WST 100 Final Exam with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. sexual orienta- Defined by a person's attraction to and desire for people of
tion and sexuali- a given sex/gender (romantic, emotional, sexual); gener-
ty ally binary - heterosexual vs. homosexual, but there's also
bisexual
2. heteronormativi- Heterosexuality is constructed as the norm; form of pow-
ty er that exerts itself on heterosexuals and homosexuals
through the assumed naturalness of specific practices
and institutions; a racialized - white bodies are normative
subjects of heterosexual experience; in gay couple, which
one is "male" and which is "female"?
3. sexual scripts Ideas we have about how people should engage in sexual
activity; ex: men watch porn, women are sexy, old couples
don't have sex, men ask women out; these are ideas/
stereotypes about men and women created in our society
about their proper roles in terms of sexual behavior/activity
4. compulsory het- coined by Adrienne Rich; heterosexual is expected and
erosexuality assumed sexual orientation until proved otherwise, it is
adopted, mandatory; heterosexual is rewarded with priv-
ilege and power; makes coming out difficult for gays and
lesbians
5. heterosexism tied to homophobia; bias in favor of heterosexuality (cultur-
al); puts gays and lesbians at disadvantage, puts privilege
on hetersexuals
6. homophobia Intense hatred or fear of homosexuals (individual)
7. queer A unifying sociopolitical term that refers to a range of
sexual identities that are not "straight"; can refer to gays,
asexuals, transgenders, etc.; denaturalizes and calls into
question the stability of identity categories based on sex-
ual orientation; categories of "straight" and "gay" have es-
tablished and policed the line between normal and abnor-
mal sexuality; attempt to reclaim stigmatized word, used
in academic studies
8. heteroflexibility
, WST 100 Final Exam with Verified Answers Graded A+
Heterosexual women hinting at or experimenting with
same-sex sexuality; experiment in female same-sex sex-
uality that acknowledges some same sex desire/attrac-
tion without explicitly challenging a "mostly" heterosexu-
al self-identification; purely "performative" by women for
male sexual arousal? Trivializing homosexuality or hinting
at radical possibilities?
9. issues surround- difficult to gain power; have no privilege; misrepresented
ing LGBTQ and heavily stereotyped in the media; "Further off the
Straight and Narrow" video
10. media and sexu- we only see heterosexist images; "real women need real
ality men" - only acceptable option; constructs of sex and gen-
der are connected to sexuality; women must be both sexy
and virginal at same time; sex used to sell everything;
homosexuality in media is only conditionally acceptable
(gay men as middle class)
11. how much me- more than 10 hours
dia are ameri-
cans exposed to
daily?
12. how are women emphasis is on appearance, focused on the way women
portrayed in me- look; prescribed gender roles in terms of race, sexuality,
dia? men? class, age; display women as passive - told most important
attribute is beauty; for men, told to focus on performance
and strength
13. what kind of ads ads promoting youth and how to look younger, ads pro-
are aimed toward moting weight loss; cosmetic surgery
women?
14. how are women media is white-washed; few women of color are seen very
of color por- specifically and in narrow ways, as exotic, in leopard print,
trayed in media? etc.
15. male gaze John Berger - ways of seeing; "Men act and women
appear. Men look at women, women watch themselves
1. sexual orienta- Defined by a person's attraction to and desire for people of
tion and sexuali- a given sex/gender (romantic, emotional, sexual); gener-
ty ally binary - heterosexual vs. homosexual, but there's also
bisexual
2. heteronormativi- Heterosexuality is constructed as the norm; form of pow-
ty er that exerts itself on heterosexuals and homosexuals
through the assumed naturalness of specific practices
and institutions; a racialized - white bodies are normative
subjects of heterosexual experience; in gay couple, which
one is "male" and which is "female"?
3. sexual scripts Ideas we have about how people should engage in sexual
activity; ex: men watch porn, women are sexy, old couples
don't have sex, men ask women out; these are ideas/
stereotypes about men and women created in our society
about their proper roles in terms of sexual behavior/activity
4. compulsory het- coined by Adrienne Rich; heterosexual is expected and
erosexuality assumed sexual orientation until proved otherwise, it is
adopted, mandatory; heterosexual is rewarded with priv-
ilege and power; makes coming out difficult for gays and
lesbians
5. heterosexism tied to homophobia; bias in favor of heterosexuality (cultur-
al); puts gays and lesbians at disadvantage, puts privilege
on hetersexuals
6. homophobia Intense hatred or fear of homosexuals (individual)
7. queer A unifying sociopolitical term that refers to a range of
sexual identities that are not "straight"; can refer to gays,
asexuals, transgenders, etc.; denaturalizes and calls into
question the stability of identity categories based on sex-
ual orientation; categories of "straight" and "gay" have es-
tablished and policed the line between normal and abnor-
mal sexuality; attempt to reclaim stigmatized word, used
in academic studies
8. heteroflexibility
, WST 100 Final Exam with Verified Answers Graded A+
Heterosexual women hinting at or experimenting with
same-sex sexuality; experiment in female same-sex sex-
uality that acknowledges some same sex desire/attrac-
tion without explicitly challenging a "mostly" heterosexu-
al self-identification; purely "performative" by women for
male sexual arousal? Trivializing homosexuality or hinting
at radical possibilities?
9. issues surround- difficult to gain power; have no privilege; misrepresented
ing LGBTQ and heavily stereotyped in the media; "Further off the
Straight and Narrow" video
10. media and sexu- we only see heterosexist images; "real women need real
ality men" - only acceptable option; constructs of sex and gen-
der are connected to sexuality; women must be both sexy
and virginal at same time; sex used to sell everything;
homosexuality in media is only conditionally acceptable
(gay men as middle class)
11. how much me- more than 10 hours
dia are ameri-
cans exposed to
daily?
12. how are women emphasis is on appearance, focused on the way women
portrayed in me- look; prescribed gender roles in terms of race, sexuality,
dia? men? class, age; display women as passive - told most important
attribute is beauty; for men, told to focus on performance
and strength
13. what kind of ads ads promoting youth and how to look younger, ads pro-
are aimed toward moting weight loss; cosmetic surgery
women?
14. how are women media is white-washed; few women of color are seen very
of color por- specifically and in narrow ways, as exotic, in leopard print,
trayed in media? etc.
15. male gaze John Berger - ways of seeing; "Men act and women
appear. Men look at women, women watch themselves
