Deck 4: Sexual Health

Question 1

Sexual health includes which of the following facets of human interactions?

A) Physical
B) Psychological
C) Social and cultural
D) All of these are correct.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is a consistent theme that provides sanctioned sexual privileges across cultures?

A) Premarital sex
B) Marriage
C) Extramarital sex
D) Celibacy

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What did U.S. sodomy laws attempt to ban?

A) Certain sexual activities
B) Sex between partners of different ethnicities
C) Couples living together before marriage
D) All of these are correct.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following statements about women and sex work is true?

A) Racial and ethnic minorities are frequently under-represented in sex work.
B) Women facing intersecting forms of discrimination typically have fewer legal protections and are at greater risk.
C) The UN has implemented global laws offering special protection for lesbian, bisexual, and transgender sex workers.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following statements regarding comprehensive sex education programs has been found to be true?

A) Teaching about contraception is not associated with increased risk of adolescent sexual activity.
B) Adolescents who received comprehensive sex education had a lower risk of pregnancy than those who received abstinence-only education or no sex education.
C) Many parents support comprehensive sex education programs in public schools.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 6

A person who is born with sex chromosomes, external genitalia, or internal reproductive organs that are not considered biologically "standard" as male or female is referred to as:

A) transgender.
B) androgynous.
C) intersex.
D) bisexual.

Question 7

Which of the following descriptive terms is a sexual stereotype of women?

A) Sensitive
B) Undersexed
C) Dependent
D) All of these are correct.

Question 8

Kinsey's research found which of the following?

A) Women in the United States have seven unique pressures that influence their self-assessed gender roles.
B) Identification with either masculine or feminine roles results from social and cultural models and influences to which the individual is exposed from birth.
C) There exists a seven-point continuum that ranges from exclusive contact with and attraction to the other sex to varying degrees of "heterosexual" and "homosexual" orientation.
D) The sexual response cycle consists of four distinct phases.

Question 9

Misconceptions, stigma, and discrimination in health care toward people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender can result in:

A) missed disease.
B) insensitive care from healthcare providers.
C) unfair treatment.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 10

Children as young as age 3 can show signs of gender dysphoria.

Question 11

The Bartholin's glands, located on each side of the vaginal opening, secrete a liquid that lubricates the vaginal tissues.

Question 12

The external part of the clitoris has about the same number of nerve endings as the head of a penis.

Question 13

A woman's virginity can be proved or disproved by the pain or bleeding that may occur with initial coitus.

Question 14

During childbirth, the cervical canal stretches to 50 or more times its normal width.

Question 15

Stress can result in the failure to menstruate.

Question 16

Treatment of sexual dysfunction usually requires long-term psychiatric therapy or targeted medications.

Question 17

What is amenorrhea? What are the differences between primary and secondary amenorrhea?

Question 18

What are the four phases of the sexual response cycle, according to Masters and Johnson? How does the final phase differ between men and women?

Question 19

Discuss physiological changes that women typically experience as a result of menopause. What steps can aging women take to preserve sexual functioning?