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Sexuality and Society
Chapter 8
Being gay is a personal choice.
a. Yes
b. No
Gay marriage should be recognized as
legal and lawful in the United States.
a. Yes
b. No
Female genital mutilation is never
justified.
a. Yes
b. No
According to the structuralfunctional approach
a. society depends on sexuality for
reproduction.
b. sexuality is linked to social inequality.
c. sexual practices vary among the many
cultures of the world.
d. some societies allow individuals more
freedom than others in matters of
sexual behavior.
According to the structuralfunctional approach
• The correct answer is society depends
on sexuality for reproduction.
People whose bodies (including genitals)
have both female and male
characteristics are
a.
b.
c.
d.
transsexuals.
homosexuals.
asexuals.
intersexuals.
People whose bodies (including genitals)
have both female and male
characteristics are
• The correct answer is intersexuals.
Nearly _______ million teenagers
become pregnant each year in the United
States.
a.
b.
c.
d.
1
2
3
2½
Nearly _______ million teenagers
become pregnant each year in the United
States.
• The correct answer is 1.
Many social scientists put the
gay share of the population at _____
percent.
a.
b.
c.
d.
30
20
10
5
Many social scientists put the gay
share of the population at _____
percent.
• The correct answer is 10 percent.
What percent of teen pregnancies
end in abortion?
a.
b.
c.
d.
19
29
39
9
What percent of teen pregnancies
end in abortion?
• The correct answer is 29 percent.
What theoretical analysis of sexuality
highlights the contribution of any social
pattern to the overall operation of society?
a.
b.
c.
d.
social-conflict
symbolic-interaction
structural-functional
modernization
What theoretical analysis of sexuality
highlights the contribution of any social
pattern to the overall operation of society?
• The correct answer is structuralfunctional.
What theoretical analysis of sexuality
shows how sexuality both reflects
patterns of social inequality and also
helps create them?
a.
b.
c.
d.
social-conflict
symbolic-interaction
structural-functional
modernization
What theoretical analysis of sexuality
shows how sexuality both reflects
patterns of social inequality and also
helps create them?
• The correct answer is social-conflict.
The problem with the symbolicinteraction paradigm is that
a. sexuality is variable and changeable.
b. men see women in sexual terms more
than vice versa.
c. sex can deepen commitment.
d. there is more acceptance of gays and
lesbians.
The problem with the symbolicinteraction paradigm is that
• The correct answer is men see women
in sexual terms more than vice versa.
If you look back in history, you see
that once a society develops birth
control technology,
a. people no longer care about incest.
b. attitudes about sexuality become more
permissive.
c. the birth rate actually goes up.
d. social control of sexuality becomes
more strict.
If you look back in history, you see
that once a society develops birth
control technology,
• The correct answer is attitudes about
sexuality become more permissive.
The effect of the sexual
counterrevolution was
a. To discourage the use of birth control
technology.
b. To finally close the historical “double
standard.”
c. To place sex back within marriage.
d. To encourage people to limit their number
of sexual partners or, in some cases, to
abstain from sex entirely.
The effect of the sexual
counterrevolution was
• The correct answer is to encourage
people to limit their number of sexual
partners or, in some cases, to abstain
from sex entirely.
The sexual revolution came of
age during the
a.
b.
c.
d.
1920s.
1930s.
1960s.
1980s.
The sexual revolution came of
age during the
• The correct answer is during the 1960s.
Sexual attraction to people of
both sexes is
a.
b.
c.
d.
asexuality.
heterosexuality.
homosexuality.
bisexuality.
Sexual attraction to people of
both sexes is
• The correct answer is bisexuality.
The incest taboo is found in
every society because
a. it integrates members of a family within the
larger society.
b. it helps define people’s rights and
obligations toward one another.
c. it limits sexual competition between
members of families.
d. The incest taboo does all of the above in
every society.
The incest taboo is found in
every society because
• The correct answer is the incest taboo
does all of the above in every society.