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Public and Private Families: An Introduction, 3/e
Andrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University

Sexuality

True/False Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

In the Victorian Era, men were expected to deny their sexual feelings while women had no such restrictions.
A)True
B)False
2

"Sexual identity" as a conception of one's being either heterosexual or homosexual is a socially constructed concept originating in the twentieth century.
A)True
B)False
3

The Puritans warned of the dangers of too much sexuality-even within marriage.
A)True
B)False
4

Companionate love is defined as the sexually charged attraction that occurs at the start of love relationships.
A)True
B)False
5

Opinion polls show that the percentage of Americans tolerant of premarital and extramarital sexual relations increased from the 1970s to the 1990s.
A)True
B)False
6

Most unmarried mothers are middle-class women in their 30s.
A)True
B)False
7

Sexual activity among unmarried adolescents is less common today than it was in 1970.
A)True
B)False
8

It is difficult for social scientists to prove that having a child out of wedlock has long-term negative consequences for the mother because of the selection effect of teenage pregnancy.
A)True
B)False
9

The Kinsey studies of sexual behavior in the late 1940s found that fewer than 5 percent of men had ever had a sexual experience with another man.
A)True
B)False
10

During the 1990s, the majority of people with AIDS shifted from gay white men to poor blacks and Hispanics.
A)True
B)False