Deck 7: Understanding Sex Stereotypes and Heterosexism

Question 1

Which component is not part of one's sexual orientation?

A)sexual attraction
B)self-identification
C)biological sex
D)sexual behavior

Answer 1

biological sex

Question 2

LGBTQA includes

A)people who identify as in-between sexual minority categories.
B)people whose sexual identify is still in formation.
C)people who are allies with sexual minorities.
D)all of these.

Answer 2

all of these.

Question 3

Minority stress only affects racial or ethnic minorities.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What is the difference between sexual stigma and sexual prejudice?

Question 5

According to research,which subgroup of gay men is most threatening to traditional male sex roles?

A)cross-dresser/leather/biker gay male
B)artistic/straight-acting gay male
C)effeminate gay male
D)all of these are equally threatening.

Question 6

Why is homophobia an inaccurate term to describe the experience of sexual minorities?

Question 7

The U.S.Census includes sexual minority status information on individuals.

Question 8

According to the stereotype content model,stereotypes of gay men are:

A)high warmth;low competence.
B)low warmth;high competence.
C)moderate warmth and competence.
D)low warmth and low competence.

Question 9

Twin studies show that sexual orientation has a substantial inherited component.

Question 10

Apart from age,one of the strongest predictors of sexual prejudice is right-wing authoritarianism.

Question 11

According to 2010 U.S.Census data,approximately what percentage of Americans believes that sex between same-sex individuals is not at all wrong?

A)40%
B)20%
C)10%

Question 12

Which of these statements is not associated with heterosexism?

A)Seeing sexual orientation as inherited.
B)Seeing sexual orientation as an either-or status.
C)Believing homosexuality is a modern movement.
D)Believing one can change one's sexual orientation.

Question 13

The experience of society's disapproval of nonheterosexual identities,behavior,and communities is:

A)sexual stigma.
B)sexual prejudice.
C)homophobia.
D)gaydar.

Question 14

There is no scientific basis for gaydar at all.

Question 15

The best estimates indicate that the percentage of LGBT individuals in the American population is around:

A)10%.
B)3.5%.
C)<1%.

Question 16

Sexual discrimination at the workplace can take the form of:

A)social distancing.
B)tension and hostility between LGBT individuals and their coworkers and managers.
C)loss of opportunity.
D)all of these.

Question 17

Sexual orientation refers to whether someone is gay or straight.

Question 18

Internalized sexual stigma is associated with:

A)less "outness" to family.
B)awareness that being gay is a liability.
C)negative affect.
D)all of these.

Question 19

Society's disapproval of nonheterosexual identities,behavior,and communities is:

A)homophobia.
B)sexual stigma.
C)sexual prejudice.
D)sexual orientation.

Question 20

Heterosexism and erotophobia are related in men.

Question 21

Describe some of the ways sexual discrimination occurs,and the costs and benefits of concealing one's sexual minority status to avoid discrimination.

Question 22

Explain the components of sexual orientation and their interdependence.

Question 23

What erroneous)beliefs contribute to the stereotype of gay men?

Question 24

Explain what the questioning and allied identities in LGBTQA add to our understanding of sexual minority categories and to the experience of sexual minorities?

Question 25

Describe how right-wing authoritarianism is related to homosexism.

Question 26

Explain the difference between sexual stigma that is internalized or not internalized,and some ways that LGBT individuals can resist internalizing sexual stigma.

Question 27

Describe erotophobia.How is it related to heterosexism?