Cultural Perspectives on Sexuality Practice Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the diverse ways in which human sexuality is understood, expressed, and regulated across different cultures and societies. Through interdisciplinary readings, case studies, and critical discussions, students will examine topics such as sexual norms and values, gender roles, sexual orientation, identity, and the impact of social, religious, legal, and political institutions on sexual behavior. The course encourages students to challenge ethnocentric assumptions and develop a nuanced understanding of sexuality as a complex cultural construct shaped by historical, social, and global influences.
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Human Sexuality Self Society and Culture 1st Edition by Gilbert Herdt
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Chapter 1: The Study of Human Sexuality
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Q1) One of the disadvantages of face-to-face interviews is that they demand for a significant time investment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following contributes toward holistic sexuality?
A) Practicing sexual chauvinism
B) Having healthy relationships
C) Understanding that sexual diversity is detrimental to the society
D) Practicing cultural chauvinism
E) Controlling homosexual tendencies
Answer: B
Q3) Sex research cuts across several scientific and social scientific disciplines.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Purpose in life weakens our belief in love and romantic relationships.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Contexts of Sexuality: Culture, History and Religion
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Q1) According to the Torah,Judaism's most holy text:
A) the sole purpose of sex is procreation.
B) one ought to indulge in sex for pleasure.
C) pre-marital sex is acceptable.
D) masturbation is a healthy practice.
E) homosexual relations should be encouraged.
Answer: A
Q2) Prehistoric art directly connects sex with:
A) supernatural activities.
B) parapsychology.
C) spirituality.
D) pseudoscience.
E) psychokinesis.
Answer: C
Q3) Sexual cultures function today as a way of both helping people to adapt to their environments and controlling their social relationships.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Sexuality, Media and the Internet
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Q1) S&M is a magazine that features nude of images of women in erotic poses.It does not display any penetrative sex scenes.This is an example of _____.
A) virtual sex
B) hard-core pornography
C) sexting
D) soft pornography
E) kinky sex
Answer: D
Q2) Online sexual socialization leads to an increased risk of children being exposed to sexual images early on in life.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Sexual content in the media has made explicit sex talk less acceptable in conversations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Sexual Anatomy and Physiology
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Q1) The hymen is typically present at birth.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The testicles have two primary functions: the production of the _____ hormone and of sperm.
Q3) Describe the process of spermatogenesis.
Q4) During perimenopause,the:
A) body stops producing follicle stimulating hormones.
B) body stops producing luteinizing hormone.
C) the secretion of estrogen decreases.
D) the secretion of progesterone increases.
E) the secretion of testosterone increases.
Q5) Which of the following is a primary function of the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)secreted by the pituitary glands?
A) In females,it regulates the maturation of ovum.
B) In females,it promotes breast development.
C) In females,it helps abstain pregnancy.
D) In females,it stimulates milk production.
E) In females,it stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth.
Q6) Androgens and estrogens belong to the family of steroid _____.
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Chapter 5: Sexual Pleasure, Arousal, and Response
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Q1) _____ refer to areas of the body like the back or feet,that when touched in a sensual way,can trigger arousal in the primary erogenous zones.
A) Tertiary erogenous zones
B) Secondary erogenous zones
C) Biological zones
D) Grafenberg spot
E) Root zones
Q2) The _____ refers to the four stages of the human sexual response,including excitement,plateau,orgasm,and resolution.
Q3) _____ refers to a small break in the anal tissue that may result from anal intercourse without proper lubrication.
A) Coitus
B) Laceration
C) Fissure
D) Anilingus
E) Cunnilingus
Q4) _____ refers to the stimulation of a partner's genitals by mouth.
Q5) Why is it important to define your own personal needs?
Q6) What are erogenous zones? Describe the primary and secondary erogenous zones.
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Chapter 6: Taking Care of the Sexual Body
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Q1) _____ refers to condition that occurs in infancy in which one or both of the testicles do not descend.
A) Anorchism
B) Monorchism
C) Polyorchidism
D) Cryptorchidism
E) Sertoli cell-only syndrome
Q2) _____ refers to a painful condition in women marked by inflammation of the uterus,fallopian tubes,and ovaries;typically caused by the presence of one or more untreated STIs.
A) Gonorrhea
B) Chlamydia
C) Nongonococcal urethritis
D) Pelvic inflammatory disease
E) Trichomoniasis
Q3) Palomar is a smoker with a history of HPV.She goes to her gynecologist because she has pain in her pelvis and persistent itching.Her doctor is concerned that she might have ____,a gynecologic cancer that begins in the vagina.
Q4) What are the symptoms of chlamydia? Discuss its transmission and prevention.
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Chapter 7: Contraception
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Q1) Which of the following methods are the least successful ways to prevent pregnancy?
A) Hormonal methods
B) Cervical barrier methods
C) Barrier methods
D) Fertility awareness methods
E) Voluntary surgical contraception
Q2) Which of the following methods of birth control requires a woman to not rinse the vagina or douche for at least 6 hours after intercourse?
A) Spermicides
B) Pessary
C) Diaphragms
D) Female condoms
E) Oral contraceptives
Q3) _____ refers to the failure rate of a contraceptive method used by people who utilize it regularly and correctly.
Q4) Vasectomies have a lower failure rate than injectable contraceptives.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Reproduction: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
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Q1) Identify the reason for performing an episiotomy.
A) To reduce the pain during contractions
B) To provide a route for delivering pain medication
C) To provide a larger opening to birth the infant
D) To reduce the risk of skull fractures
E) To induce labor in post term pregnancies
Q2) Janet is 40-years-old and pregnant with her second child.Her doctor tells her that there is a risk that her baby might have a genetic abnormality.Describe two procedures that may be used to determine the presence of genetic abnormalities.Outline the risks,if any,that are involved.
Q3) An average pregnancy is divided into four trimesters.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following conditions,when left untreated,can lead to spontaneous abortion,preterm birth,or birth defects?
A) Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
B) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
C) Genital herpes
D) Scabies
E) Ischemic heart disease
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Chapter 9: Gender and Identity: Process, Roles, and Culture
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Q1) A feminine individual rates high on expressive traits and low on instrumental ones.
A)True
B)False
Q2) As transgender identities have increased in visibility,heterosexism has declined.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Intersexuality is congenital,and involves chromosomal,genital,and gonadal variations.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Marlon's friends' behavior can be said to be an example of:
A) media influencing gender roles.
B) parents influencing gender roles.
C) religion influencing gender roles.
D) peers influencing gender roles.
E) school influencing gender roles.
Q5) Explain the challenges faced by transgender individuals.
Q6) Explain the phenomenon of transgender.What implications does the term have?
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Chapter 10: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) According to recent studies on social acceptance,which of the following is true about people openly expressing their sexual orientation?
A) When it is known someone is openly gay or lesbian,the positive regard for gay men and lesbian women reduces.
B) When principals,teachers,parents,and community members speak out in support of LGBTQ people in the classroom,hate crimes increase in magnitude and frequency.
C) Openly gay and lesbian adolescents,and their straight peers,are found to be able to project their own futures up to roughly the same age in spite of stigma and discrimination.
D) It is unnecessary for LGBTQ people to actually be visible and out in society to increase social acceptance.
E) The availability of positive role models to help inspire young gay and lesbian people helps them have a hopeful sense of a future.
Q2) Some bisexuals have same-sex sexual attractions that they may not even be aware of due to strong social taboos.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Sexuality in Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) Familial teachings have no effect on teenagers' attitudes about using condoms and other contraceptives,and pre-marital sex.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ refers to the process of someone being treated as a sex object and the objectification becomes so intense that the person may feel that they have no other value as a human being other than their sex appeal.
A) Sexual socialization
B) Sexualization
C) Sexual chauvinism
D) Sexual expression
E) Resilience
Q3) Which of the following can be characterized as normative sexual behavior in adolescents between the ages of 12 to 18?
A) Has intense sexual curiosity and sexually explicit conversations with peers.
B) Has sexually explicit conversations with significantly younger children.
C) Humiliates self or others with sexual themes.
D) Engages in obscene phone calls,voyeurism,and sexual harassment.
E) Makes sexually explicit threats either verbal or written.
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Chapter 12: Sexuality in Adulthood and Later Life
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Q1) Nina's act of finding suitable accommodation points to which characteristic of commitment?
A) Sexual well-being
B) Attraction
C) Serial monogamy
D) Moral-normative perception
E) External constraints
Q2) Steve is retired army veteran of age 84.He can be called a(n):
A) senior.
B) elder.
C) person in midlife.
D) person in early adulthood.
E) adolescent.
Q3) There is a broad range of economic,social,and health care rights denied to cohabiting couples,and especially LGBTQ people.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the key differences in the institution of marriage across cultures.
Q5) Explain sexual desire in late life and challenges to the expression of sexual desire among elders.
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Chapter 13: Attraction, Love, and Communication
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Q1) What are some of the obstacles to meaningful conversations about sexuality? How can these be alleviated?
Q2) Sexual scripts,then,help people to understand information about sexual nature,fantasies,sexual motivations,and physical attraction.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Due to the high sexual charge and extreme passion,eros relationships tend to burn out quickly because the passion and sexuality cannot be maintained.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Buddha's teachings,love should be unconditional and selfless.John Alan Lee characterized this sort of love as _____.
A) eros
B) pragma
C) storge
D) agape
E) mania
Q5) _____ states people are attracted to what is unusual or exotic to them.
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Chapter 14: Sexual Coercion and Resiliency Sexual
Coercion
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Q1) Survivors of date rape have to deal with the lingering memories of the trauma and the inability to create and sustain intimate sexual relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Societies where victims of rape are not blamed oppose freely disclosing the crime after being victimized.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Ever since Debra,a 25-year old has started to work as a housekeeper for Saul,he has been performing sexual acts upon her.Saul threatens to remove Debra from the job,if she makes a complaint to the police.This is an example of:
A) sexual novelty.
B) molestation.
C) sexual compulsivity.
D) sexual exploitation.
E) extreme sexual behavior.
Q4) Identify behaviors that are part of sexual harassment and explain how to respond to them.
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Chapter 15: Extreme Sexuality and Paraphilias
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Q1) _____ refers to bondage/discipline (BD)and sadism/ masochism (SM);power plays and role acting that is not necessarily sexual.
Q2) 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.
Q3) Individuals or couples who are dealing with issues of sexual dysfunction may use pornography to enhance or enrich their sexual well-being.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain how men seem to engage in extreme sexual behaviors more than women.
Q5) Explain how sexual norms and behaviors may increase in acceptance over time.
Q6) Discuss mutual consent in issues of exploring sexual novelty.
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