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Questions
1. Until the mid-1800s, which views were the most influential for understanding sexuality in Western cultures?
A. medical
B. religious
C. psychological
2. According to the authors, why is it important to understand the time period and culture in which research is conducted?
A. The researchers may themselves be shaping discourse around sexuality.
B. The role of religious leaders must always be identified.
C. Scientific research can be affected by widespread cultural assumptions.
D. In some periods, research was biased by funders.
3. Which early sex researcher introduced the idea that nonprocreative sex was pathological?
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Richard von Krafft-Ebing
C. Havelock Ellis
4. What was the most significant conclusion from the Kinsey Reports?
A. That people are either exclusively heterosexual or exclusively homosexual.
B. That people experience a similar sexual response cycle.
C. The sexuality stems from relationships to parents.
D. That sexuality should be understood as a continuum.
5. Masters and Johnson were unique from other sexologists because they ______.
A. studied physiological responses
B. studied psychological responses
C. took representative samples
D openly analyzed their cultural biases
6. Early sociological research on sexuality focused on ______.
A. normative sexual behaviors
B. sexual evolution
C. sexual deviance
D. physiological responses
7. How did feminist scholars expand understandings of sexuality?
A. They critiqued discursive understandings of sexuality.
B. They analyzed how structural inequalities impacted women's sexual lives.
C. They focused primarily on accepted sexual scripts.
D. They separated different systems of oppression for analysis.
8. What is the central tenet of queer theory?
A. Homosocial relationships are actually normative.
B. The personal is political.
C. Gender and sexuality are fluid.
D. Gender, race, and class should be analyzed simultaneously.
9. When did the APA stop classifying homosexuality as a mental illness?
A. 1960s
B. 1970s
C. 1980s
D. 1990s
10. ______ refers to the normalized status of partnering with one other person.
A. Serial monogamy
B. Compulsory monogamy
C. Homosociality
D. Discursive marriage
11. Why did many early researchers focus on studying homosexuality?
A. to create new discourse around sexuality
B. to refute the idea of a gay gene
C. to challenge sexual norms
D. to try to discover a cure
12. Which concept captures the reality that people who participate in sex research tend to be more sexually experienced?
A. informed consent
B. ethical dilemma
C. self-selection bias
D. stigma
13. How does sexuality stigma impact scholars' ability to do research?
A. They are less likely to receive grants.
B. They are more likely to publish in low-ranking journals.
C. They have difficulty recruiting participants.
D. They must rely on multiple collaborators.