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Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America, 4/e

Brian Strong, University of California, Santa Cruz
Barbara Werner Sayad, California State University, Monterey Bay
Christine DeVault, Cabrillo College
William Yarber, Indiana University

Perspectives on Human Sexuality

True False Quiz


1	The media's portrayal of such issues as condom use, loving gay and lesbian relationships, and masturbation has kept pace with the wide range of other sexually explicit behaviors that are portrayed.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Media images of sexuality permeate all areas of life.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Mass media depictions of sexuality are meant to inform, rather than entertain or exploit.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Each genre has the same formula for what is sexually permissible and how to depict sex.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	The more a person watches TV, the more unrealistic and exaggerated they feel their friends' sexual behaviors are.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	All cultures divide human beings into only two genders: male and female.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	All cultures assume that adults have the potential for becoming sexually aroused and for engaging in sexual intercourse for the purpose of reproduction.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	The sex researcher Alfred Kinsey stated that normal sexual behavior is the sexual behavior a culture defines as normal.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	In the nineteenth century, white middle-class American women were viewed as being asexual.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	The Mangaia of Polynesia and the Dani of New Guinea are examples of cultures which have similar beliefs about sexual impulses.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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