Question 1

What is androgyny? Is our society becoming more or less androgynous? What are the potential advantages and disadvantages of androgyny?

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Question 2

What is the difference between a person's gender, gender identity, and gender role? How does biology, environment, and culture play a factor in this development?

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Question 3

How does the human body know which sex characteristics to develop beginning at the embryo stage? What is the term for someone born with both sex organs and what are some problems with sexual reassignment surgery?

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Question 4

Give an example of a sexually transmitted disease and its symptoms.

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Question 5

Give an example of a common sexual dysfunction and its symptoms.

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Question 6

Distinguish between bacterial and viral STDs, making sure to discuss at least 3 of each. Comment on the various symptoms that each might display, and address treatment. Somewhere in your answer the topic of HIV/AIDS should be included.

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Question 7

What are gender stereotypes? How does culture affect gender stereotyping? What role does the mass media play in gender stereotypes?

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Question 8

You are a counselor, and a couple comes to consult with you. They are worried that their high school age child is homosexual. They want to know how this might have happened. What might you tell them, based on psychological research, about the factors that determine sexual orientation? What would you advise them about "being worried?" What factors might contribute to your advice?

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Question 9

What are the four stages of the sexual response cycle? Describe at least one element of each.

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Quiz 11: Human Sexuality and Gender