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Social Deviance
Exam 2
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Sociology
Undergraduate 3
11/01/2012

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What constitutes heterosexual deviance?
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it depends on sexual norms.
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sexuality emerges from what two types processes?
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biological and social processes.
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origins of sexual norms
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-traditional religious beliefs:
-communication and interaction with others
-social symbols:condoms more available and shown more in media
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what further complicates sexual norms
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science-elimination of intercourse as prerequisite for baby.
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how science further complicate sexual norms
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challenged importance of sex in marriage. marriages was part of process of societal regeneration. today sex is more about the physical pleasures.
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why some sex act outlawed?
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its not about the harm in the sex act but the label is so strong that it seems the act is wrong
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how to evaluate sexual act as deviant
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it is based on social reactions to the act
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characteristics to consider norms over different cultures
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-degree of consent
-identities of the participants
-relationships between participants
-kinds of acts and conduct
-settings in which the sex occurs
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Kinsey Institute
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extremely conservative attitudes toward certain sex acts in the 1970s
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Sexual Revolution
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during past few decades there is a change in sanctions for sex. greater freedom in mass media. more open dialogue about sex.
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factors changing attitudes about sex
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-decline in religiosity;example, people not imposing religious views on others.
-changes in how we express masculinity and femininity.
-growth of small city to big city takes away the pressures of knowing everyone and being socialized by them.
-immediate gratification more acceptable(consumption mentality)
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History of adultery
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Emperor feared extravagance so he made adultery criminal with punishments of exile and confiscation of property and death.
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changes in amount of adulterers
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1950s 50% of men and 25% of women
1990s 25% of men and 10% of women
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discrepancy in adultery definition
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adultery can still be defined without sexual intercourse and only defined by negative response to certain behavior.
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reasons for adulteries
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men:sexual variety, reassurance of desirability.
women:reassurance of desirability, better sex
other examples: correlation to permissive views of extramarital sex. physical opportunities like physical separation.
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benefits of technological sex
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no risk of STDS and no guilt
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operation candyman
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identify emails of members of known child porn internet community
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cyber sex gives
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a false sense of security that who your talking to is who they are when 39 percent in survey said they pretend to be someone else
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how has porn industry changed
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more privacy for the viewer.
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who decides what is obscene
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the states
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standards of decency
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-appeals to prurient/extreme/excessive interests in sex
-describes sexual content in a patently offensive way
-taken as a whole the piece lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
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difference in mainstream and porn movie industry
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pornos are released in a greater quantity and quicker. and once you go porn its very hard to go mainstream.
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what unlike groups come together against porn
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feminists and conservatives.
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positives of porn work
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freedom with flexible hours. fun work. the money per scene is good
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negatives of porn work
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the costs of staying in industry outweigh the money for the work. the cost of hiv testing and plastic surgery is high. job security is low. hard to get job after porn
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effects of pornography:the chart
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-direct effects:arousal and changes in behavior of audience
-indirect effects:redefinitions of sexual objects and accessibility
-harmful effects:increase in aggression and consequently sex crimes by increasing rape myth and patriarchal society
-potentially beneficial effects: porn helps women feel more comfortable with sex and opens a dialogue to talk about what they like and don't like consequently they enjoy sex more.hiding sex makes the situation worse
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problem with myths and overall silence about auto erotic asphyxia
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the professionals term the situation suicide and don't properly classify it and may be embarrassed for family
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asexual
Definition
lack attraction and desire for both sexes
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omnisexual or pansexual
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attracted to both sexes, genders, and people of any sexual orientation
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original definition of homosexual
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failure to achieve normal erection during contact with a member of the opposite sex. defined as biological term
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effects of original definition of homosexual
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we don't have research on what is biological about sexuality so we can't say what is normal sexual function
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what makes homos deviant
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the reaction people had to it. like religious organizations. overall idea of what normal sexual functioning is.
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type of person who is gay
Definition
anyone
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emphasis placed by sociologists on homosexuality
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disregard the behavior and ask the person what his or her identity is
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rate of homos in u.s.
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1percent to 5 percent
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percent of male and female who reported a homo experience
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2.7 and 1.3 respectively
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evidence for gays choosing gay
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no scientific evidence to dispute gay choice from str8 choice
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socialization still helps gayness
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sexuality reflects learned behavior. more likely to be gay if had gay relation as a child with child or adult
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why hard to be bisexual
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get no acceptance from either side. sexuality is very polarizing idea. studies show bisexuals begin in confusion and end in confusion as well
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ages of homo development
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10-13 first gay interaction
13-15 first homo sex
15-21 first label as gay
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stages of coming out process
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-sensitization:becoming aware of difference in sex and roles you enjoy compared to others
-identify confusion: separation of experience and behavior where individual doesn't sees his acts as homo
-identify assumption: establish gay identity and compare to other gays and feel positive about gayness
-commitment:take on identity as part of their themselves and combine emotion to the sex and create long lasting relationships
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4 different scenarios of parent's reactions
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-Acceptance:the least common
-Understanding, with guilt that they did something wrong as a parent:still may pressure child to change
-No reaction:parents just ignore it
-Rejection:requires more support from gay community where certain countries help person more than others
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relationship forming length across genders in gay community
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men form shorter lasting relationships versus women
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studies on lesbians
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hasn't been studied. no laws that compare to men's sodomy laws exist for women
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which gender is easier to spot out as gay
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men, because they have less acceptable forms of dress. str8 women are more acceptable in general when showing affection for other women.
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who more accepted to experiment with homosexuality
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women. and they are more acceptable as tom boys. even though both feminine men and masculine women have same chances of becoming gay after childhood
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origin of law gay marriage
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Hawaii can't come up with good enough reason to not have same sex marriage so they make it legal. some states follow and legalize. some states follow Full faith and credit clause and accept other states. Federal govt doesn't accept gay marriage so its up to states.
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civil marriage
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splitting assets on divorce and accepts second marriage
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religious marriage
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church recognition of marriage. no second marriage for catholic church
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why some against religious marriage
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worry they would look like they endorse homosexuals and say that its ok to the kids
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why 14th amendment still is constitutional in regards to homosex marriage
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both females and males can't marry the same sex so there is still equality
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why same sex couples bad parents
Definition
can't guarantee healthy environment for children.
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why 14th amendment still fair for gays
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everyone still can't have homo marriage, girls and boys
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adoption for gays is overseen by whom
Definition
the judge
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what finally broke Winston from the Jeffs
Definition
Jeff's trying to kill the 16 year old because she didn't marry the guy
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blood atonement
Definition
some sins are punishable by death
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intersexual
Definition
either accident mutilates genitalia or the person is born with ambiguous genitalia.
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theory of dr money
Definition
sex is a social learned. a gender of a young child can be changed if they are socialized in a fast enough manner.
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theory of gender neutrality
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nurture OVER nature
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two parts of homophobia
Definition
prejudge(attitude) and discrimination(behavior). it is a process.
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ways homos are stigmatized
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pay higher taxes and medical bills compared to heteros
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who tolerates gays more
Definition
women and people who have gay friends. mothers tolerate gays more than fathers. middle and upper class. liberal religious views. people with college
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a protected status
Definition
gender is one of these because stores can't discriminate against a women for the job
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who spreads AIDS
Definition
in other countries heteros are said to spread it. in US gays are said to spread it. the evidence is inconclusive
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bug chasing
Definition
type of fatalism saying "oh im going to get aids anyway so why not live it up with no protection"
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origins of homophobia
Definition
-religious doctrine.
-theories of psychological maladjustment.
-conservatism about proper gender roles.
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homophobic behavior includes
Definition
avoiding eye contact
no same sex marriage
hard to adoption
don't ask don't tell in military
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where/when gay rights movement visible to society
Definition
had riot due to trying to close down only gay bar the stonewall inn and created force to start marches and gay pride parades to get the gayness out there and respected
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problem with civil rights
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law is determined through them through interpretation and are not absolute protections
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debate over homos protected status
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-homos shouldn't have any special rights and they are hijacking civil rights. when you elevate homos to protected status it takes away from the protected status of gender and nothing is to stop pedophilia from being a protected status.
-others argue homos need protection like race or gender has.
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