Sexual History Final

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1. An “exemplars of the construction of women’s bodies,” Courtney Smith in her article “Who Defines Mutilation?”, compares FGC (female genital cutting) and the Western practice of a. Labiaplasty b. Breast augmentation c. Hysterectomy d. Lobotomy 2. It only makes sense that historians of nationalism and nation-building consider sex and sexuality in their scholarship because they focus on a. Issues related to population growth b. The history of children c. Notable citizens, such as doctors and sexologists d. The impact of political sex scandals 3. Asexuality theory may conflict with gay and disability theory because asexuals a. Do not possess an identifiable and united community, unlike gay and disabled people who have created tightknit groups b. Seek to minimize sexuality, unlike gay and disabled people who have had to fight to get theirs recognized c. Are not activists who produce resistance scholarship, unlike gay and disabled people who claim a rich literature d. Have not been the subject of detailed investigation by sexologists, unlike gay and disabled people who have been extensively studied 4. Generally, nationalists are invested in promoting a combination of a. Heterosexuality, marriage, and motherhood b. Polygamy, socialism, and birth control c. Consumerism, virginity and asexuality d. Homosexuality, capitalism and celibacy 5. Marital rape is a practice that goes back to a. Ancient times b. The medieval period c. The Victorian era d. The Renaissance 6. The stonewall inn was where a. The national organization of women met for its initials convention in 1968 b. The gay rights movement was born amidst raids and riots in 1969 c. There was an orgy by hippies that sparked the sexual revolution in 1968 d. Alfred Kinsey conducted experiments in 1952

7. According to Patricia Gagne and Richard Tewksbury’s article “conformity pressures and gender resistance…,” transgender individual's generally seek to a. Conform to the gender binary system b. Challenge the gender binary system c. Both conform to and challenge the gender binary system d. Avoid the subject of gender 8. The mainstream women’s movement in the late 1960s neglected to address a. Discrimination against lesbian and black women b. Domestic violence and incest c. Equal pay for equal work d. The sexual objectification of women 9. Both Ryan White and Kimberly Bergalis exemplified the notion that a. Sports figures were as vulnerable to contracting AIDS as anyone else b. AIDS patients weren’t necessarily gay, promiscuous or intravenous drug users c. A married man could unknowingly give his wife HIV d. AIDS patients were not respected as activists 10. Asexuality is not a a. Sexual identity b. Lifestyle c. Political/social movement d. Disorder 11. Conceptualizing women’s sexual problems as strictly biomedical ignores a. Pharmaceutical solutions b. Socio-economic causes c. Doctor/patient privilege d. The clitoris as a site of sexual gratification 12. Sexologist Alfred Kinsey was eventually condemned for a. Stealing money from the university that funded his laboratory b. Having sex with his research assistants and sample subjects c. Plagiarizing his thesis and research papers d. getting a student pregnant and aborting her baby 13. the sexual revolution in the late 1960s was advantageous for men because a. the birth control pill took the pressure off men to prevent unwanted pregnancy b. it became acceptable for men to appear nude in public places c. sex was readily available to men no matter the partner or conditions d. legal abortion meant that a boyfriend could mandate the procedure

14. a sex addiction can be difficult to treat because a. a sex addict may have both a sec addiction and a computer/internet addiction b. we live in a society where everyone wants sex c. sex addiction therapy dictates no sex for 5 years d. sex addiction necessarily leads to eating disorders 15. according to Colin P. Ashley in his article “Gar Liberation…,” gay marriage as the central issue of the contemporary gay rights movement is a a. threat to adopting children outside America b. route to economic equality for lesbian women c. distraction from more needed and progressive reforms d. watershed moment in the history of gay rights activism 16. the Quebec government in the 1920s and 30s provided financial incentives to women so that they would a. give birth to many French children to populate Quebec b. home-school their children in French language and culture c. pay their children to work on the family farm in or der to stimulate agrarian values d. be active consumers at French-owned shops 17. from a feminist perspective, reproduction as a tool of nation-building has it problems because it a. Reduces women to the status of baby makers, disregarding their potential and contributions in the public sphere b. Encourages men to devote more time to fatherhood, imposing greater supervision over women in the domestic sphere c. Reinforces monogamous marriage, denying wives an opportunity to pursue romantic relationships with other men d. Precludes women from being part of the women’s movement, preventing them from becoming activist 18. According to Charlotte Bunch in her article “Women’s Rights as Human Rights…,” the biggest risk factor in violence against women is the victim’s a. Sex b. Class c. Race d. Marital status 19. According to Robert G. Waite in his article “Teenage Sexuality in Nazi Germany,” the German State during World War II was concerned with teenage girls fraternizing with a. Russian university exchange students b. Poor farm boys and labourers c. Close female friends and mentors

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d. Nearby troops and POWs’ *****19 D?????? 20. Nazi Germany viewed the sterilization of non-Aryan women as a way to a. Stabilize the population size of Germany b. Limit the population growth of occupied countries c. Prevent the birth of Jewish children d. Encourage Aryan men to sexually exploit non-Aryan women 21. The 1950s can be viewed as a boiling pot with a lid because a. The decade experienced the explosive McCarthy hearings b. The decade simmered with anxiety and exploded with the civil rights movement of the 1960s c. The decade lacked solid political platforms and its few achievements were contained d. The decade included many heated political events that were purposely covered up 22. Female circumcision is not known by this name: a. Female cutting b. Female genital mutilation c. Clitorectomy d. Labiaplasty 23. Medicalization of the body places the body in the hands of the medical profession, a potentially dangerous situation because a. It has historically mischaracterized and mistreated women, homosexuals and transgender individuals b. It has moved too fast in its methods to disrupt the status quo and transform sexual and gender norms c. It has done little in the last twenty years to advance treatments, cures and patient care d. It has been overly invested in new-age philosophies and natural remedies 24. Marital rape does not promote a. Fear by women b. Desertion by husband's c. dehumanization of women d. sexual desire by women 25. according to Mark Griffith’s article, “Sex on the Internet…,” who “have always been the first to exploit new publishing technologies”?

a. sex therapists b. celebrity gossip shows and magazines c. pornographers d. social media influencers 26. according to Jennifer power in her article “Rites of Belonging…,” the AIDS Quilt is meant to create a space that is a. religious and solemn b. apolitical and objective c. educational and comforting d. anonymous and confidential 27. according to W. Andrew Achenbaum in his article “the summer of love…,” the “summer of love” in 1967 was short-lived due to a. botched abortions, STDs, drug abuse b. psychedelic music, disillusioned parents, Alfred kinsey c. the birth control pill, university closures, Charles manson d. hippies, orgies, the Korean war 28. the medical diagnosis of FSD has been detrimental for women because a. pharmaceutical companies are risking women’s lives with toxic drugs b. FSD treatments cause infertility and spontaneous abortions c. Some sexual problems are not medical, but are still routinely treated with drugs d. FSD discourser ignores the sexual lives of single straight women and lesbians 29. Suburban men in the 1960s were frustrated by a. The lack of jobs, housing and prosperity which prevented them from being active consumers b. Post-war sedentary jobs and the feminine appropriation of the home, both of which they found emasculating c. The baby boom which forced them to raise and support too many children d. Advice literature which instructed their to have sex only every other month 30. Sexologist Alfred Kinsey was famous in the 1950s for the Kinsey Reports, which were his books on sexuality written a. With sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing b. In Nazi Germany c. In two volumes, one on men and one on women d. With his wife clara 31. In the 1950s the term “deviant” would have been commonly applied to a. A white, middle-class homosexual b. A white, spinster teacher

c. A white, suburban war veteran d. A white, boy-crazed teenage girl 32. Two central debates that arose during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 90s was a. Public safety versus individual rights; patient disclosure versus patient privacy b. Natural remedies versus traditional medicine; right to life versus right to die c. Hospice funding versus home-care funding; bathhouses should close versus bathhouses should stay open d. Full insurance coverage versus partial insurance coverage; AIDS tests in hospitals versus AIDS tests at home 33. Betty Friedan’s 1963 book The Feminine Mystique asserted that the solution to the unhappiness of white, middle-class wives was for them to a. Divorce their oppressive husband's b. Acquire paid jobs in the public sphere c. Join the women’s liberation movement d. Experiment with lesbianism 34. The medicalization of male sexuality has encouraged a. Pornography and the sex trade b. Gay hypersexuality c. Male impotence and insecurity d. The medicalization of female sexuality 35. In the 1950s and 60s, doctors insisted that those who felt their body and gender were “misaligned” should a. Change their physical/biological sex through medication and surgery b. Alter their gender through behaviour modification c. Read the Kinsey reports to better understand their condition d. Stay as they are and trust that society will be accepting 36. From the perspective of developing countries, western feminists who examine entrenched cultural practices often evoke frustration because they a. Are generally not educated and have little knowledge of global concerns b. Are older and are not in touch with contemporary desires and trends c. Can be arrogant about their self-proclaimed political and moral authority d. Are too caught up in materialism which precludes deep and meaningful insights 37. The history of sex and sexuality is primarily about a. The physical body and reproductive organs b. The ways in which societal institutions have regulated sex and sexuality c. Sexual intercourse between men and women d. The enduring authority of the Church is shaping sexual identity and behaviour

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38. A trans individual feels whole and complete when a. Others perceive their sex and gender to align b. They heal from all of their surgeries c. They achieve gender ambiguity or neutrality d. They decided for themselves that they feel whole and complete 39. According to Charlotte Bunch In her article “Women’s Rights as Human Rights…,” the “most insidious myth about women’s rights” is that they a. Address trivial or secondary issues b. Are no longer needed c. Dominate the focus of governments d. Are local in scope 40. The Cold War caused fear and anxiety in the American Family because a. American men were being recruited as soldiers to right in the Soviet Union, making for absent fathers and sons b. Communism was replacing a capitalist economy, causing greater homelessness and poverty among families c. The threat of a nuclear catastrophe was ever-present, putting undue pressure on the family to represent normalcy and stability d. Families were forces to pull their children out of school, causing crowing and chaos at home 41. Hypersexuality may be especially evident today as compared to previous decades because we a. Are making up for the sexual caution we exhibited during the AIDS crisis b. Realize the pill and other methods of birth control have never been cheaper c. Have the medical knowledge to prevent or cure the most serious STDs d. Have the internet which makes sexual images and cybersex accessible anytime 42. According to Robert G. Waite in his article “Teenage Sexuality in Nazi Germany,” the German state during World War II was concerned with the sexual morality of its youth due to a. Increasing employment b. Increasing unemployment c. Teen preoccupation with music and film d. Wartime clothing rations 43. According to Jeffery Vacante’s article about writing the history of sexuality and nationality in Canada, the link between the two subjects has been most notable in a. Alberta b. Newfoundland c. Quebec d. The Yukon

44. The AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 90s evoked widespread fear because a. AIDS was an airborne disease that was easily contracted b. AIDS patients were purposely spreading the disease c. AIDS was a fatal disease with no known cure d. The virus was found on surfaces in the kitchens of restaurants 45. Marital rape refers to rape that takes place in a. Bath houses b. Brothels c. The marital home d. War 46. The sexual revolution in the late 1960s included a combination of a. recreational drugs, the pill and pre-martial sex b. pregnancy, condoms and monogamy c. abstinence, hippies and nudity d. the pill, unisex clothing and inhibition 47. according to Jonathan Gottschall’s article “Explaining Wartime Rape…,” the most influential theory of mass wartime rape is a. cultural pathology b. victim replacement c. enemy surrogacy d. strategic rape 48. According to Robert G. Waite in his article “Teenage Sexuality in Nazi Germany,” the German state during World War II was concerned with sexual morality of its youth due to a. Increasing employment b. Increasing unemployment c. Teen preoccupation with music and film d. Wartime clothing rations **OTHER PEOPLE DID A 49. From a feminist perspective, labiaplasty and breast augmentation surgery are appropriate, except if a. They make a woman feel good about herself b. They improve or correct malformation c. They indicate that women controls her own body d. They help a women conform to pornographic fantasies of the perfect body

50. According to Carey Lovelace in her article “Optimism and Range…,” in the late 1960s and early 1970s, women artists used what technique as early activists to help express their feminist grievances? a. Miniature canvasses with nude images b. Revolving two-day hunger strikes c. Electrified paintings and sculptures d. Small consciousness-raising groups 51. In early twentieth-century North America, the state encouraged women to reproduce if they were: a. Single, immigrant and smart b. White, married and middle-class c. Single, Jewish and educated d. Immigrant, working-class and married 52. The “feminine mystique” in Betty Friedan’s 1963 book of the same name referred to a. The dirty little secret that many women didn’t want to be mother's b. The glorified image and excessive expectations of suburban womanhood c. The sexual mystery and allure of American women d. The wonder of women’s anatomy and reproductive abilities 53. The nationalist movement in Quebec in the 1920s and 30s endorsed the study of home economics in schools so that French-Catholic girls would a. Learn to make nutritious meals to help ensure that their future husband's wouldn’t get sick b. Sew their own clothes to prevent their future husband's from spending money within an increasingly English economy c. Learn the value and vocation of motherhood to help ensure that their future family included many children d. Become housekeepers and maids so they could be of service in French homes 54. In 1979, American Fran Hosken wrote The Hosken Report which stated that girls should a. Be spared female circumcision b. Undergo circumcision if it is deemed a sacred cultural ritual c. Make the choice about whether to have a circumcision d. Train as circumcisers 55. Hypersexuality is most closely connected to these cultural values: a. Youth and beauty b. Love and intimacy c. Education and professional success d. Democracy and religion 56. During the AIDS crisis, Rock Hudson was best known as

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a. the first gay celebrity who died of AIDS b. the first celebrity with hemophilia who died of AIDS c. the first straight celebrity who died of AIDS d. the first celebrity AIDS activist who died of AIDS 57. Renee Richards was a transgender woman who in 1970s and 80s fought for trans equality on a. The soccer field b. The NYC Board of Ophthalmologists c. The tennis court d. NBC as a news anchor 58. According to Jonathan Gottschall’s article “Explaining Wartime Rape…,” the four leading theories that account for the prevalence of wartime rape are a. Feminist; cultural pathology; strategic rape; biosocial b. Feminist; Marxist; enemy surrogacy; victim replacement c. Feminist; victim replacement; social constructions; biological d. Feminist; enemy surrogacy; cultural pathology; anatomical essentialism 59. Many transgender women and men prefer the pronouns “they and them” because they a. Believe that they have many personalities, so the plural pronouns apply b. Favour gender-neutral pronouns that make gender invisible and/or irrelevant c. Are not sure what they should be called, so opt for what’s easiest d. Reject all language conventions related to the masculine and feminine 60. According to Jennifer Power in her article “Rites of Belonging…,” the size of each panel in the AIDS Quilt represents the proportions of a a. Flag b. Hospital bed c. grave plot d. rainbow The sexual climate of the 1980s could best be described as  A. fearful, deadly, secretive  B. prudish, genteel, restrictive  C. revolutionary, permissive, freeing  D. pansexual, equal, non-binary

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