Describe briefly the nature of sexual prejudice and homophobia.
What will be an ideal response?
Sexual prejudice is the irrational hatred directed toward people because of their sexual orientation or sexual behavior.
Homophobia is the irrational fear of or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals.
One specific type of sexual prejudice is homophobia, the specific fear and hate projected toward homosexuality in general and LGBTQ people in particular. Researchers have found that homophobia is a lot more common than previously known.
Carried to its extreme, homophobia may lead to aggression or even violence directed to LGBTQ people, such as cases of people who assaulted or murdered homosexuals. Tragically, homophobia creates unfounded suspicions or stereotypes, as people who have been assaulted were actually straight.
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a. maleness; femaleness b. sex; gender c. gender; sex d. sexual desire; gender identification
Which aspect of pornography supports the idea that women are largely degraded and objectified in the porn industry?
a. Men ejaculate outside of the women in pornographic films, which many feel is an indication that women in porn are not "worthy" of the man's sperm. b. Images of women in pain are not edited out of pornographic images, which suggests that viewers of porn gain pleasure from seeing a woman in pain. c. Women in pornographic films are often submissive and wait for the sexual activity to be initiated by the man, which suggests that only men and not women are entitled to feelings of sexual arousal and pleasure. d. In pornographic films, the goal of the sexual interaction is for a man to reach orgasm, but the orgasm of the woman is considered unimportant.
Rin’s physician taught how to conduct a testicular self-examination. This physician probably told Rin _______.
a. to perform it after a warm bath or shower b. to check for swelling on the prostate gland c. to examine each testicle with only one hand d. that it is abnormal if one testicle is slightly larger than the other
Kinsey studied the actual behaviors of large populations of normal people, including for the first time women, ethnic minorities, and homosexuals. His findings:
A. convinced him that abnormal patients should be treated on a one-to-one basis so that their unconscious desires could be brought forth. B. further strengthened his belief in traditional thinking about normal versus abnormal sexual behavior. C. strengthened his belief that the unconscious mind should be repressed so as to control one's abnormal sexual urges. D. convinced him that there was a huge natural variation in sexuality in human populations, and that bisexuality was normal. E. further strengthened his belief that sex was a disease and needed to be cured like any other ailment.