CYAF 471 (questions well answered)
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Biopsychosocial approach: - correct answer ✔✔Bio: genetic, anatomy, hormones. Psycho: prev.
experience, psychopathology. Social: overall community context.
Pederasty: - correct answer ✔✔mentoring, sexual relationship between a young man and
dominant older man.
Behaviors common in non-human animals: - correct answer ✔✔animal sexuality: Masturbation,
sexual interactions with same gender, and sexual signaling(flirting) common in non-human
animals. Sex is more complex animals more tied to environment factors. Use sexual behavior for
non-sexual purposes EX: communicate aggression or submission.
Egypt: - correct answer ✔✔recognized and treated STIs, practiced circumcision, used sponges
for contraception.
Greece: - correct answer ✔✔males and females were assumed to be bisexual. Practiced
Pederasty, women had no legal rights and were kept at home.
Hebrews: - correct answer ✔✔belief in one God provided one standard for behavior, codified in
an extensive set of laws. Emphasis on procreation- martial sex celebrated; devalued/prohibited.
Romans: - correct answer ✔✔had few restrictions on sexual behavior. Same-sex behaviors and
relationships tolerated. Women more visible socially but still considered property.
,China: - correct answer ✔✔Taoism values heterosexual sex as a means of combining yin and
yang. Because success in sexual activity achieved harmony, manuals existed to increase
proficiency.
India: - correct answer ✔✔Hinduism- focuses on cycle of life and rebirth, so sex is valued, Kama
Sutra, females valued less than males.
Islam: - correct answer ✔✔Prophet Muhammad supported women's rights, Muhammad's son-
in-law saw women as more sexual than men, both sexes encouraged to dress modest in public,
sex and love celebrated in the arts-celibacy not encouraged, sex outside of marriage could be
punished by death.
YIN & YANG - correct answer ✔✔Yang: masculine, assertive.
Yin: feminine, passive. Yin is valued but seen inferior to yang.
Kama Sutra- - correct answer ✔✔detailed manual for sexual activity, also including information
on improving relationships and family functioning.
Protestant Reformation: - correct answer ✔✔Luther and Calvin saw marital sex as valuable also
to strengthen marriages and manage stress.
Colonial America: - correct answer ✔✔puritans had strict standards of behavior but encouraged
martial sex.
The Enlightenment: - correct answer ✔✔sex seen as a natural drive, interest in rights of women
increased, continued persecution of gay/lesbians.
Post-Revolutionary America: - correct answer ✔✔secularization of society lead to a relaxation of
sexual prohibitions.
, Antimiscegenation laws: - correct answer ✔✔first passed in 1670, outlawed sexual contact and
marriage between whites and nonwhites, based on white supremacy- race mixing seen as
producing inferior people, passed by 30 states, including NE.
Loving Case: - correct answer ✔✔Richard and Mildred Loving, prosecuted for violating VA law,
were sent to prison but still fought in, married etc., VA law overturned by the Supreme Court in
1967, rendering unconstitutional all remaining similar laws.
Comstock Laws: - correct answer ✔✔outlawed distribution of "obscene" material through the
mail, including medical texts and information on birth control and STI's.
Victorian era: - correct answer ✔✔adherence to strict codes of behavior was a status symbol,
abstinence encouraged as birth control/sign of self-control. Angel in the house- upper class
women both celebrated and marginalized, same-gender sexual behavior criminalized,
prostitution spiked, arguably, elements remain-EX women should not be interested in sex.
Graham and Kellogg: - correct answer ✔✔encouraged consumption of bland food to reduce
masturbation.
Birth Control Movement (Margaret Sanger): - correct answer ✔✔spoke out against Comstock
laws, arguing contraception improved quality of life, reduced poverty, and prevented abortions.
*founder of birth control etc..
Eugenics Movement: - correct answer ✔✔"sterilize people/not suitable to society" argued that
population could be improved by sterilizing/forbidding marriages of people with undesired
characteristics (handicapped, mental illness, genetics, alcoholics, blind, insilums)
Eugenics Movement in US: - correct answer ✔✔first country to take action—over 30 states
passed laws restricting marriages and permitting sterilization, often forced.
updated already passed
Biopsychosocial approach: - correct answer ✔✔Bio: genetic, anatomy, hormones. Psycho: prev.
experience, psychopathology. Social: overall community context.
Pederasty: - correct answer ✔✔mentoring, sexual relationship between a young man and
dominant older man.
Behaviors common in non-human animals: - correct answer ✔✔animal sexuality: Masturbation,
sexual interactions with same gender, and sexual signaling(flirting) common in non-human
animals. Sex is more complex animals more tied to environment factors. Use sexual behavior for
non-sexual purposes EX: communicate aggression or submission.
Egypt: - correct answer ✔✔recognized and treated STIs, practiced circumcision, used sponges
for contraception.
Greece: - correct answer ✔✔males and females were assumed to be bisexual. Practiced
Pederasty, women had no legal rights and were kept at home.
Hebrews: - correct answer ✔✔belief in one God provided one standard for behavior, codified in
an extensive set of laws. Emphasis on procreation- martial sex celebrated; devalued/prohibited.
Romans: - correct answer ✔✔had few restrictions on sexual behavior. Same-sex behaviors and
relationships tolerated. Women more visible socially but still considered property.
,China: - correct answer ✔✔Taoism values heterosexual sex as a means of combining yin and
yang. Because success in sexual activity achieved harmony, manuals existed to increase
proficiency.
India: - correct answer ✔✔Hinduism- focuses on cycle of life and rebirth, so sex is valued, Kama
Sutra, females valued less than males.
Islam: - correct answer ✔✔Prophet Muhammad supported women's rights, Muhammad's son-
in-law saw women as more sexual than men, both sexes encouraged to dress modest in public,
sex and love celebrated in the arts-celibacy not encouraged, sex outside of marriage could be
punished by death.
YIN & YANG - correct answer ✔✔Yang: masculine, assertive.
Yin: feminine, passive. Yin is valued but seen inferior to yang.
Kama Sutra- - correct answer ✔✔detailed manual for sexual activity, also including information
on improving relationships and family functioning.
Protestant Reformation: - correct answer ✔✔Luther and Calvin saw marital sex as valuable also
to strengthen marriages and manage stress.
Colonial America: - correct answer ✔✔puritans had strict standards of behavior but encouraged
martial sex.
The Enlightenment: - correct answer ✔✔sex seen as a natural drive, interest in rights of women
increased, continued persecution of gay/lesbians.
Post-Revolutionary America: - correct answer ✔✔secularization of society lead to a relaxation of
sexual prohibitions.
, Antimiscegenation laws: - correct answer ✔✔first passed in 1670, outlawed sexual contact and
marriage between whites and nonwhites, based on white supremacy- race mixing seen as
producing inferior people, passed by 30 states, including NE.
Loving Case: - correct answer ✔✔Richard and Mildred Loving, prosecuted for violating VA law,
were sent to prison but still fought in, married etc., VA law overturned by the Supreme Court in
1967, rendering unconstitutional all remaining similar laws.
Comstock Laws: - correct answer ✔✔outlawed distribution of "obscene" material through the
mail, including medical texts and information on birth control and STI's.
Victorian era: - correct answer ✔✔adherence to strict codes of behavior was a status symbol,
abstinence encouraged as birth control/sign of self-control. Angel in the house- upper class
women both celebrated and marginalized, same-gender sexual behavior criminalized,
prostitution spiked, arguably, elements remain-EX women should not be interested in sex.
Graham and Kellogg: - correct answer ✔✔encouraged consumption of bland food to reduce
masturbation.
Birth Control Movement (Margaret Sanger): - correct answer ✔✔spoke out against Comstock
laws, arguing contraception improved quality of life, reduced poverty, and prevented abortions.
*founder of birth control etc..
Eugenics Movement: - correct answer ✔✔"sterilize people/not suitable to society" argued that
population could be improved by sterilizing/forbidding marriages of people with undesired
characteristics (handicapped, mental illness, genetics, alcoholics, blind, insilums)
Eugenics Movement in US: - correct answer ✔✔first country to take action—over 30 states
passed laws restricting marriages and permitting sterilization, often forced.
