Queer Studies
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Course Introduction
Queer Studies is an interdisciplinary field that critically examines the historical, cultural, social, and political dimensions of sexuality and gender diversity. This course explores the lived experiences, representations, and activism of LGBTQ+ individuals and communities, challenging normative assumptions and binaries around gender and sexuality. Through readings, discussions, and multimedia sources, students investigate key concepts such as heteronormativity, intersectionality, queer theory, and the impact of societal structures on marginalized identities. By analyzing literature, media, activism, and policy, the course encourages students to think critically about the transformation of societal norms and the ongoing struggles for equality and representation.
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Sexuality Now Embracing Diversity 5th Edition by Janell L. Carroll
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Chapter 1: Exploring Human Sexuality: Past and Present
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Q1) In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association:
A) Removed homosexuality from its list of psychiatric disorders.
B) Added homosexuality to its list of psychiatric disorders.
C) Released a report on the well-being of children with gay parents.
D) Concluded that homosexuality was caused by environmental factors.
Answer: A
Q2) What best describes the role of sexologists?
A) Prohibit unhealthy sexual behavior
B) Promote liberal views about sexuality
C) Ensure women and men have equal sexual rights
D) Engage in the scientific study of sexual behavior
Answer: D
Q3) This cultural value commonly held by people in ancient Chinese civilizations helps explain why they believed that part of the procreative process was a natural blending of masculine and feminine principles (yin and yang).
A) Belief in the equality of men and women
B) Belief in the interdependence of all things
C) Belief in heterosexuality as the natural order of life
D) Belief in peace and harmony between men and women
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Understanding Human Sexuality: Theory and Research
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Q1) Queer theory supports slow, steady social change.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Researchers using methods of direct observation find that getting participants for their studies is fairly easy among college student populations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to your text, who is considered the most influential sex researcher of the 20th century?
A) Havelock Ellis
B) Clelia Mosher
C) Alfred Kinsey
D) Virginia Johnson
Answer: C
Q4) Describe steps that Kinsey took with his choice of sampling and data collection methods to avoid bias in his findings.
Answer: Not provided.
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Chapter 3: Communication and Sexuality
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Q1) What is a characteristic of a good lover?
A) He or she rarely engages in disagreements with a partner.
B) He or she is direct in telling a partner what he/she needs for sexual satisfaction.
C) He or she puts a partner's sexual needs before his or her own.
D) He or she has had more than one but not too many past sexual partners.
Answer: B
Q2) Nadia says, "We never make love anymore." She and her partner have sex about twice a week, which is less often than they used to. What is her statement an example of?
A) Overkill
B) Overgeneralization
C) Defensiveness
D) Validation
Answer: B
Q3) According to the Onion Theory of communication people have the tendency to reveal information about themselves from the inside out.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Gender Development, Gender Roles, and
Gender Identity
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Q1) Megan was raised as a female. When she failed to menstruate at puberty, her doctor found that she was genetically male. What is Megan's most likely diagnosis?
A) Klinefelter's syndrome
B) Turner's syndrome
C) Androgen-insensitivity syndrome (AIS)
D) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
Q2) Children see that on Saturdays their mom spends the day inside cleaning and doing the laundry while their dad does outside work such as mowing the yard and changing the oil. What theory suggests that children learn gender roles through this type of modeling?
A) Social learning
B) Cognitive
C) Feminist
D) Evolutionary
Q3) Who is likely to hold a more negative attitude about aging?
A) Michelle, a White lesbian woman
B) Courtney, a White heterosexual woman
C) Jesse, a Latino gay man
D) Robert, a Black heterosexual man
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Chapter 5: Female Sexual Anatomy and Physiology
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Q1) When Ling's newborn son cries, she can feel her breasts become engorged with milk. Which of the following is responsible for stimulating Ling's mammary gland ducts to lactate?
A) Estrogen
B) Oxytocin
C) Progesterone
D) Colostrum
Q2) What does the term mittelschmerz refer to?
A) Slight pain or sensation felt by some women during ovulation
B) A German celebration that occurs upon a female's first period
C) The time when the ovaries first begin producing estrogen
D) The pain felt prior to childbirth when the cervix softens and dilates
Q3) What general statement is MOST accurate concerning hormone replacement therapy (HRT)?
A) HRT is associated with increased osteoporosis.
B) HRT is associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer.
C) As a general practice, most physicians prescribe the original HRT dosage due to its lack of side effects.
D) There are pros and cons of HRT that need to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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Chapter 6: Male Sexual Anatomy and Physiology
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Q1) Which man is most likely to develop prostate cancer?
A) John, a 55-year old Black man
B) Dan, a 55-year old White man
C) Thao, a 40-year old Asian man
D) Deon, a 25-year old Black man
Q2) What term refers to the enlargement of the breasts in men?
A) Areolitis
B) Gynecomastia
C) Andropause
D) Hydrocele deficiency
Q3) What is found to detect more than 50% of cases of prostate cancer in its early stages?
A) Rectal exam
B) Prostate self-exam
C) Ultrasound
D) Hormone testing
Q4) Evolutionary theory suggests that the shape of the penis allows it to remove another lover's sperm from the reproductive tract of a woman.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Love and Intimacy
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Q1) People use their body language to reveal their level of attraction when meeting someone for the first time.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When a person is in love, his or her body releases the drug phenylethylamine which is also found in which of the following?
A) Alcohol
B) Chocolate
C) Heroine
D) Breast milk
Q3) Passionate love is more valued in individualistic cultures than in collectivist cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Self-love is another name used for narcissism.
A)True
B)False
Q5) More men than women report "hooking up" behavior on college campuses.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Childhood and Adolescent Sexuality
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Q1) Cross-cultural studies show that the majority of teens worldwide are receiving adequate sexuality education.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What have studies related to sibling sexual contact found?
A) While sex games or fondling are fairly common, sexual contact between siblings is more likely to be harmful when there is a large age difference between siblings.
B) Sex games or fondling are not common between siblings and when they do happen it is usually an indicator of sexual abuse occurring in the family.
C) While sex play in general is uncommon, when it does happen it typically involves penetration and/or oral stimulation of the genitals.
D) Coerced sex play is more common between brothers than between sisters.
Q3) Parents should be more concerned if their children show no interest in their own or other children's bodies than being concerned if they are engaging in sex play.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Summarize the four goals of comprehensive sexuality education programs.
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Chapter 9: Adult Sexual Relationships
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Q1) Gay men and lesbian women are twice as likely to be in a mixed-race relationship compared to straight men and women.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Who is most likely to report the highest level of marital happiness?
A) Joe, a Hispanic male
B) Rachel, a White female
C) Simone, a Black female
D) It is hard to tell because previous research often used people who were in marital therapy for their study participants.
Q3) All of the following are ways that same-sex and other-sex couples become parents EXCEPT:
A) Pregnancy through surrogacy
B) Foster parenting
C) Unintended pregnancy
D) Adoption
Q4) Explain what we know about marital happiness, gender, and race providing information from your text to back up your response.
Q5) Compare and contrast men's and women's adjustment to divorce.
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Chapter 10: Sexual Expression
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Q1) Which of the following is the period of time after orgasm during which a man cannot be restimulated to orgasm?
A) Ejaculatory inevitability
B) Pre-ejaculation
C) Ejaculatory resolution
D) Refractory stage
Q2) Masturbation rates remain constant over the lifespan.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What position for sexual intercourse do sex therapists often recommend for couples who are experiencing difficulties with early ejaculation or lack of female orgasm?
A) Male-on-top
B) Female-on-top
C) Rear entry
D) Side-by-side
Q4) Identify and describe the four stages of Masters and Johnson's male sexual response cycle and explain what happens for men at each stage.
Q5) What is manual sex? Give two reasons why it is becoming more common.
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Chapter 11: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) When people's behavior and beliefs about their sexual orientation are in conflict, social scientists usually define them by their:
A) Emotional attachments
B) Sexual fantasies.
C) Sexual behaviors.
D) Sexual self-concept.
Q2) If you wanted to live in a Latin American country with more openness to same-sex relationships and with the longest history of legalization of same-sex behavior, where would you live?
A) Uruguay
B) Columbia
C) Nicaragua
D) Brazil
Q3) Your campus is required to report all hate crimes thanks to the:
A) Harvey Milk Foundation.
B) Matthew Shepard Bill.
C) Hate Crimes Right to Know Act.
D) Advocates for Gay and Lesbian Rights Association.
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Chapter 12: Pregnancy and Birth
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Q1) Which of the following has NOT been linked to cigarette use during pregnancy?
A) Miscarriage
B) Low birth weight
C) Prematurity
D) Abnormal facial development
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a process that facilitates conception?
A) Female sexual desire peaks at ovulation until just before menstruation.
B) A mucus plug appears in the cervix to trap sperm.
C) Cervical mucus becomes thinner and stretchy.
D) Female orgasm helps draw semen into the uterus.
Q3) The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and continued breastfeeding for a minimum of one year.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In 2011, the IRS announced that breast pumps and other breastfeeding supplies are tax deductible.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify four signs of pregnancy, and explain why they occur.
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Chapter 13: Contraception and Abortion
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Q1) Recent studies have shown an increase in sexual risk-taking in women in areas where emergency contraception is more readily available.
A)True B)False
Q2) How does an IUD work to prevent pregnancy? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of IUD use. Be sure to discuss specific differences between types of IUDs.
Q3) All of the following statements are true related to the progestin-only pill (minipill) EXCEPT:
A) Minipills can safely be used by women who smoke.
B) Minipills are taken every day with no hormone-free days.
C) Minipills contain higher hormone levels than the combination birth control pills.
D) Minipills require strict regularity in pill taking in order to maintain effectiveness.
Q4) Emergency contraception works by causing a fertilized egg to dissolve back into the body.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 14: Challenges to Sexual Functioning
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Q1) Which of the following statements associated with the disorder of delayed ejaculation is NOT true?
A) It is one of the least understood disorders.
B) It is one of the most common disorders.
C) It is one of the least studied sexual dysfunctions.
D) It can be caused by psychological and/or physiological factors.
Q2) The DSM-5 includes a group of criteria to explore various issues to determine how best to treat a sexual dysfunction.All of the following are used to assess a dysfunction, EXCEPT for:
A) Medical factors
B) Relationship factors
C) Cultural factors
D) Contraceptive factors
Q3) Imagine you are asked to give a presentation about challenges to sexual functioning for persons with mental illness to an audience with doctors, patients, and families. What are 3 key points you would make to your audience, and why? Be sure to include specific references to material from your text.
Q4) Explain three distinctly different types of treatment for erectile dysfunction including the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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Chapter 15: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Hivaids
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Q1) Tyson was diagnosed with an STI but never had any symptoms. What STI was he likely to have been diagnosed with?
A) Herpes
B) HPV
C) Chlamydia
D) It could have been any of these.
Q2) It is estimated that one in ______ Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 years are infected with herpes (HSV).
A) Two
B) Four
C) Six
D) Seven
Q3) "Crabs" is to pubic lice as "clap" is to:
A) Herpes
B) Gonorrhea
C) Syphilis
D) Chlamydia
Q4) Compare all of the common vaginal infections listed in your text. Indicate the distinguishing symptoms that can help a person determine the difference between each one.
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Chapter 16: Varieties of Sexual Expression
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Q1) What term is used to describe a person who becomes sexually aroused primarily from watching others naked or engaging in sex?
A) Voyeur
B) Hyposexual
C) Exhibitionist
D) Necrophiliac
Q2) "Why engage in sexual relations with children?" asked one survey taken of pedophiles. What was the most common response?
A) The child reciprocated initial advances.
B) Alcohol was a factor.
C) The pedophile had difficulty with adult sexual relationships.
D) Children don't resist.
Q3) Behaviors classified as paraphilias are also illegal.
A)True
B)False
Q4) People who have more information and knowledge about sadomasochistic behavior typically have more positive attitudes toward it.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Power and Coercion
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Q1) What are current estimations of the percent of married women who are at some point raped by their husbands?
A) About 5%
B) Between 10-14%
C) Close to 25%
D) Well over 30%
Q2) Women who have been drinking prior to being sexually assaulted are:
A) More likely to report the assault.
B) Less likely to experience fear following the attack.
C) Less likely to receive emotional support from friends.
D) More likely to feel empathy for their attacker.
Q3) Studies show that men who take courses on violence against women have less rape myth acceptance than men who do not take such courses.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Compare and contrast the victim precipitation theory and rapist psychopathology theory, using specific examples to describe each. Discuss the implications of each related to developing rape prevention programs.
Q5) Discuss factors that would impact the experiencesof lesbian women who are raped.
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Chapter 18: Sexuality in the Media and the Arts
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Q1) Feminists who align with the anticensorship movement are concerned that restrictions on pornography will lead to:
A) Censorship of feminist writings and writings on homosexuality issues.
B) Government regulation of the private sexual behaviors individuals engage in.
C) Higher levels of poverty as women employed in those industries will no longer have jobs.
D) Increased child sexual abuse because people who previously used porn as their sexual outlet will turn to children.
Q2) What term refers to male sex workers who provide services to men?
A) Johns
B) Gigolos
C) Hustlers
D) Pimps
Q3) What is considered an important contribution of the pornography industry to online buying?
A) Implementing non-deletable links to those who surf a site
B) Real-time credit card processing
C) Confidential, free delivery
D) Developing "cookies" to track buyers' characteristics
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