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Sexual Lives Book Cover
Sexual Lives: A Reader on the Theories and Realities of Human Sexualities
Robert Heasley, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Betsy Crane, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Becoming Sexual: How We Learn About Sex (Or Don't)

Part Two: Becoming Sexual: How We Learn About Sex (Or Don't)



1

According to Fred Rothbaum, Avery Grauer, and David Rubin (8 "Becoming Sexual: Differences between Child and Adult Sexuality"), children's sexual behaviors have the same meaning and are accompanied by the same thoughts and feelings as similar adult behaviors.
A)true
B)false
2

According to Rothbaum, Grauer, and Rubin (8 "Becoming Sexual"), which of the following are NOT dimensions of childhood sexuality?
A)curiosity and play
B)spontaneity and openness
C)anger and tension
D)sensuality and excitement
3

Rothbaum, Grauer, and Rubin (8 "Becoming Sexual") suggest that if a child's sexual behaviors are frequent, persisting despite efforts to redirect them, and become a preoccupation, then they may be problematic.
A)true
B)false
4

According to Sophia Demasi in "'I Just Wanted to be Normal': Women's Initiation into Heterosexual Dating" (9), _________ remains a largely underexplored and undertheorized practice.
A)transsexuality
B)homosexuality
C)heterosexuality
D)bisexuality
5

According to Sophia Demasi (9 "'I Just Wanted to be Normal': Women's Initiation into Heterosexual Dating"), _________________ is the beginning of a woman's initiation into heterosexuality.
A)birth
B)first sexual encounter with a male
C)childhood play
D)dating
6

In "Where'd You Learn That?" (10), Ron Stodghill found that an increasing number of teens realize that practicing oral and anal sex allows them to be sexual without risking pregnancy.
A)true
B)false
7

According to Ron StodghilI's "Where'd You Learn That?" (10), recent studies indicate that teens would prefer to get information on sex and sexual ethics from:
A)parents
B)peers
C)the Internet
D)television programs
8

In "Blow Jobs and Other Boring Stuff" (11), Susannah Indigo cites evidence for a new age of teenage sexuality involving each of the following EXCEPT:
A)masturbation
B)phone sex
C)sexual intercourse
D)blow jobs
9

According to Harilyn Rousso (12 "Daughters with Disabilities: Defective Women or Minority Women?"), women with disabilities may be misperceived as asexual because so much of female sexuality is focused on physical appearance.
A)true
B)false
10

In her study (12 "Daughters with Disabilities"), Harilyn Rousso found that when parents viewed their disabled daughter as a "defective" woman, the daughter had limited heterosexual involvement during adolescence.
A)true
B)false
11

According to Carla Golden (13 "Do Women Choose Their Sexual Identity?"), viewing sexuality as fluid, flexible, and open to intentional decision fits with established norms and common beliefs about sexuality.
A)true
B)false
12

According to Carla Golden (13 "Do Women Choose Their Sexual Identity?"), a process of labeling by which people choose to identify themselves with one or another social group is known as:
A)sexual orientation
B)sexual labeling
C)sexual identification
D)self-identification
13

In her research, Melinda Miceli (15 "Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Students: The Impact of School on Sexual Identity Development") shows that the struggles of gay/lesbian/bisexual students are culturally rooted in:
A)normative heterosexuality
B)peer ostracization
C)puberty
D)self-identity
14

Most of the gay/lesbian/bisexual students in Melinda Miceli's research ("Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Students: The Impact of School on Sexual Identity Development") reported that they based their decisions about revealing same-sex attractions to others on an assessment of all of the following EXCEPT:
A)costs and benefits
B)punishments and rewards
C)danger and safety associated with such an action
D)level of self acceptance