Gender and Sexuality Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
This course provides a comprehensive exploration of the concepts of gender and sexuality from interdisciplinary perspectives, including sociology, psychology, history, and cultural studies. Students will examine how gender identities and sexualities are constructed, expressed, and regulated within different societies and historical periods. The course covers key theories, movements, and debates related to feminism, masculinity studies, LGBTQ+ issues, and intersectionality. Critical analysis of media, policy, and personal narratives will deepen understanding of how gender and sexuality shape individual experiences and social structures. Through readings, discussions, and projects, students will develop analytical tools to recognize, question, and challenge gendered and sexual norms in contemporary contexts.
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Sexuality Now 1st Canadian Edition by Janell Carroll
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Chapter 1: Exploring Human Sexuality: Past and Present
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Q1) Foot binding originated out of men's desire for women with small,feminine feet.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) According to the nineteenth-century medical model,homosexuality is a sin.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The Kama Sutra contains guidance to couples about the dangers of having passion within sexual relations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) What were two important events that set the stage for the sexual revolution between the 1920s and 1960s? Describe what each contributed to ideas and values about sexuality.
Answer: Not provided.
Q5) Briefly describe the history of the vibrator.How was it a reflection of the status of women at that time it was invented?
Answer: Not provided.
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Chapter 2: Understanding Human Sexuality: Theory and Research
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Q1) Contrast the different perspectives social learning theorists and evolutionary theorists would take towards studying children's gender development?
Answer: Not provided.
Q2) If Freud is correct,when are sexual urges least important to a child?
A) oral stage
B) anal stage
C) phallic stage
D) latency stage
Answer: D
Q3) Who sought a medical degree primarily to study sexuality and reported that homosexuality and masturbation were not abnormal?
A) Alfred Kinsey
B) Katherine Bement Davis
C) Albert Moll
D) Havelock Ellis
Answer: D
Q4) Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Freud's psychoanalytic theory.
Answer: Not provided.
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Chapter 3: Female Sexual Anatomy, Development, and Health
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Q1) Pap smears,taken during routine pelvic exams,test for ovarian cancer.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What is one factor that makes women more susceptible than men to urinary tract infections?
A) a shorter urethra
B) location of the urethra and introitus
C) earlier onset of puberty
D) hormones produced during the menstrual cycle
Answer: A
Q3) What factor is often related to the onset of puberty for females?
A) age at first intercourse
B) height
C) weight
D) birth order
Answer: C
Q4) Describe the process of sexual differentiation in a developing fetus.
Answer: Not provided.
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Chapter 4: Male Sexual Anatomy, Development, and Health
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Q1) What part of the penis is made up of the corona,frenulum,and urethral opening?
A) root
B) foreskin
C) glans penis
D) perineum
Q2) Identify the most common cancer in men between the ages of 25 and 34 and describe early symptoms and treatment options.
Q3) The urethra carries urine outside of the body and the corpus cavernosum carries sperm outside of the body.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How many sperm per millilitre on average does each ejaculation contain?
A) 10,000-20,000
B) 500,000-700,000
C) 50-150 million
D) 500-700 million
Q5) Sperm requires temperatures cooler than the body's temperature for viability.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List three effects that decreasing levels of testosterone can have on men.
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Chapter 5: The Biology of Sex, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
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Q1) Miranda did not realize she could be pregnant until she was already 14 weeks along; however,when she took a home pregnancy test it was negative.What is one explanation for this?
A) hCG levels peak in the second and third month of pregnancy and then drop off to levels that might not be detected by a home pregnancy test.
B) By the 12th week of pregnancy, estrogen and progesterone have levelled off so differences in them are no longer detected by a home pregnancy test.
C) Home pregnancy tests are only able to detect changes in a woman's body related to pregnancy for the first six weeks of pregnancy.
D) She was using her early morning urine for the test which tends to be lower in concentration of pregnancy hormones.
Q2) A still birth is also called a spontaneous abortion.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In 2009,89% of Canadian mothers breast-fed their infants.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Contraception and Abortion
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Q1) What condition may put a woman at risk for developing a serious psychological reaction after an abortion?
A) being older
B) having no religious background
C) having an early abortion procedure
D) having a difficult time making the decision
Q2) What is the relationship between cross cultural factors and abortion statistics?
A) Countries that have more liberal abortion laws have lower rates of abortion.
B) Countries that have more liberal abortion laws have higher rates of abortion.
C) Nearly 90 percent of abortions worldwide involve legal abortion procedures.
D) Nearly 90 percent of abortions worldwide involve illegal abortion procedures.
Q3) Depo-Provera is a form of progestin injected into the muscle of a woman's arm or buttock that last for three months.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe three different characteristics that are at the foundation of natural family planning.
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Chapter 7: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Hivaids
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Q1) Where do the majority of people who are HIV positive live?
A) Asia
B) Central and South America
C) Sub-Saharan Africa
D) Easter Europe and Western Asia
Q2) Which statement best describes people who have a "punishment concept" of STIs?
A) They believe that STIs are the primary cause of sexual disorders.
B) They think those who develop STIs deserve them.
C) They believe it's okay to not tell ex-lovers when they find out they have an STI.
D) They feel that people who commit sex crimes should be infected with STIs as their consequence.
Q3) Which two groups in Canada were targeted by AIDS prevention campaigns in the 1980s?
A) teenaged woman and Haitian Canadians
B) Haitian Canadians and gay men
C) gay men and East Asian Canadians
D) East Asian Canadians and teenaged women
Q4) Differentiate between "high risk" and "low risk" HPV and explain long-term consequences of these risk types.
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Chapter 8: Gender Development, Gender Roles, and
Gender Identity
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Q1) Which theory is Bem most closely associated with?
A) social learning
B) evolutionary
C) gender schema
D) feminist
Q2) In Canada and the United States,masculine and feminine traits are viewed as mutually exclusive.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Alice is living in Canada in 1910.What gender role will she be pressured to conform to?
A) educated motherhood
B) wife-companion
C) woman as person
D) seen but not heard
Q4) How do gender roles affect satisfaction with life in the senior years?
Q5) An androgynous individual has ambiguous genitals.
A)True
B)False
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Q6) Define androgyny and give two examples of androgynous behaviour.
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Chapter 9: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) Which of the following has been found in lesbian relationships when they are compared to heterosexual relationships?
A) more egalitarian relationships
B) less empathy for each other
C) higher levels of conflict
D) less overall relationship satisfaction
Q2) Outline both the Kinsey model of sexual orientation and the Klein model of sexual orientation.What is similar? What is different?
Q3) Lesbian women in the workforce earn more than their heterosexual female peers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is an example of heterosexism?
A) refusing to hire someone who is gay
B) asking a little girl if she is going to marry a prince when she grows up
C) writing on invitations: "feel free to bring a friend"
D) beating up a young man because he is homosexual
Q5) Explain how our views on homosexuality have changed from ancient times through the Middle Ages to current times.Be sure to include specific examples from each era to support your answer.
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Chapter 10: Childhood and Adolescent Sexuality
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Q1) List and discuss the four reasons given in the text related to parents' anxiety about talking with their children about sexuality.
Q2) What pattern of sexual development leads to girls feeling most attractive and positive about their bodies?
A) developing well ahead of schedule
B) feeling they have developed "on time"
C) developing a little behind schedule
D) developing very slowly
Q3) Luke has been asking his parents questions such as "where was I before I was born" and "how does my mommy get a baby?" How old do you think Luke is?
A) 2 to 3
B) 3 to 4
C) 6 to 8
D) 9 to 11
Q4) Girls' growth spurts typically happen earlier than boys'.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Summarize the four goals of comprehensive sexuality education programs.
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Chapter 11: Communication and Sexuality
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Q1) What do we know about the impact of culture on communication? Discuss and critique two major points brought up in the chapter? Give a real life example related to each of your points.
Q2) Why might someone who uses a pickup line turn out to be a good long-term mate?
A) Pickup lines indicate a sense of humour.
B) Pickup lines indicate that a person is genuine.
C) Pickup lines indicate that a person is sexually experienced.
D) Pickup lines indicate that a person is interested in commitment.
Q3) According to the text,what are some skills that good listeners have? Be sure to use specific terms from the text and define what they mean.
Q4) Couples who report disagreements in their relationship tend to experience higher levels of satisfaction than couples who report that they do not fight at all.
A)True B)False
Q5) First define self-disclosure and give an example.Then discuss how it can be used both effectively and ineffectively in communication.
Q6) Identify and explain two obstacles to sexual communication.
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Chapter 12: Love and Intimacy
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Q1) Which part of Rubin's Love Scale asks the respondent to complete the following sentence: "If I could never be with ____,I would feel miserable"?
A) needing
B) caring
C) intimacy
D) security
Q2) Rick and Lindsey were on the same airplane during an emergency landing.They met at the airport while waiting for another airplane.Over the next four months they formed a long distance relationship.Lindsey says her heart races whenever she sees Rick.What theory of love best exemplifies this?
A) behavioural reinforcement
B) cognitive
C) physiological arousal
D) evolutionary
Q3) There is a strong correlation between a person's childhood attachment style and how he or she relates to future intimate relationships.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Adult Sexual Relationships
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Q1) Ten years following a divorce,what percentage of women think their decision to divorce was correct?
A) 50
B) 60
C) 70
D) 80
Q2) What is an assumption made by people who participate in arranged marriage?
A) Love comes from similarity.
B) Love is not necessary for a happy marriage.
C) Children are more important than marriage.
D) Compatibility is not essential to a happy marriage.
Q3) How do the majority of people who engage in "friends with benefits" classify their experience?
A) neutral or positive
B) positive
C) negative or neutral
D) negative
Q4) Discuss the possible reasons why societies have given preference to heterosexual marriage over same-sex marriage.Make sure to include references to the text.
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Chapter 14: Variations of Sexual Expression
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Q1) What sexual behaviour was invented in the 20th century?
A) brachioproctic insertion
B) fellatio
C) cunnilingus
D) mutual masturbation
Q2) Describe a typical Japanese "love hotel".What function do these serve for Japanese couples?
Q3) Which of the following is an explanation for women's rape fantasies that is most closely linked to a woman's need to feel attractive?
A) sexual blame avoidance
B) openness to sexual experience
C) sexual desirability
D) deflection
Q4) An ear fetish is an example of partialism.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Most Canadian college students who have casual sex classify that sex as friends with benefits.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Challenges to Sexual Functioning
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Q1) What type of medication has been shown to be related to delayed or absent orgasm in women?
A) antibiotics
B) birth control pills
C) antidepressants
D) beta blockers
Q2) Vince is showing disinhibition in which he sometimes masturbates in public,makes lewd comments,and makes inappropriate sexual advances.What condition is Vince likely recovering from?
A) heart attack
B) stroke
C) prostate cancer
D) alcoholism
Q3) What term refers to a persistent and sometimes painful erection?
A) priapism
B) anejaculation
C) penile tumescence
D) vasoconstriction
Q4) Define female orgasmic disorder and explain possible psychological and physical factors that might contribute to it.
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Chapter 16: Harmful and Antisocial Sexual Expression
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Q1) What mental health condition is often associated with compulsive sexual behaviour?
A) anxiety disorder
B) disassociative personality disorder
C) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
D) bipolar disorder
Q2) People with fetishes are typically more open about their sexuality than people without a fetish.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most role playing scenes in the BDSM subculture do not involve actual harm.
A)True
B)False
Q4) During therapy,an exhibitionist is asked to imagine what his or her behaviour was like from the perspective of the victim.What type of treatment is this person most likely receiving?
A) aversion therapy
B) systematic desensitization
C) relapse prevention counselling
D) empathy training
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Chapter 17: Power and Sexual Coercion
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Q1) After hearing a report of a rape on campus,some friends are talking about it and a few of them comment that they saw the girl out at the bar earlier in the night flirting with a group of guys and she had been drinking a lot.What theory about rape would this scenario promote?
A) victim precipitation
B) rapist psychopathology
C) feminist
D) behavioural
Q2) Identify what researchers have found about the characteristics of sexual assailants.Be sure to cite specific research findings from the text.
Q3) What recognized psychological disorder is most often compared to sexual assault trauma syndrome?
A) anxiety disorder
B) agoraphobia disorder
C) dissociative personality disorder
D) posttraumatic stress disorder
Q4) Identify cultural beliefs and societal issues that are responsible for the high rape rates in South Africa.
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Chapter 18: Sexual Imagery and Selling Sex
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Q1) When did the concept of pornography as a separate and distinct category emerge?
A) the middle 1500s
B) the late 1600s
C) the mid-1800s
D) the early 1900s
Q2) Why were efforts to eliminate prostitution increased during World War I and World War II?
A) to prevent babies being born out of wedlock
B) to help protect the health of soldiers
C) to encourage soldiers to spend their money on taxable purchases
D) to encourage women to seek work in factories
Q3) Which statement best describes sexuality portrayed on television?
A) People rarely discuss contraception.
B) Values and morals about sexuality are frequently discussed.
C) Contracting sexually transmitted infections is common.
D) People who engage in sexual activity often regret their actions.
Q4) Identify the pros and cons of legalized sex work.
Q5) Explain how the courts define pornography and obscenity.Be sure to include the specific criteria used to distinguish each.
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Q6) Discuss the link between sexual abuse and female sex work.
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