Why is it important to study the relationship of religion to sexuality?

A. It allows one to overthrow strict moral standards and live simply for pleasure.
B. It helps one to understand the manner in which religion exerts a powerful influence on one's sexual behavior.
C. It encourages one to replace religious values, attitudes, and ethics with humanistic values of life.
D. It equips one to better identify and practice acceptable behavior as described in religious texts.


Answer: B

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a. Many surveys used to assess incidences of rape use very broad language to define rape thus leading to an overestimation of reported rapes. b. For a number of reasons, many rape victims tend not to report their crimes. c. In an attempt to keep crime statistics low, some jurisdictions tend to purposely underreport incidences of rape. d. Many times, rapes and sexual assaults are grouped together in crime reports.

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What were the results of the 1998 study by Bruce Rind, Philip Tromovitch, and Robert Bauserman?

a. Numerical age should not be used to define whether sexual interaction occurred between an adult and a child; rather, one's sexual maturity should be used instead. b. Most children of sexual abuse are partially responsible for the abuse taking place because of their specific mannerisms, vulnerabilities and tendencies to display signs of sexual maturity at an earlier age than most other children. c. Not all adult-child sexual interactions should be considered abuse; the term "abuse" should be reserved for cases in which the adult-child sexual interaction was not consensual or the child had a negative reaction to the event. d. The mothers of children who were sexually abused by their fathers are just as culpable as the fathers themselves, even if they were consciously unaware of the abuse.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Most public schools in the United States are hostile places for sexual minority students. 2. Cyberbullying is decreasing with the advancement of technology. 3. One stereotype of gay employees is that they are presumed to be promiscuous. 4. If someone is in a glass closet, their sexuality is hidden from everyone. 5. No homo promo laws support LGBTQ rights in schools and workplace.

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_____ is a problem faced more often by boys because of the clogging of sebaceous glands during puberty.

A. Growth of pubic hair B. Obesity C. Increased secretion of adrenal androgens D. Acne

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