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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

Gendered Sexuality

Part Three: Gendered Sexuality



1

According to Pepper Schwartz and Virginia Rutter (17 "Sexual Desire and Gender"), one's motivation to engage in sexual acts is known as sexual behavior.
A)true
B)false
2

Schwartz and Rutter (17 "Sexual Desire and Gender") argue that marriage is a gendered phenomenon that involves a masculine part and a feminine part.
A)true
B)false
3

According to Schwartz and Rutter (17 "Sexual Desire and Gender"), younger women seek older men who have more status, power, and resources. This is a cultural practice known as:
A)natural selection
B)mate selection
C)hegemony
D)hypergamy
4

According to Schwartz and Rutter (17 "Sexual Desire and Gender"), the binding of the feet of upper-class women in China around the 10th century was evidence of:
A)gender-based social control of sexuality
B)class-based social control of sexuality
C)age-based social control of sexuality
D)race-based social control of sexuality
5

According to Betsy Crane and Jesse Crane-Seeber (18 "The Four Boxes of Gendered Sexuality"), there is strong evidence that during prehistoric times-and in various other cultures in more recent times-women and men shared power and status.
A)true
B)false
6

According to Crane and Crane-Seeber (18 "The Four Boxes of Gendered Sexuality"), which of the following is a stereotype or image of the Good Girl-Wife/Mother box?
A)feminine; meets social standards of beauty but isn't too sexy
B)educated; has mind of her own
C)socially and financially independent of men/marriage
D)sexually free; enjoys sex
7

Crane and Crane-Seeber (18 "The Four Boxes of Gendered Sexuality") argue that the historically constructed gender roles represented by the "four boxes" cause problems for sexuality in both males and females.
A)true
B)false
8

In "Reconstructing Black Masculinity" (19), bell hooks discusses how, for a black male, what he did with his penis was a more accessible way to assert masculine status than what he did occupationally. She calls this the __________ model of masculinity.
A)deconstructionist
B)heterocentric
C)patriarchal
D)phallocentric
9

According to bell hooks (19 "Reconstructing Black Masculinity"), the dominant white culture's patriarchal system has created tension between black men and women that affects their sexuality.
A)true
B)false
10

According to bell hook's "Reconstructing Black Masculinity" (19), an example of a black male acting within the phallocentric model would be the "playboy."
A)true
B)false
11

In "Reconstructing Black Masculinity" (19), bell hooks suggests that it is possible for black women to love black men and yet challenge and oppose sexism, male domination, and phallocentrism.
A)true
B)false
12

According to Chrys Ingraham in "Ritualizing Heterosexuality: Weddings as Performance" (20), which of the following theorists do NOT critique the notion of heterosexuality as "natural"?
A)Adrienne Rich
B)Pierre Van Den Berghe
C)Monique Wittig
D)Charlotte Bunch
13

In "Ritualizing Heterosexuality" (20), Chrys Ingraham argues that the socialization process of young girls toward heterosexuality and weddings begins in childhood as they grow up playing with Barbie's dress-up wedding gowns.
A)true
B)false
14

According to Chrys Ingraham (20 "Ritualizing Heterosexuality"), what is the most significant contributor to the heterosexual imagery of the white wedding?
A)diamond producers
B)Mattel and other toy manufacturers
C)the family
D)marketing of heterosexuality in the interests of capitalism
15

In "Country Music and Women's Sexuality: What Do Women Want?" (21), Judith Barker argues that recent songs from female country singers can be used as a lens through which to learn about women's:
A)changing roles in society
B)complaints about men
C)liberation
D)relationship desires
16

In "Dismantling Gender Polarization and Compulsory Heterosexuality" (22), Sandra Lipsitz Bem proposes dismantling gender polarization and compulsory heterosexuality by emphasizing or exaggerating the male-female distinction in human social life.
A)true
B)false
17

In "Dismantling Gender Polarization and Compulsory Heterosexuality" (22), which of the following does Sandra Lipsitz Bem suggest as a way to dismantle the "two-and-only-two" idea about gender?
A)eliminating gender categories
B)replacing the two existing categories with new names
C)proliferating gender categories up to seven categories
D)expanding to as many categories as possible
18

According to Anne Fausto-Sterling's definitions in Sandra Lipsitz Bem's "Dismantling Gender Polarization and Compulsory Heterosexuality" (22), a ___________ is defined as the so-called true hermaphrodite who possesses one testis and one ovary.
A)ferm
B)merm
C)herm
D)nerm
19

Allan Hunter (23 "Same Closet, Different Door: A Heterosexual Sissy's Coming-Out Party") argues that it is most difficult for ______________ to look outside the constricting box of heterosexuality that is tied to masculinity.
A)heterosexual males
B)heterosexual females
C)homosexual males
D)all homosexuals
20

According to Leslie Feinberg (24 "Transgender Warriors: Making History"), ancient and diverse Native-American cultures, such as the Crow and Lakota traditions, allowed people to choose more sex/gender paths, thus honoring diversity of human expression as sacred.
A)true
B)false