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One norm found everywhere is the incest taboo, which refers to norms forbidding |
sexual relations or marriage between certain relatives. |
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Teenagers with the highest probability of pregnancy are |
teenage women with low incomes and weak families |
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The more global our view of sexuality |
the more variety we see in the meanings people attach to sexuality. |
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A widespread-but false-idea about rape is that |
women who are raped must have encouraged their attackers |
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Which concept refers to humans who have some combination of female and male sexual characteristics? |
intersexual |
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The importance of Alfred Kinsey’s research on sexuality in the United States was |
making sexuality a focus of scientific study. |
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From a global perspective, prostitution is most common in |
poor nations, where women have fewer economic opportunities. |
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Which of the following concepts refers to a person’s romantic and emotional attraction to another person? |
sexual orientation |
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Survey research on attitudes towards premarital sex tells us that |
the public is more accepting of premarital sex than it was a generation ago. |
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If you often have the feeling of being "trapped in the wrong body," you might be |
a transsexual. |
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The ways in which sexuality is linked to social inequality is highlighted by |
the social-conflict approach. |
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The text suggests that the most widely contested issue involving sexuality in the United States in recent years has been |
abortion |
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Research on extramarital sex shows that about _____ of married men and about _____ of married women remain faithful to their spouse throughout their married lives. |
81 percent: 88 percent |
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Based on what you know about the history of human sexuality, once a society gains birth-control technology |
social norms regarding sexuality become more permissive |
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The effect of the sexual counterrevolution was |
to encourage people to limit their number of sexual partners or, in some cases, to abstain from sex entirely. |
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The incest taboo |
limits sexual competition within families. |
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Sexual attraction to people of both sexes is called |
bisexuality. |
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About what share of the states in this country have laws that permit marriage between first cousins? |
half of the states |
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According to the Laumann study of sexual patterns among U.S. adults, |
there are striking differences in sexual experience within the U.S. population |
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The sexual counterrevolution had begun in the United States by |
1980 |
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A reason to study sexuality using the sociological perspective is |
sexuality is both important and controversial. |
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If you were teaching a class about the symbolic-interaction approach to sexuality, you likely focus on |
how individuals in various settings engage in different sexual behavior and attach different meanings to sexual activity. |
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Comparative research indicates that |
although sex has a biological foundation, sexual practices vary from place to place as an element of the culture. |
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Which concept refers to the biological distinction between males and females? |
sex |
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Criticism of the social-conflict approach’s view of sexuality would include the fact that |
sexuality is not a power issue for everyone. |
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If you were to study the changing meaning of virginity over the last century in our society, you would discover that the norm stating that people remain virgins until marriage |
has become weaker |
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The social-conflict approach emphasizes that |
U.S. culture often depicts sexuality in terms of sport and violence, such as when we speak of men "scoring" with women, and men "hitting on" women |
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The majority of evidence indicates that sexual orientation is rooted in |
human biology, although social experience plays some role. |
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In 2012, about what percentage of U.S. adults claimed homosexuality is "always wrong" or "almost always wrong"? |
about 46 percent |
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The idea that society needs to regulate human sexuality is highlighted by |
the structural-functional approach. |
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A common myth is that |
in most cases of rape, the victim does not know the attacker. |
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Sexual attraction to someone of the same sex is called |
homosexuality |
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About ______ of men and _____ of women in the United States define themselves as "partly" or "entirely" homosexual. |
1.7 percent; 1.1 percent |
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According to national survey data, what percentage of adults in the United States state that a woman should be able to obtain an abortion for any reason? |
42 percent |
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When did the sexual revolution begin? |
It began in the 1940s and then grew quickly in the late 1960s. |
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