After graduating college, Carmella joins a missionary in a remote South American region and learns of a custom whereby women of the Apinaye tribe engage in a sexual behavior characterized by biting off their lovers eyebrows

Because this act is totally unfamiliar to Carmella she is disgusted by the thought of this and considers this behavior completely unacceptable and appalling. Carmella's attitude toward the normal sexual behavior of the Apinaye's women best reflects ____.

a. prejudice c. ethnocentrism
b. bias d. stereotyping


ANS: C

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What is the "function" of a spermatorrhea ring? a. to keep the hand away from the penis c. to decrease immoral thoughts b. to provide an erection "alert" d. to prevent a penile erection

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According to the terminology suggested by Ira Reiss, which of the following types of sexuality is 16-year-old Mary most likely to exhibit?

A. body-centered sex B. person-centered sex C. mind-centered sex D. spirituality-centered sex

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Negative stereotypes or beliefs about LGBTQ people that a person may absorb from societal hostility toward LGBTQ people are called ________.

What will be an ideal response?

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What is the function of the cremaster muscle? 

A. It is responsible for clitoral erection. B. It is the path through which sperm leave the body. C. It opens the cervix during childbirth. D. It moves the testes close to or away from the body.

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