the terms "heterosexual" and "homosexual" came to be used in popular language. What does this fact tell us about the nature of sexuality and sexual identity?

Question 47

How does the construction of feminine sexuality as passive and masculine sexuality as active reinforce gender inequality? Cite evidence from research that challenges cultural understandings of passive feminine sexuality and active masculine sexuality.

Question 48

Define ethnocentrism. How do ethnocentric views shape our understandings of sexuality? Provide one example of ethnocentric sexual views from the chapter and then discuss one example from your own observations.

Question 49

Explain sexual scripts in terms of the nature/nurture debate. Describe gendered variation in sexual scripts, and provide one example.

Question 50

Discuss the queer theory approach to sexuality, and explain how it relates to sex categories and gender. How does Bornstein's research suggest we practice sexual activity while adhering to the tenets of queer theory?