Question 1

Martin's 1996 study demonstrated that adolescent girls' romanticization of ideal love helped them wait to have sex with their boyfriends until they were ready.

Accepted Answer

Martin's 1996 study actually found that adolescent girls' romanticization of ideal love often led them to have sex with their boyfriends sooner, under the belief that doing so was a demonstration of true love.

Question 2

Whereas women are more likely to engage in sex tourism, men are more likely to engage in romance tourism.

Accepted Answer

Men are more likely to engage in sex tourism, while women are often associated with romance tourism, seeking emotional or romantic connections.

Question 3

Men who practice abstinence before marriage are adhering to the expected sexual scripts based on hegemonic masculinity.

Accepted Answer

Hegemonic masculinity typically promotes sexual conquest and experience for men, rather than abstinence, which is often seen as contrary to the expectations of hegemonic masculinity.

Question 4

Wosick-Correa and Joseph's research on strip clubs showed that when strippers engaged in sidestaging with women customers, they were more likely to reveal their "true" thoughts and identities.

Accepted Answer

Wosick-Correa and Joseph's research found that strippers often engaged in more genuine interactions and revealed more about their true thoughts and identities during sidestaging with women customers, as these interactions were perceived as less transactional and more personal.

Question 5

The assumption that bisexual women are promiscuous and disloyal is a neutralization technique referred to as marginalization.

Accepted Answer

This assumption is a stereotype, not a neutralization technique. Marginalization refers to the process of making a group or concept appear insignificant or peripheral, not to the propagation of specific stereotypes about behavior.

Question 6

Explain the historical process by which the terms "heterosexual" and "homosexual" came to be used in popular language. What does this fact tell us about the nature of sexuality and sexual identity?

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Question 7

How does the construction of feminine sexuality as passive and masculine sexuality as active reinforce gender inequality? Cite evidence from research that challenges cultural understandings of passive feminine sexuality and active masculine sexuality.

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Question 8

Define ethnocentrism. How do ethnocentric views shape our understandings of sexuality? Provide one example of ethnocentric sexual views from the chapter and then discuss one example from your own observations.

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Question 9

Explain sexual scripts in terms of the nature/nurture debate. Describe gendered variation in sexual scripts, and provide one example.

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Question 10

Discuss the queer theory approach to sexuality, and explain how it relates to sex categories and gender. How does Bornstein's research suggest we practice sexual activity while adhering to the tenets of queer theory?

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