Chapter Objectives

Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:

1. Distinguish among the definitions of sex, gender, and sexual orientation.

2. Distinguish between gender identity and gender role.

3. Describe the results of research regarding gender similarities and gender differences.

4. Distinguish between the evolutionary and the social-role theories of gender differences.

5. Compare and contrast the psychoanalytic and social learning theories of gender identity.

6. Distinguish between a heterosexual and homosexual orientation and describe the results of the University of Chicago survey regarding sexual practices.

7. Discuss the controversies regarding the admission of openly homosexual men and women into the military.

8. Compare the theories of Money and Bem regarding the origins of sexual orientation.

9. Identify the efforts of those who pioneered the scientific study of sexual behavior.

10. Identify the anatomic structures and functions of male and female sexual anatomy.

11. Identify and describe the stages of the human sexual response cycle.

12. Compare and contrast sexual motivation with other primary motives.

13. Recognize the relationship between hormones and sexual behavior.

14. Recognize the patterns of sexual behavior identified by the University of Chicago survey.

15. Distinguish between transvestism and transsexualism.

16. Identify the patterns of sexual behavior called fetishism, sexual sadism, sexual masochism, voyeurism, and exhibitionism.

17. Distinguish between the different types of forced sexual behavior.

18. Define sexual dysfunction and identify common sexual dysfunctions.

19. Identify behaviors that decrease the risk of cancers of the sexual anatomy.

20. Identify sexually transmitted diseases and understand the four general types of infectious agents that cause STDs.

21. Recognize how AIDS is transmitted, discuss the extent of the AIDS epidemic, and identify ways to prevent the spread of AIDS.

22. (From the Application section) Discuss the issues surrounding date rape.

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