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What distinctions do your authors make between “sex” and “gender” and how are they related? |
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What was the cultural context in which early sex researchers crafted their research and writing? Describe the contributions of these early researchers: Sigmund Freud, Henry Havelock Ellis, Richard von Kraft-Ebing, Clelia Mosher, and Magnus Hirschfeld. |
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What breakthroughs in the scientific understanding of sex occurred in the twentieth century? What advantage is there to approaching sex research from an interdisciplinary perspective? |
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How is sexuality portrayed on television and what effects does it appear to have on viewers? What are the three influences that the mass media have on our behavior? |
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How does ethnocentrism influence our understanding of human sexual behavior? |
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What major generalizations have emerged from cross-cultural studies on sexuality? What does research tell us about the ways in which various societies treat variations in sexual techniques, masturbation, premarital and extramarital sex, sex with same-gender partners, and standards of attractiveness? |
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How do sexual attitudes and behavior differ in the three societies of Inis Beag, Mangaia, and Mehinaku? How have attitudes about sexuality changed in China over the years? |
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What are some differences in sexual behavior that appear to be affected by social-class variations in the United States? How does ethnicity affect variations in sexual behavior in the United States? What differences in sexual behavior exist between white Americans, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans? What forces contribute to these differences among ethnic groups? |
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Why are cross-cultural studies important to our understanding of human sexuality? |
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How are cross-species studies of sexuality helpful to understanding human sexuality? |
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What have scientists learned about masturbation, same-gender sexual behavior, and sexual signaling in the animal kingdom? |
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How do the influences of hormones, the brain, and the environment on sexual behavior change as we move from lower to higher species? |
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What are the common nonsexual uses of sexual behavior in animals and humans? |
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