Test Bank

Chapter 10: “Sexual Health”

Multiple Choice

1. A social constructionist approach to understanding illness describes disease as ______and illness as______.

a. a biological condition; a social meaning of the condition

b. a social meaning of the condition; a biological condition

c. curable; psychological

d. all of these

2. Disability is usually understood in binary terms, but a more accurate sociological approach sees it as existing on a

a. triad

b. continuum

c. double binary

d. none of these

3. Physically disabled individuals face challenges in U.S. culture in regard to sexuality because they are often viewed as

a. de-sexual

b. sexual

c. excessively sexual

d. none of these

4. Intellectually disabled individuals face challenges in U.S. culture in regard to sexuality because they are often viewed as

a. de-sexual

b. sexual

c. excessively sexual

d. none of these

5. Which group is at higher risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections?

a. Young men between ages 15 and 24.

b. Young women between ages 15 and 24.

c. Middle-aged men between ages 30 and 45.

d. Middle-aged women between ages 30 and 45.

6. Which of the following sexually transmitted infection is so common that the CDC claims almost all sexually active people will get it.

a. gonorrhea

b. chlamydia

c. genital herpes

d. human papillomavirus infections (HPV)

7. In the 1980s, when HIV/AIDS was first identified and came to be seen as a very serious and deadly illness in the United States, it caused

a. moral panic

b. anti-gay backlash

c. fear of casual encounters

d. all of these

8. HIV/AIDS cannot be transmitted in this way:

a. sharing semen, blood, or vaginal bodily fluids

b. sharing needles

c. sharing water fountains

d. pregnancy

9. The leading cause of death among women of reproductive age globally is

a. maternal mortality

b. HIV/AIDS

c. syphilis

d. both a and b

10. Sexually transmitted diseases are stigmatized which can lead to ______ when someone is infected.

a. sexual self-awareness

b. spoiled sexual self

c. medical reform

d. mental illness

True/False

1. Male sexual dysfunction receives more attention from medical institutions.

2. We live in a world that privileges the able-bodied and cognitively unimpaired.

3. Sex assistants are legal and covered by insurance in the United States.

4. Disability porn is a contested issue in the United States.

5. HIV/AIDS is primarily a disease that occurs in the male homosexual community.

Short Answer

1. Define sexual citizenship. How does this relate to sexual ableism?

2. What is the difference between a sex assistant and a sex surrogate?

3. What is a diversity framework? How does it apply to the discussions of disability and sexuality?

4. What was the bathhouse battleground?

5. Describe one current social consequence of the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Essay

1. Identify the ways the ability/disability status hierarchy is similar to the sexuality hierarchy. In what ways are these distinct?

2. Speculate on why sex assistants and sex surrogates are illegal in many countries (including the United States). Should these professions be legal? What benefits would come from legalizing sex assistants and surrogates? What problems might arise from such legalization?

3. Explain what is meant by sexual health. Give two specific examples of where our cultural images of sexual health come from.

4. Explain the moral panics surrounding HIV/AIDS in the early years of the epidemic. Identify some remnants of these moral panics in our cultural understandings of HIV/AIDS today. Identify a current moral panic (that may or may not be related to sexual health).

5. Describe the key social consequences of HIV/AIDS globally. What has been the impact in sub-Saharan Africa? How is the environment linked to this discussion?