Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
patterns of sexual response are:
a. | very similar in men and women | b. | basically the
same for all age groups | c. | basically the same for almost all racial groups – but due
to a few undeniable hereditary biological differences, not for all racial
groups | d. | enhanced by the use of mild depressants (pot, weed, marijuana)
but ironically reduced by the use of mild stimulants (crack cocaine, speed,
heroin) | | |
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Sexual orientation may be a(n):
a. | choice, as about
74 percent of Americans believe | b. | inherited fact, and not a choice, as about 74 percent of
Americans believe | c. | continuum rather than a dichotomy | d. | none of the
above | | |
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Regarding human sexuality, the textbook takes primarily a(n) _______perspective.
a. | structure
functionalist | b. | conflict/feminist | c. | interactionist | d. | systems | | |
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The
clitoris is involved in what proportion of female orgasms?
a. | only about 5
percent; most are vaginal in origin or cause | b. | as many as 50
percent; the other half are largely vaginal in origin or cause | c. | between 60-80
percent; the remainder are largely vaginal in origin or cause | d. | virtually
all | | |
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A
"bi-phobe" is a person who has a dislike, aversion to, and often a dread of:
a. | both
heterosexual and homosexuals | b. | bisexuals | c. | his/her own
sexual preference and that of the partner, regardless of what those preferences
are | d. | none of the
above | | |
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About
___ percent of Americans in the 1993 Gallup poll thought that gay male and lesbian relation are
morally wrong.
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In
the process of constructing and taking on gay male and/or lesbian identities,
"sensitization" occurs:
a. | before puberty | b. | at the time of
first gay or lesbian sexual experience | c. | when sexual orientation first leads to trouble or
“problems” | d. | when one’s significant others become aware of the gay or
lesbian sexual orientation | | |
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In
research about four kinds of sexual relations, lesbian relationships were found to be the:
a. | least likely to
lead to trouble or “problems” | b. | likeliest to have occurred at the earliest
ages | c. | likeliest to
have occurred at later ages | d. | least sexualized | | |
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Lesbian theorist Marilyn Frye writes that _______________________is a topic of
considerable ambiguity and/or confusion?
a. | whether lesbian sexual enjoyment ought to be modeled after male
sexual enjoyment | b. | whether lesbian sexuality ought to be
“politicized” | c. | what it means to say that lesbians “are sexual
beings” | d. | what it means to say that lesbians “have
sex” | | |
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About
what percent of Americans give religious or moral beliefs as their reason(s) for opposing sex outside
marriage?
a. | 7
percent | b. | 24 percent | c. | 63
percent | d. | 83 percent | | |
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