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WST 313 final exams solutions questions and answers 2020 latest update • Question 1 0.5 out of 0.5 points What did Amy Wilkins gather about sexual agency in the Goth community? • ... Question 2 0.5 out of 0.5 points A medicalized view sees one’s ability to orgasm as linked to health, and labels inability to orgasm in the culturally accepted way (penile-vaginal intercourse) as pathological or dysfunctional. The implications of this are that: • Question 3 0.5 out of 0.5 points The mothers sampled in the survey in "Normalizing Heterosexuality" are found to say little to their children about sexuality, but often discuss romantic love, monogamy, and marriage. • Question 4 0.5 out of 0.5 points What are some violence-avoidance strategies used by female sex workers in Tijuana? • Question 5 0.5 out of 0.5 points Stigma can be defined as a resulting from: • Question 6 0.5 out of 0.5 points Which of the following are examples of the denial of female sexual subjectivity within sexual education lessons? • Question 7 0.5 out of 0.5 points Which of the following can be considered components of sexual subjectivity? • Question 8 0.5 out of 0.5 points Today, more than half of international funding for AIDS prevention comes from the U.S. State Department and relies on the ABC framework (abstinence, being faithful, and condom use). According to Mukherjee (2010), this is problematic because it relies on the idea of personal choice and the agency to carry out those choices. • Question 9 0.5 out of 0.5 points According to a study by the American Psychiatric Association, girls who looked at objectifying material were more likely to have low self-esteem, to become depressed, and develop eating disorders, proving that the “toxic sexual culture” discussed in Sexy Inc. has real effects on girls. • Question 10 0.5 out of 0.5 points Why might it be harmful to think of the G-spot as the “holy grail” of female sexuality? • Question 11 0.5 out of 0.5 points The terms/concepts of “heterosexual” and “homosexual” have always existed in some way or another in every language, and in every historical period. The course material definitely does NOT make the argument that these identity categories arose within a particular historical / social setting. • Question 12 0.5 out of 0.5 points The medicalization of female sexuality is an important theme in this module. For something to be considered “medicalized,” it must be: • Question 13 0.5 out of 0.5 points The focus on genital appearance by doctors often does not accept that differences in genital size and shape generally do not require surgical “correction.” In fact, hormone treatments and surgery rarely a medical necessity, but are practiced without any supportive research evidence. In addition, this perspective can completely discount the role of chromosomes, hormones, and other factors that shape gender identities. • Question 14 0.5 out of 0.5 points In many situations, gender________________ can exacerbate, or lead to a greater degree of stigma, than sexual orientation alone. • Question 15 0.5 out of 0.5 points What biological factors might make women more vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in comparison with men? • Question 16 0.5 out of 0.5 points Sexual subcultures are usually defined against mainstream culture but often embody dominant gender norms. • Question 17 0.5 out of 0.5 points The idea that adults introduce and control adolescents’ sexual knowledge, and consequently behavior, is an example of an ______________ assumption. • Question 18 0.5 out of 0.5 points When female sexual desire was viewed as a medical disorder (resulting from masturbation, heavy petting & sex outside of marriage), medical treatments included: • Question 19 0.5 out of 0.5 points Romance, the term, is used to describe or designate • Question 20 0.5 out of 0.5 points Girls’ socialization teaches them to: • Question 21 0.5 out of 0.5 points Depictions of presumably heterosexual women experimenting with same-sex sexuality is an increasing phenomenon in popular culture referred to as: • Question 22 0.5 out of 0.5 points In Vickery’s (2009) article analyzing responses and discussions on a message board dedicated to single hood, which of the following discourses are present and are being reproduced? • Question 23 0.5 out of 0.5 points According to Jacqueline Vickery (2009), girls’ femininity is policed by parents, media, and boys, but not by each other. • Question 24 0.5 out of 0.5 points Girls must balance among several competing and sometimes contradictory demands of discourse, at the intersection of sexuality, adolescence, gender and race. • Question 25 0.5 out of 0.5 points Gender-based violence in the workplace can lead to which ofthe following harmful impacts on sex workers’ lives? • Question 26 0.5 out of 0.5 points A stereotype that hides or normalizes oppression by making it seem like something that the oppressed person wants to do or something that comes from the oppressed person’s nature is referred to as: • Question 27 0.5 out of 0.5 points Karen Sternheimer argues in her 2010 article “Fear of Sex: Do the Media Make Them Do It?” that sex is associated with maturity and status because adults define it that way and because pop culture is saturated with sexual imagery. • Question 28 0.5 out of 0.5 points As discussed in the video Sexy Inc: Our Children Under the Influence, “tween” is a category of young woman created as a marketing strategy to secure pre-teenager sales earlier. • Question 29 0.5 out of 0.5 points The sexual double standard lies at the root of many forms of gender-based stigma. Separate standards for sexual comportment, and gendered differences in consequences, can mean that women, in relation to men, are more likely to experience ___________________ as the result of a damaged sexual reputation. • Question 30 0.5 out of 0.5 points Drive-reduction theories of sexuality and the belief that adolescents are generally deficient in self-control and responsibility influence perspectives on adolescent sexuality that are narrowly focused on its risks and problems. • Question 31 0.5 out of 0.5 points Mukherjee’s (2007) article suggests that • Question 32 0.5 out of 0.5 points Hooking up is a term widely used on campuses to describe heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual intimate interaction. • Question 33 0.5 out of 0.5 points Moral panics about girls in the United States have historically focused on monitoring girls’ sexuality. • Question 34 0.5 out of 0.5 points In the article, “So Full of Myself as a Chick,” the author argues that women within the goth subculture interpret their ability to dress provocatively without threat of sexual assault as indicative of an absence of sexual objectification. • Question 35 0.5 out of 0.5 points Sexual citizenship can be defined as: • Question 36 0.5 out of 0.5 points According to Jessica Fields in “Knowing Girls: Gender and Learning in School-Based Sexuality Education,” in what ways was the meaning of “knowing” differently gendered for girls and boys in the sexual education classroom? • Question 37 0.5 out of 0.5 points Girls cast as “victims” during moral panics are most often: • Question 38 0.5 out of 0.5 points One’s sexual identity is defined by the sexual acts one participates in. • Question 39 0.5 out of 0.5 points Which of the following is a reason that the hook-up subculture is particularly common on college campuses? • Question 40 0.5 out of 0.5 points Which of the following is NOT a heteronormative lesson that girls generally learn in sex education? • Question 41 0.5 out of 0.5 points As we know from our course materials, there are multiple forms of feminism, and feminists often take divergent stances on particular issues. When approaching the issue of prostitution, radical feminists tend to focus on: • Question 42 0.5 out of 0.5 points What are some of the factors and historically specific conditions that go into decision-making about middle-class sex work? • Question 43 0.5 out of 0.5 points How has female masturbation been understood historically? • Question 44 0.5 out of 0.5 points Media representations of romance and sexuality: • Question 45 0.5 out of 0.5 points Sex work venues that invest heavily into their reputation as ‘clean’ establishments tend to have the following characteristics: • Question 46 0.5 out of 0.5 points According to Adina Nack’s article, “Damaged Goods,” despite the fact that 3 out of 4 sexually active adults have HPV and 1 out of 5 have genital herpes, most sociological research on sexual health, stigma, and the self focuses on HIV infection, which effects 1 out of 300 sexually active adults. • Question 47 0.5 out of 0.5 points ________________ refers to the division between radical (anti-pornography) and sex-radical (sex-positive) feminists which occurred within the women’s liberation movement. • Question 48 0.5 out of 0.5 points Theorist Judith Butler uses queer theory make several arguments around the idea of gender as "performance". Her main arguments are also built upon some assumptions regarding the relationship between sex (at birth) and gender). Please choose the follow set of statements that best reflect this standpoint: • Question 49 0.5 out of 0.5 points In the few instances where boys were punished for engaging with fag discourse, African American boys were policed less stringently than white boys, as demonstrated in the story about Kevin in Pascoe’s “Dude You’re a Fag.” • Question 50 0.5 out of 0.5 points The medical model of sex / sexuality includes the following components: [Show More]

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