Summary: Sexology

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  • How do we call the idea that there are only two genders, male and female?

    Gender binary
  • How do we call behavior that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm?

    Sexual behavior
  • Which three types of influence is believed the media has on the way people view sex?

    • Cultivation
    • agenda setting
    • social learning
  • How do we call the idea that the media define what is important and what is not by which stories they cover?

    Agenda setting
  • How do we call the idea that the media provide role models whom we imitate?

    Social learning
  • How do we call Traditional ideas and values passed down from generation to generation within a group and transmitted to members of the group by symbols (such as language)?

    Culture
  • How do we call the tendency to regard one’s own ethnic group and culture as superior to others and to believe that its customs and way of life are the standards by which other cultures should be judged?

    Ethnocentrism
  • How do we call A societal regulation prohibiting sexual interaction between blood relatives, such as brother and sister or father and daughter?

    Incest taboos
  • What is one major generalization that emerges from cross- cultural studies?


    • all societies regulate sexual behavior in some way, 
    • though the exact regulations vary greatly from one culture to the next
  • On what concepts around sex do different cultures differ?

    • Frequency of intercourse
    •  Attitudes regarding premarital and extramarital sex,
    • masturbation
    • same-gender sexual behavior
    • gender roles

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