FMST 316 Exam Midterm #1 Questions with correct
answers
Describe sex vs sexuality - ✔✔Sex: A behavior, an act that the physical body
participates in
Sexuality: An affective, multidimensional, enduring aspect of humans that
includes the psychological + social + physical aspects of sex. It is how we process,
understand, and think about what goes on between our legs.
What are the 4 challenges of conducing human sexuality research? - ✔✔1)
Honestly; Participants are not always honest about their attitudes & behaviors,
they may respond with what is socially desirable (eg. Men inflating their self-
reported score)
2) Random Representative Samples; Participants are usually young. liberal, &
sexually experienced (usually university students). Are not old or conservative or
inexperienced
3) Biased in Design; Studies are heteronormative and cis-gendered
4) Complex Consent; Difficult to get consent for minors (eg. Data on teens/pre-
teens sexual health)
What are the 4 barriers to successfully implementing Sexual Health Education
programs? - ✔✔1) Institutional; No federal mandate to teach SHE, Only Ontario
has a provincial mandate, school board members choose the content of their
school's SHE program
2) School Principals; Controls the extent to which subjects in a program are
covered, therefore some topics get no coverage
3) Teachers; Teach at a depth they are comfortable with and may decline to
answer questions
4) Public Opinion (Parents); Parents may push back against comprehensive sex ed
programs, even though the ones opposing are a minority of parents
, Intersex (1/6) - Describe what happens when the SRY gene is present on the X-
chromosome. - ✔✔A mutation where the SRY gene is present without a Y-
chromosome. The XX fetus develops male sex structures (like testis).
Intersex (2/6) - Describe what happens when the SRY gene is silent on the Y-
chromosome. - ✔✔A mutation where the SRY gene is silent on the Y-
chromosome. The XY fetus develops female sex structures.
Intersex (3/6) - Describe Turner Syndrome. - ✔✔When a fetus only has 1 X-
chromosome and the 2nd X-chromosome is partially or entirely missing. The fetus
develops internal & external female structures but does not undergo puberty due
to atypical hormones.
Intersex (4/6) - Describe Klinefelter Syndrome. - ✔✔When a fetus has an extra X-
chromosome (total of XXY). The fetus develops internal and external male sex
structures but does not undergo puberty due to atypical hormones.
Intersex (5/6) - Describe congenital adrenal hyperplasia. - ✔✔Affecting XX
fetuses, is the atypical presence of androgens (male hormones) causing the fetus
to develop varying degrees of male looking external genitalia.
Intersex (6/6) - Describe androgen insensitivity syndrome. - ✔✔Affecting XY
fetuses, fetus does not produce or respond to androgens. Testicles remain
undescended, external genitals underdeveloped resulting in varying degrees of
female looking genitalia.
answers
Describe sex vs sexuality - ✔✔Sex: A behavior, an act that the physical body
participates in
Sexuality: An affective, multidimensional, enduring aspect of humans that
includes the psychological + social + physical aspects of sex. It is how we process,
understand, and think about what goes on between our legs.
What are the 4 challenges of conducing human sexuality research? - ✔✔1)
Honestly; Participants are not always honest about their attitudes & behaviors,
they may respond with what is socially desirable (eg. Men inflating their self-
reported score)
2) Random Representative Samples; Participants are usually young. liberal, &
sexually experienced (usually university students). Are not old or conservative or
inexperienced
3) Biased in Design; Studies are heteronormative and cis-gendered
4) Complex Consent; Difficult to get consent for minors (eg. Data on teens/pre-
teens sexual health)
What are the 4 barriers to successfully implementing Sexual Health Education
programs? - ✔✔1) Institutional; No federal mandate to teach SHE, Only Ontario
has a provincial mandate, school board members choose the content of their
school's SHE program
2) School Principals; Controls the extent to which subjects in a program are
covered, therefore some topics get no coverage
3) Teachers; Teach at a depth they are comfortable with and may decline to
answer questions
4) Public Opinion (Parents); Parents may push back against comprehensive sex ed
programs, even though the ones opposing are a minority of parents
, Intersex (1/6) - Describe what happens when the SRY gene is present on the X-
chromosome. - ✔✔A mutation where the SRY gene is present without a Y-
chromosome. The XX fetus develops male sex structures (like testis).
Intersex (2/6) - Describe what happens when the SRY gene is silent on the Y-
chromosome. - ✔✔A mutation where the SRY gene is silent on the Y-
chromosome. The XY fetus develops female sex structures.
Intersex (3/6) - Describe Turner Syndrome. - ✔✔When a fetus only has 1 X-
chromosome and the 2nd X-chromosome is partially or entirely missing. The fetus
develops internal & external female structures but does not undergo puberty due
to atypical hormones.
Intersex (4/6) - Describe Klinefelter Syndrome. - ✔✔When a fetus has an extra X-
chromosome (total of XXY). The fetus develops internal and external male sex
structures but does not undergo puberty due to atypical hormones.
Intersex (5/6) - Describe congenital adrenal hyperplasia. - ✔✔Affecting XX
fetuses, is the atypical presence of androgens (male hormones) causing the fetus
to develop varying degrees of male looking external genitalia.
Intersex (6/6) - Describe androgen insensitivity syndrome. - ✔✔Affecting XY
fetuses, fetus does not produce or respond to androgens. Testicles remain
undescended, external genitals underdeveloped resulting in varying degrees of
female looking genitalia.
