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Answers should be three-seven sentences.

1. In her book, Not Under My Roof, Amy Schalet argues that the different parental approaches to teenage sexuality in the United States and the Netherland are tied to two different types of individualism. What are these two types of individualism and how are they connected to teenage sexuality?

2. Amy Schalet argues that in the United States teenage sexuality is dramatized while in the Netherlands it is normalized. Explain what she means by this statement.

3. According to Armstrong, Hamilton, and Sweeney, what are the structural factors that facilitate party rape on college campus?

4. According to Avishai and Burke, the religious prerogative for sexual pleasure develops based on what three related tasks?

5. According to Avishai and Burke, what is the inhibition paradox?

6. According to Avishai and Burke, how do Orthodox Jews and evangelical Christians resolve the dilemma of "affirm[ing] sexual desires without descending into the vulgarities associated with secular culture"?

7. Based on class readings and discussion, explain what are the biopolitics.

8. Michel Foucault has argued that the nature of power has changed over time from giving the monarch the "right of death" to granting the state the "power over life." Explain what does that mean.

9. What are the key features of queer theory?

10. According to queer theory, gender identities are both constructed and performed. Please explain what that means and what is the difference between the two.

11. According to the readings, explain why the government keeps track of people's gender.

12. Based on class readings and discussion, explain how does the state (i.e., the government) establishes and maintains binary gender system?

13. Members of the S/M community emphasize that any sexual activity must be safe, sane, and consensual. Explain what does that mean.

14. Based on class readings and discussion, explain how polyamory challenges compulsory monogamy. In your answer, be sure to define polyamory and compulsory monogamy.

15. According to Mimi Schippers, how do people in polyamorous relationship combat jealousy?16. Michel Foucault has argued that we have become a self-monitoring society. Relying on the concept of the panopticon, explain what he means by it? In your response, you should define what panopticon is.

17. Based on class reading and discussion, what societal changes allowed for S/M community to emerge?

18. Based on class discussion and readings, explain what the processes of medicalization is. How does sadomasochism illustrate the concept of medicalization?

19. What challenges do researchers face in measuring the non-heterosexual and transgender populations?

20. Our ability to study gender and sexuality depends on the particular dimension that we isolate for observation. Explain what that means.

21. What questions do researchers ask to learn about the expressions of sexual orientation?

22. Why does asking about "homosexuals" versus "gay men and lesbians" elicit different responses?