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How is Modesty define differently in parts of the world?
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when a woman in embrassed when seen naked
islamic woman cover face
Laotian cover breast
Samoan covers navel
Sumatarian cover knees
European breast and genital area with both hands
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| What did alfred Kinsey set the stage for in early 1945? |
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What problem did people have with Kinsey's Research?
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| They were more upset that scientist were actually studying sex, a topic many people were uneasy talking about even in the privacy of their home. Not so much about sexual behaviors |
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| What things helped freer the attitude towards sex? |
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| if it feels good do it and sex, drugs and rock n roll |
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| What role did technology play in the sexual revolution? |
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| the birth control pill which was referred to as the pill introduced in 1960 |
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| what was the double standard towards sexual relationships? |
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| Soceity allows and encourages men to be sexually active but expects women to be virgins until marriage and faithful to their husbands after wards. |
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| List the countries in order who had the highest percent of women using contraceptive of any type? |
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Brazil austrailia people repulic of china canadad us over 70 percent
sudan less than 10%
Russia-10-30% |
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What did the sexual counterrevolution consist of in
the 1980's?
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it was a conservative call for a return to "family values and a change from sexual freedom back towards the sexual responsibility that had been valued before. They wanted as an eye open for moral resons and also concerns about sexually transmitted diseases. which helped more people to limit the numbers of sexual partners or choosing not to have sex
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What are thoughts on Premarital sex between 1950-1980?
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1900s- 50 men 6 women
after ww2- slight increase men and about 1/3 women
1970- men 76 and women 66 |
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What percent think extramarital sex is wrong the U.S.?
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| 90% of U.S. adults consider a married person having sex with someone other than the marital partner to be "always or almost always wrong. so the norm of sexual fidelity within marriage. |
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| What percent of women and what percent of men have been unfaithful and faithful to their partners? |
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25 men have not
10 women have not
75 men have
90 women have |
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what is sexual orientation?
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| is a person's romantic and emotional attraction to another person. |
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| how did the attitude change in college student from 1980 to 2003 over homosexual rights? |
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| it went from 3/4 opposing it to just a quarter left, |
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| what are the four sexual controversies? |
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| teen pregnancy, pornography, prostitution, and sexual violence |
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nearly 1 million U.S. teens become pregnant each year most of them do not intend to. |
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Is the U.S. the highest for births to teen |
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What states in the U.S. have pregnancies per 1,00 women aged 15-19?
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Above
Texas, New mexico arizona nevada north carolina gerogia, mississippi flordia
Average
illnois, missouri, tennesse oklahoma washington,cali
Below
minnesota, iowa wisconsin sd, nd nebraska montana utah main |
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| is sexually explicit material intended to cause sexual arousal. |
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| selling of sexual services |
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| What state is prostitution legal? |
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Prostitution is greatest in poor countries where patriarch is strong and traditional cultural norms limi women's ability to earn a living. |
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What are the three types of prostiutions?
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Call girls-elite prostiutes young attractive,educated woman who call own dates
Massage parlors- under the control of managers. they have leess control of choice of clients.
Street-walkers- women and men who work the streets of large cities female steetwalkers are under the control of male pimps who take most of their earnings. |
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| What is the structural-functional anaylsis on sexuality |
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| emphasizes the contribution of any social pattern to the overall operation of society because sexuality is an important element of social life society must regulate sexual behavoir. they see it as society depends on sexuality for reproduction also uses the incest taboo and other norms to control sexuality in order to mainain social orders. yes sexuality changed over time because of birth control came about societies relax some controls on sexuality. |
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whats the symobolic interaction approach of sexuality
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| shows how social patterns involving sexuality have changed over the course of 20 years. Virginity was important but has changed overtime because of the pill coming about. More young kids know about sex than others. |
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what is the social conflict analysis on sexuality?
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It reflects social inequality. Example in prostiution
the person who gets blamed is the girl not the guy.
It because woman are view sexually as objects of men's interest and attention. It makes sense that the word pornography comes for the greek word prone meaning a man's sexual slave. Men have a power issue and use it in sexual terms |
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