Chapter 6

Sex, Power, and Intimacy

1. True/False Men and women interrupt each other at about the same rate in mixed-sex conversations.
2. True/False Anti-miscegenation laws in the U.S. have maintained racism and racist practices.
3. True/False The social norms, practices, and workings of power that provide frameworks and guidelines for sexual feelings and behaviors are called sexual scripts.
4. True/False “Queer” is a critique of all things oppressively normal.
5. True/False The concept of the politics of sexuality is used primarily to explain power in lesbian and gay male relationships.
6. True/False Vermont is the only state that allows gay marriage.
7. True/False Feminists are overwhelmingly supportive of international efforts to modernize societies and improve women’s liberation.
8. True/False The term marriage equality is about equality for LGBQ marriages.
9. True/False Trans always implies a critique of heteronormativity.
10. Sexual self-schemas are

a. Cognitive generalizations about sexual aspects of the self

b. Norms and practices that provide guidelines for sexual feelings

c. A self’s orientation to sexuality or preference or attraction to a given sex.

d. Both (a) and (b)

e. Both (b) and (c)

f. All of the above

g. None of the above

11. Which of the following are illustrative of the politics of sexuality?

a. Valentine’s Day

b. Bans on marriage equality

c. Prom as a heterosexual event

d. Both (a) and (b)

e. Both (b) and (c)

f. All of the above

g. None of the above

12. The “coming out process” involves

a. Understanding the politics of your sexual orientation

b. Recognizing and identifying one’s sexual orientation to oneself

c. Sharing this orientation in a public way

d. Both (a) and (b)

e. Both (b) and (c)

f. All of the above

g. None of the above

13. In interpersonal communication, women are more likely to

a. Talk more in mixed-sex situations

b. Talk less in mixed-sex situations

c. Provide more feedback and confirmation for a speaker

d. Both (a) and (b)

e. Both (b) and (c)

f. All of the above

g. None of the above

14. When people don’t fit neatly into society’s “gender continuum model” (the clearly defined binaries that dictate gender and sexual expression) which of the following is usually not the response?

a. Reverence

b. Violence

c. Fear

d. Anger

15. The narrative of Western sexual exceptionalism creates which of the following ideas?

a. “Westerners” have more pleasurable sex than anyone else in the world

b. “The West” has progressive, free attitudes and policies towards sex and sexuality, while the rest of the world is backward and barbaric

c. People in “the West” have less sex than people from other parts of the world

d. Heterosexual relationships taken straight from romance novels

16. Which of these women did J. Edgar Hoover describe as one of the most dangerous women in America during the early 20^th century?

a. Margaret Sanger

b. Ida B. Wells

c. Emma Goldman

d. Jane Addams

17. Drag is a cultural practice that does not

a. Challenge gender norms

b. Relate to queer political activism

c. Cater to brides and bachelorette parties as the intended audience

d. Provide participants with the chance to claim non-normative forms of self-expression

18. Romantic love and consumer culture are directly connected because

a. Heterosexual men are expected to pay for dates with women

b. Many Hollywood movies involve romance

c. Modern romantic love and consumer culture developed simultaneously

d. Cis and trans women are expected to spend money in pursuit of romantic love

e. Both (a) and (b)

f. Both (c) and (d)

g. All of the above

h. None of the above

19. Sexuality is

a. Socially constructed

b. Innate

c. Immutable

d. Biological

20. Young women receive cultural messages that they are supposed to be

a. Virgins

b. Hypersexual

c. Attractive to men

d. Pure

e. Both (a) and (b)

f. Both (c) and (d)

g. All of the above

f. None of the above

Reading 37 “The Cult of Virginity” Jessica Valenti

1. True/False There is no definitive medical definition for virginity (Jessica Valenti/“The Cult of Virginity”).
2. True/False In “The Cult of Virginity,” Jessica Valenti explains that she was lucky because no one in her high school knew about her first sexual experience and were therefore unable to criticize her actions.
3. True/False According to Jessica Valenti in “The Cult of Virginity,” establishing paternity is a key factor in understanding societal attitudes about virginity.
4. Author Jessica Valenti (“The Cult of Virginity”) uses which term to describe a component of social meanings associated with virginity?
   1. Ethics of regret
   2. Ethics of passivity
   3. Ethics of intimacy
   4. All of the above
5. In “The Cult of Virginity,” Jessica Valenti argues that valuing female virginity is analogous to valuing female passivity because
   1. Society defines virgins by what they don’t do
   2. Women don’t have to any redeeming qualities other than virginity to be considered “good”
   3. Virgins are considered to be blank slates rather than moral agents
   4. Both (a) and (b)
   5. Both (b) and (c)
   6. All of the above
   7. None of the above

Reading 38 “Gate C22” Ellen Bass

1. True/False The couple in Ellen Bass’s poem “Gate C22” demonstrate the nature of gendered interpersonal conflict.
2. True/False The couple in Ellen Bass’s poem “Gate C22” were at the Portland airport.
3. True/False Although people could not help watching the couple embrace at the airport in the Ellen Bass’s poem “Gate C22,” they were embarrassed at the public display of affection.
4. The metaphor used to describe the man’s response to the woman in Ellen Bass’s poem “Gate C22” was

a. Childbirth

b. Mentoring

c. Mining

d. Dancing

1. Ellen Bass’s poem “Gate C22” challenges which “regime of truth” relating to sex and intimacy?
   1. Heterosexism
   2. Ageism
   3. Racism
   4. Both (a) and (b)
   5. Both (b) and (c)
   6. All of the above
   7. None of the above

Reading 39 “The Complexities of Sexual Consent among College Students: A Conceptual and Empirical Review” Charlene L. Muehlenhard, Terry P. Humphreys, Kristen N. Jozkowski, and Zoë D. Peterson

1. True/False According to the authors of “The Complexities of Sexual Consent among College Students,” there are no universally accepted definitions for the terms sexual assault, rape, or sexual battery.
2. True/False The authors of “The Complexities of Sexual Consent among College Students” attempt to create a universally accepted definition for the terms sexual assault, rape, or sexual battery.
3. True/False According to the authors of “The Complexities of Sexual Consent among College Students,” college students are most vulnerable to sexual assault during their first year of college.
4. According to the authors of “The Complexities of Sexual Consent among College Students,” students’ abstract definitions of consent often do not match their behavior in real-life situations because

a. Students are unable to articulate their own definitions of consent

b. Students’ definitions of consent are too complicated for real-life situations

c. Students’ abstract definitions include being unimpaired by drugs or alcohol, but alcohol often plays a role in real-life situations

d. Students’ abstract definitions of consent don’t reflect gendered sexual scripts

e. Both (a) and (b)

f. Both (c) and (d)

g. All of the above

h. None of the above

1. According to the authors of “The Complexities of Sexual Consent among College Students,” the sexual playing field is an unequal environment for heterosexual college-aged women and men because

a. Men usually control parties where there is drinking

b. Men are praised for engaging in sex, but women are shamed

c. Sexual scripts require women to refuse sex clearly and explicitly, but don’t require men to ask for consent in the same way

d. There is no clear consensus on the definition of consent

e. Both (a) and (b)

f. Both (c) and (d)

g. All of the above

h. None of the above

Reading 40 “Queer Muslim Women Are Making Salaam with Who They Are” Carl Collison

1. True/False In “Queer Muslim Women Are Making Salaam with Who They Are,” Carl Collison discusses religious-sanctioned queerphobia in Muslim communities.

2. True/False Queer people often face similar religious-sanctioned queerphobia in Christian communities (Collison/“Queer Muslim Women Are Making Salaam with Who They Are”).

3. The concept discussed in Chapter 6 that Westerners assume that Western treatment of queer people is better than the treatment that queer people receive in other countries is called which of the following?

a. Xenophobia

b. Western sexual exceptionalism

c. Gender continuum model

d. Coming out process

4. Which of the following is a possible Qur’anic interpretation supporting queer Muslims (Collison/“Queer Muslim Women Are Making Salaam with Who They Are”)?

a. God prohibits us from thinking that other people are lesser just because they are different

b. God has blown her soul into her. So why do you make fun of God’s creation?

c. Patriarchy is inexpungible from Islam

d. Gay men always have the privilege of being men

e. Both (a) and (b)

f. Both (c) and (d)

g. All of the above

h. None of the above

5. According to Collison, how do queer Muslim women “make salaam” with who they are?

a. Remain in clearly delineated gender roles

b. Leave Islam

c. Find support from progressive imams and organizations

d. Create their own scriptural interpretations of the Quran

e. Both (a) and (b)

f. Both (c) and (d)

g. All of the above

h. None of the above

Reading 41 “Lesbian Landscape” Janice M. Gould

1. True/False In “Lesbian Landscape,” Janice M. Gould notes that she recognized herself and her desire in poetry recommended by her English teacher.
2. The nonfiction essay by Janice M. Gould titled “Lesbian Landscape” focuses on the author’s identity as
3. Transgender
4. Heterosexual
5. Lesbian
6. Two spirit
7. Both (a) and (b)
8. Both (c) and (d)
9. All of the above
10. None of the above
11. In “Lesbian Landscape,” Janice M. Gould notes that she first had romantic feelings for a woman she met
12. During a Girl Scout trip
13. In science class
14. At a Drag Show
15. At a protest
16. In “Lesbian Landscape,” Janice M. Gould tells readers that her mother became more open to the fact that she was a lesbian because
    1. The Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is legal
    2. A family friend was murdered because he was gay
    3. Her mother came out as a lesbian
    4. Her father came out as transgender
17. Gould’s title for the essay, “Lesbian Landscape,” refers to which of the following?
    1. Spending time outdoors in Oregon
    2. Coming of age as a lesbian
    3. Acknowleding her two-spirit identity
    4. Suffering from prejudice and discrimination
    5. Both (a) and (b)
    6. Both (c) and (d)
    7. All of the above
    8. None of the above

Reading 42 “The Future of Fat Sex” Francis Ray White

1. True/False Francis Ray White (“The Future of Fat Sex”) endorses the medical establishment’s recommendations that weight loss improves sexual function.
2. True/False Francis Ray White (“The Future of Fat Sex”) notes that the medical establishment uses penile-vaginal intercourse as the standard for sexual function or dysfunction.
3. True/False Francis Ray White (“The Future of Fat Sex”) reports that most medical studies on the relationship between obesity and sexual function use heterosexual couples as the norm.
4. In “The Future of Fat Sex,” Francis Ray White argues that fat sex is being pathologized in which of the following ways?

a. Researchers claim that obese couples have more satisfying sex.

b. Researchers claim that the sperm of obese men are more likely to fertilize an egg.

c. Researchers claim that the children of obese parents are more likely to be disease free than other children.

d. Both (a) and (b)

e. Both (b) and (c)

f. All of the above

g. None of the above

1. According to Francis Ray White (“The Future of Fat Sex”), obese women are more likely to feel positive about their sexuality when they have done which of the following?
   1. Started a new diet
   2. Met with a bariatric surgeon
   3. Participated in the size acceptance movement
   4. Purchased new clothes
   5. Both (a) and (b)
   6. Both (b) and (c)
   7. All of the above
   8. None of the above
2. According to Francis Ray Wright (“The Future of Fat Sex”), the medical establishment “queers” fat sex when it
   1. Includes queer couples as part of studies on obesity and sexual function
   2. Recommends that obese couples engage in sex acts other than penile-vaginal intercourse
   3. Uses penile-vaginal intercourse as the definition of real sex
   4. Insinuates that fat people aren’t “real men” or “real women” because of their size
   5. Both (a) and (b)
   6. Both (c) and (d)
   7. All of the above
   8. None of the above

Reading 55 “Queering Black Female Heterosexuality” Kimberly Springer

1. True/False In her article “Queering Black Female Heterosexuality,” Kimberly Springer focuses on the need for women to resist compulsory heterosexuality and come out as “queer.”
2. True/False In her article “Queering Black Female Heterosexuality,” Kimberly Springer applauds artists like Queen Latifah who present positive role models for black women.
3. True/False In her article “Queering Black Female Heterosexuality,” Kimberly Springer discusses black feminist author Patricia Hill Collins’s contributions to black feminist analysis.
4. In her article “Queering Black Female Heterosexuality,” Kimberly Springer writes about which of the following stereotypes?
5. Jezebel
6. Sapphire
7. Mammy
8. Both (a) and (b)
9. Both (b) and (c)
10. All of the above
11. None of the above
12. In her article article “Queering Black Female Heterosexuality,” Kimberly Springer makes the case for straight black women to do six things. Which of the following is not one of those things?
13. Working with black gay males to promote unity around black gay issues
14. Protesting the stereotypes associated with black female sexuality
15. Coming out as black women who enjoy sex
16. Both (a) and (b)
17. Both (b) and (c)
18. All of the above