Deck 15: Extreme Sexuality and Paraphilias

Question 1

Sex tourists go in search of sexual adventure that their own society may forbid as extreme sexual behavior.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Sadism is inflicting pain on oneself for the purpose of pleasure.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

People can use adult pornography to add novelty to their sexual experiences as individuals or couples,whether they are straight or LGBTQ.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The increasing popularity of lubricants,a dildo,and all kinds of other things to make sex more pleasurable speaks to a significant change that has been occurring in recreational sex among adults.

Question 5

According to psychoanalytic theory,distortions of the courtship sequence are associated only with the first three phases of the four sequential phases that make up courtship behavior.

Question 6

Someone can engage in voyeurism as extreme sexual behavior and this is the same as someone who is diagnosed with voyeurism as a paraphilia.

Question 7

The diagnosis for paraphilic disorder requires people straying from the cultural norm in their sexual behavior.

Question 8

Pornography enhances people's sexuality and contributes to their sexual well-being even when it is not in balance with their real-world relationships.

Question 9

People are less willing to experiment to find novel ways of achieving greater pleasure for themselves and their partners than in the past.

Question 10

All individuals who express compulsive behavior engage in extreme sexual behavior risk-taking.

Question 11

Sexual novelty in a very general way means creative exploration which involves mainstream sex but not kinky sex.

Question 12

Use of plastic or rubber dildos which can stimulate various parts of the body is diagnostic of abnormality today.

Question 13

The diagnosis of paraphilia concerns involvement with nonhuman objects,children,or nonconsenting adults,as well as pain,suffering,or humiliation to the self or to others.

Question 14

Viewing child pornography is a diagnostic of a paraphilia.

Question 15

Individuals or couples who are dealing with issues of sexual dysfunction may use pornography to enhance or enrich their sexual well-being.

Question 16

Occasional viewing of adult pornography is now considered an extreme sexual behavior.

Question 17

There is coercion involved in transvestic fetishism.

Question 18

Sex toys such as cock rings and nipple clamps are intended for use in ways that inflict harm on someone.

Question 19

Research suggests that increased psychopathology is associated with a greater number of paraphilias.

Question 20

Pedophilia is a coercive paraphilia.

Question 21

Mindy is fond of engaging in violent sex,which leads to bruises and even the drawing of blood.When asked,Mindy does not agree that her sexual preferences are risky or potentially harmful to herself and others in the long run.This form of coping is called:

A) halo effect.
B) denial.
C) noncoercive paraphilia.
D) projection.
E) sexual fetishism.

Question 22

Which of the following changes came over sexual behaviors that were labeled as paraphilias in past decades?

A) The behaviors were dropped when cultures defined what is normative in human sexuality.
B) Everyone followed the blueprints and sexual norms created by sexual cultures and did not engage in paraphilias.
C) People stopped expressing these behaviors.
D) Individuals' search for pleasure and sexual freedom reduced self-awareness.
E) Society changed its attitude and then its norms toward these behaviors.

Question 23

Risky,noncoercive behaviors between consenting adults that test the limits of what a culture tolerates within its spectrum of sexual behavior are known as:

A) pedovestism.
B) sexual fetishism.
C) hypersexuality.
D) extreme sexual behaviors.
E) sexual compulsivity.

Question 24

Which of the following is a feature of people in S/M relationships?

A) The S/M relationship is carried out between nonconsenting adults.
B) People in S/M relationships fail to maintain work and a regular social life.
C) People in S/M relationships are unable to control themselves.
D) People in S/M relationships do not lose perspective on the risk-taking involved.
E) The S/M relationship does not involve rules,boundaries,and clear limits.

Question 25

Which of the following is true of strip clubs?

A) Strip clubs have traditionally catered to women.
B) In recent years,there have been strip clubs for both men and women but there are none for gay men.
C) The entertainment offered at a strip club is coerced.
D) The existence of strip clubs is illegal.
E) People who attend strip clubs would never think of themselves as abnormal.

Question 26

Which of the following is a reason cultures have struggled to define what is normative in human sexuality?

A) They wished to witness an explosion in sexual variation.
B) They wanted to bring in a change in the mainstream,as represented in the media,law,religion,and medical science.
C) They wanted to expand sexual individuality to include a broader spectrum of variations than had been seen before.
D) They wanted to create a true challenge to sexual science,medicine,religion,government,and society.
E) They wished to retain control over their own definition of human sexual nature.

Question 27

Which of the following is true of a culture's norms about sexual behavior?

A) Observation of the sexual norms of a culture typically results in failure to indicate a pattern.
B) It is generally easy to determine what a culture's norms are about sexual behavior.
C) Cultural areas of the world commonly agree on what extreme sexual behavior to avoid.
D) All cultures commonly discourage sexual intimidation and rape as a means of establishing sexual dominance.
E) What the people of one culture think are extreme sexual behaviors another group may not.

Question 28

Which of the following is true of gay strip clubs?

A) Money is not important in gay strip clubs.
B) Gay strip clubs are completely different from straight clubs with female strippers.
C) Male performers at gay strip clubs are prostitutes looking to make money.
D) Gay male performers may have a kind of power over their customers.
E) Gay male customers usually seek to socialize with women in secret.

Question 29

Which of the following is true of adolescent and young adult males in the context of extreme sexual behavior?

A) They have more powerful social controls to keep their sexual behavior within the mainstream than do women.
B) Heterosexual women have a fairly strong personality preference for sensation-seeking and sexual risk-taking than men.
C) They experiment with all kinds of risky behaviors beginning in childhood.
D) Adolescent and young adult males try behaviors which will produce an adrenaline rush in females.
E) Adolescent and young adult males hide their extreme sexual feelings.

Question 30

When sexual cultures create blueprints for how people should behave:

A) everyone follows those blueprints and sexual norms.
B) it is seen that sexual variation in human populations dies out gradually.
C) a small subset will engage in a broader spectrum of variations,some of which will lead to increase the scope of what is acceptable in the mainstream.
D) large complex industrial countries have fewer variations in sexual behavior.
E) sexual individuality narrows down to exclude variations than had been seen before.

Question 31

Which of the following is true of extreme sexual behaviors?

A) Extreme sexual behaviors are for everyone and a turn-on to typically everyone engaging in sex.
B) If a behavior goes on for long periods of time,it is considered a paraphilia rather than an extreme sexual behavior.
C) The risk in extreme sexual behaviors can be in the form of disapproval when someone is labeled as socially unacceptable,but cannot be physical or mental.
D) Some people who engage in extreme sexual behaviors may be in denial and pretend that what they are doing is not risky or harmful to themselves or others.
E) Extreme sexual behavior is the same thing as sexual novelty because the risk involves risk only to the self and/or a consenting adult.

Question 32

Relationships that may involve pain and pleasure,bondage,and other practices,such as spanking and whipping,are known as:

A) sado-masochism relationships (S/M).
B) bestiality.
C) rape.
D) pedophilia
E) role-playing.

Question 33

A form of coping with fear or anxiety that involves distortion of reality and its perception is known as _____.

A) extreme sexual behavior
B) denial
C) paraphilia
D) projection
E) masochism

Question 34

Evan likes to tie up,blindfold and gag his girlfriend while engaging in sex.Her helplessness helps enhance his pleasure.This type of relationship may be classified as:

A) role-playing.
B) bestiality.
C) rape.
D) pedophilia.
E) a sado-masochism relationship (S/M).

Question 35

Tracy is a girl from a highly industrialized city.She has a boyfriend,Nate,who is from a conservative town.He finds it odd that she wants to perform or receive oral sex from him.Nate cannot bring himself to do it,although he knows that this behavior can result in no bodily harm.Which of the following statement best describes Nate's beliefs about sexual variation?

A) Nate believes in defying sexual taboos.
B) Nate is more approving of sexual variations than Tracy.
C) Nate believes in trying out risky sexual practices.
D) Nate is more disapproving of sexual variations than Tracy.
E) Nate is more sex-positive than Tracy.

Question 36

The pattern of sexual behavior characterized by sexual arousal to individuals,objects,or situations that departs from mainstream normative or typical behavior and may cause serious personal distress,impair daily functioning or harm to others is called _____.

A) mainstream sexuality
B) paraphilia
C) sexual fetishism
D) hypersexuality
E) sexual compulsivity

Question 37

Which of the following is not a paraphilia that was once treated as "illegal"?

A) Masturbation
B) Female orgasm
C) Homosexuality
D) Pornography
E) Perihelia

Question 38

Which of the following is true about sexual variations across cultures?

A) Cultures are inherently similar in terms of being more sex-positive and approving of sexual variations or more sex-negative and disapproving of them.
B) Sexual behaviors that would be considered extreme in one society are normative and may be associated with social or religious ceremonies and rituals in other cultures.
C) Cultural practices that might seem risky in one society such as harsh sexual taboos,ritual beatings,fasting,and special food taboos are usually taboo in other societies too.
D) Casual sexual exploration and even sexual aggression by young boys toward young girls is considered the norm of sexual behavior in all societies.
E) Casual and pleasurable sexual exploration in childhood as well as extensive teenage sexual partnering before marriage is encouraged uniformly in all societies.

Question 39

Researchers of gender and extreme sexual behavior agree on which of the following statements?

A) Women display a broader range of extreme sexual behaviors than do men.
B) A large meta-analysis has found out that men express more risk-taking than women.
C) There are powerful social controls to keep men's sexual behavior within the mainstream.
D) Researchers theorize that men have extreme sexual feelings and do not express them or try to hide them.
E) In some sexual cultures,men are more punished,and even brutalized,if they stray too far from the sexual norm.

Question 40

According to Anthropologist Katherine Frank's study,which of the following is correct?

A) The strip show is a social practice that allows men to pay a few dollars to indulge their fantasies of sex and have fun as well as socialize with women who aren't their wives.
B) Strip clubs are for sexual "fun" that allows the men to feel that they can participate in an isolated male pleasure away from other customers.
C) Strip clubs typically encourage physical contact between the female dancers and male audience inside the clubs.
D) For most men,regular visits to strip clubs undermine their marriages or long-term heterosexual relationships.
E) For most men,regular visits to strip clubs offers potential for socializing with other men albeit in an unsafe,risky and competitive environment.

Question 41

Adult consensual sexual practices that are becoming mainstream,including spanking,tickling,and bondage,and a variety of different forms of sexual interests is called _____.

A) paraphilia
B) extreme sexual behaviors
C) pedophilia
D) kinky sex or kink
E) bestiality

Question 42

_____ refers to bondage/discipline (BD)and sadism/masochism (SM);power plays and role acting that is not necessarily sexual.

A) BDSM
B) Kink
C) Sexual fetishism
D) Paraphilia
E) Pedophilia

Question 43

Traveling for the purpose of having sex in return for money or goods is called:

A) sex tourism.
B) sexual fetishism.
C) exhibitionism.
D) voyeurism.
E) sexual addiction.

Question 44

Simon,a straight male,often dresses up as a gladiator and has his girlfriend,Rhea dress up in a beer wench costume.They cook exotic dishes and have intimate dinners in these costumes.They also play the parts of these characters and have fun trying to speak the language suited to those times.This can be said to be an example of:

A) BDSM.
B) kink.
C) sexual fetishism.
D) paraphilia.
E) exhibitionism.

Question 45

Which of the following is true of sexual tourism?

A) Women are the most frequent sexual tourists.
B) Sex tourism gives employment opportunities to women and girls but never to boys.
C) Sex tourism and sex trafficking are independent of each other and completely unrelated.
D) A reason for sex tourism is that tourists may regard the skin color of some people as a kind of sexual fetish,which they can more easily pursue abroad.
E) Sex tourism involves engaging in sexual relations with adults but not adolescents.

Question 46

Behavior that individuals are unable to control even though they have repeatedly tried to do so is called:

A) projection.
B) compulsive behavior.
C) masochistic behavior.
D) sadistic behavior.
E) denial.

Question 47

The phenomenon in which an object or body part arouses intense sexual interest and urges,and may launch a person into an uncontrollable episode alone or with another person,typically leading to sexual gratification is called:

A) BDSM.
B) kinky sex.
C) paraphilia.
D) sexual fetishism.
E) sado-masochism (S/M).

Question 48

Which of the following has caused greater tolerance for some sexual behaviors that were once tabooed?

A) Some heterosexual and gay men actively seek a sexual experience that might lead to contracting an STI,including HIV.
B) Exotic and exciting sexual behaviors such as interracial sex are pursued more freely and openly in the society
C) Women display a broader range of extreme sexual behaviors than do men.
D) The media and the Internet especially have made information about extreme sexual behaviors more difficult to find in the culture than any time in history.
E) Information about extreme sexual behaviors that was once rare is more common today because of the media and the Internet.

Question 49

Chris's tendency to being turned on by his partner's long legs is an example of:

A) BDSM.
B) sexual tourism.
C) sexual fetishism.
D) noncoercive paraphilia.
E) coercive paraphilia.

Question 50

Joanna's trip to Attalla is an example of:

A) coercive paraphilia.
B) sexual fetishism.
C) noncoercive paraphilia.
D) sex tourism.
E) sexual addiction.

Question 51

Chris and his partner's practice of dressing up as school children to enhance their sexual experience is an example of:

A) coercive paraphilia.
B) pedophilia.
C) sado-masochism relationship.
D) noncoercive paraphilia.
E) kinky sex.

Question 52

Which of the following is an example of BDSM?

A) Chris travels around the continent trying to find sexual novelty.
B) Chris likes to dress up as a woman while having sex with women.
C) Chris likes to suck his partner's toes.
D) Chris consensually likes to spank his partner as part of foreplay.
E) Chris likes to have sex while dressed in a fur animal costume.

Question 53

Dan has a sexual partner,Tina,who is ready to try out a variety of sexual interests.Dan finds that he likes to have his partner spank him during foreplay.This preference of Dan's can be called a:

A) noncoercive paraphilia.
B) coercive sexual behavior.
C) coercive paraphilia.
D) kink.
E) sado-masochism relationship.

Question 54

Chris's preference to dress up as a flight attendant before engaging in sex is an example of:

A) kink.
B) coercive paraphilia.
C) noncoercive paraphilia.
D) sexual tourism.
E) pedophilia.

Question 55

Natalie,who is from Minorca,travels to Europe in hope of finding a foreign sexual partner and learning some novel sexual practices and behaviors.She offers electronic goods in exchange for sex.This is an example of:

A) coercive paraphilia.
B) sexual fetishism.
C) noncoercive paraphilia.
D) sexual tourism.
E) sexual addiction.

Question 56

Which of the following best depicts a sexual fetish?

A) Sucking someone's toes for pleasure
B) Spanking someone for sexual pleasure
C) Tickling someone for pleasure
D) Tying someone to the bed during sex for pleasure
E) Traveling to South America in search of sexual novelty

Question 57

Which of the following is true about kinky sex?

A) Sexual fetishism is far more problematic societally than kinky sex.
B) Kinky sexual practices are generally harmless and playful.
C) Kinky sexual practices reduce the sense of intimacy and love among.
D) Generally,kinky sexual practices are carried out under coercion.
E) Kinky sexual practices occur among heterosexuals,but not among homosexuals.

Question 58

Joanna's tendency to be turned on by dark skin is an example of:

A) coercive paraphilia.
B) sexual fetishism.
C) noncoercive paraphilia.
D) sexual tourism.
E) sexual addiction.

Question 59

A person's inability to control sexual urges is termed as:

A) sex tourism.
B) sexual compulsivity.
C) paraphilia.
D) pedophilia.
E) sexual addiction.

Question 60

Graham is a middle-aged man who has experienced strong heterosexual urges ever since he was 14 years old.He has observed that the strength of his sexual urges has grown over time,and he is unable to control them since the age of 35.Now,in his 40^th year,he is not able to keep from acting out on sexual urges,as soon as he feels them.Graham's case is described as:

A) sex tourism.
B) sexual compulsivity.
C) sado-masochism relationship.
D) BDSM.
E) coercive paraphilia.

Question 61

The act of inflicting pain on one's sexual partner,to create sexual pleasure for the person inflicting the pain is called:

A) sadism.
B) exhibitionism.
C) masochism.
D) frotteurism.
E) voyeurism.

Question 62

_____ is a form of fetishism in which a man becomes aroused by wearing women's clothes.

A) Transvestophilia
B) Exhibitionism
C) Toucherism
D) Frotteurism
E) Transvestic fetishism

Question 63

Which of the following is an example of voyeurism?

A) Josh walks into a bar and reveals a naked body by removing his coat.
B) Josh lures his 10 year old neighbor and performs sexual acts on him.
C) Josh rubs his penis against a woman's leg on the street.
D) Josh peeps into a hotel room and watches a woman undress.
E) Josh bites his sexual partner during intercourse causing her to bleed.

Question 64

Frequent or sudden expression of sexual urges are called _____.

A) sex tourism
B) sexual novelty
C) paraphilia
D) hypersexuality
E) sexual addiction

Question 65

Jan is a middle-aged female who induces boys less than 10 years old playing in the neighborhood to come into her house with the promise of candy.There she undresses and forces herself on these boys.Jan receives deep sexual gratification from engaging in these acts.This is an example of:

A) asphyxiophilia.
B) pedophilia.
C) voyeurism.
D) exhibitionism.
E) frotteurism.

Question 66

Which of the following is true of paraphilia?

A) Doctors are not sure if paraphilia is a real condition.
B) Medical doctors,psychologists,and sexologists define a paraphilia as a physiological disorder.
C) Paraphilias are sexual urges and behaviors connected to persons or objects that are not part of normative variations and may cause serious distress or even trauma to someone.
D) All sexual variations across society are extreme and are considered paraphilias by medical doctors and therapists.
E) A paraphilic disorder is essentially the event of people straying from the cultural norm in their sexual behavior.

Question 67

Which of the following is a noncoercive paraphilia?

A) Pedophilia
B) Exhibitionism
C) Transvestic fetishism
D) Frotteurism
E) Voyeurism

Question 68

The act of rubbing one's genitals against another person is called _____.

A) pedophilia
B) frotteurism
C) transvestic fetishism
D) exhibitionism
E) voyeurism

Question 69

Which of the following is true of sexual addiction?

A) It is a paraphilia.
B) It is a disorder of intimacy.
C) It is a method of trying to control or reduce sexuality.
D) It signals successful reduction and control of sexual urges.
E) There is clear solution to treat it.

Question 70

Nathan likes to walk on street covered only in an overcoat.Whenever he gets an opportunity,he rubs his penis against women passers-by.This behavior is an example of:

A) pedophilia.
B) exhibitionism.
C) transvestic fetishism.
D) frotteurism.
E) voyeurism.

Question 71

The act of secretly watching someone undress or engage in some kind of intimate or sexual behavior is termed as:

A) abasiophilla.
B) AB/DL.
C) voyeurism.
D) exhibitionism.
E) masochism.

Question 72

Which of the following is a coercive paraphilia?

A) AB/DL
B) Autoerotic asphyxiophilia
C) Transvestic fetishism
D) Consensual sado-masochism
E) Exhibitionism

Question 73

Sexual urges and gratification related to minors,especially prepubertal females and males is called:

A) pedophilia.
B) asphyxiophilia.
C) voyeurism.
D) exhibitionism.
E) frotteurism.

Question 74

Matt is a 20 year old man who habitually peeps through the window panes,into his neighbor's home.He gets aroused watching his female neighbors getting undressed and engaging in sexual activity.Matt's behavior is an example of:

A) pedophilia.
B) asphyxiophilia.
C) frotteurism.
D) exhibitionism.
E) voyeurism.

Question 75

Which of the following is a reason for considering a distinction between paraphilias that do not cause personal distress or impairment or harm to others and those that do?

A) It helps clinicians make a clear distinction between a healthy person with a nonnormative sexual behavior and a person whose nonnormative sexual urges cause distress or harm others.
B) It helps to identify people merely straying from the cultural norm in their sexual behavior as those suffering from a paraphilic disorder.
C) It helps to use paraphilic disorder as an umbrella term for people who manifest extreme sexual behaviors that might look like a paraphilia but are not.
D) It helps clinicians make a clear distinction between pedophilia and behaviors that involve the use of nonhuman objects from paraphilias.
E) It helps medical doctors get a clear understanding of sex tourism that caters to pedophilia.

Question 76

A paraphilia that involves the use of force against a sexual partner is known as:

A) coercive paraphilia.
B) noncoercive paraphilia.
C) voyeuristic paraphilia.
D) exhibitionistic paraphilia.
E) masochistic paraphilia.

Question 77

Tony,a 16-year-old male,gets aroused from exposing himself in public places.He walks into crowded shopping areas and deliberately undresses,to unsuspecting passers-by.Tony's behavior is an example of:

A) abasiophilla.
B) AB/DL.
C) exhibitionism.
D) voyeurism.
E) frotteurism.

Question 78

The act of exposing genitals to unsuspecting victims for the purpose of sexual arousal is known as:

A) abasiophilla.
B) AB/DL
C) voyeurism.
D) exhibitionism.
E) frotteurism.

Question 79

A paraphilia that involves only one person or involves consent between adults to engage in a sexual practice that may involve pain,humiliation,pleasure,and other emotions is termed as:

A) coercive paraphilia.
B) noncoercive paraphilia.
C) voyeuristic paraphilia.
D) exhibitionistic paraphilia.
E) masochistic paraphilia.

Question 80

The act of inflicting pain on oneself for the purpose of pleasure is called:

A) sadism.
B) exhibitionism.
C) frotteurism.
D) masochism.
E) voyeurism.