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