SYG 2340: Human Sexuality: Quiz Questions: Ch. 1

What analogy does anthropologist Gayle Rubin (1993) use to describe sexual behaviors that are socially approved of?

Charmed Circle

Adrienne Rich's concept of compulsory heterosexuality (1980) is NOT a form of heteronormativity. True or False

FALSE

The term 'heterosexual' has always been used to refer to sexual relations between men and women. True or False

FALSE

Who were the first sociological researchers to study sexuality with the idea of sexual scripts?

Gagnon and Simon

Biological determinism is a form of essentialism. True or False

TRUE

Sociologists argue sexuality is socially constructed through gender. True or False

TRUE

The sexual double standard is a remnant of the Victorian Era. True or False

TRUE

Viewing virginity loss as the first time a man or woman engages in vaginal-penile intercourse is heterocentric. True or False

TRUE

Essentialist thinking about sexual orientation includes:

all of these: - static, unchanging, innate qualities of orientation - biological determinism - permanence to sexual orientation

According to sociologist Steven Seidman, culture teaches us that in order to achieve loving relationships and emotional intimacy, we must be monogamous. This is referred to as:

mononormativity