CHAPTER 10 SEXUALITY AND GENDER 2026/2027 | STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
A person contemplating surgery to alter his or her bodily appearance to that of the opposite sex is
thinking about becoming ________.
a. homosexual
b. a transvestite
c. a transsexual
d. an inverted sex role participant - correct answer ✔✔c. a transsexual
Which characteristic is usually NOT considered part of the female gender stereotype?
a. nurturing
b. logical
c. sensitive
d. emotional - correct answer ✔✔b. logical
A person's sense of being a boy or girl, or man or woman, is their gender ________.
a. stereotype
b. development
c. role
d. identity - correct answer ✔✔d. identity
Heterosexuality is accepted across different cultures. Homosexuals and bisexuals often face prejudice,
discrimination, and harassment.
a. True
b. False - correct answer ✔✔a. True
Which of the following is caused by a virus?
a. genital warts
b. syphilis
c. gonorrhea
d. chlamydia - correct answer ✔✔a. genital warts
Maurice was born with an XY chromosome type, and he has the external genitalia of a male. He has, for
the better part of his life, however, felt like he was supposed to be a woman. He has always identified
more with feminine clothes, behaviors, and emotions. According to your text, Maurice's chromosomal
makeup and primary sexual characteristics would label him ________.
a. female
b. with a sexual disorder
c. as intersex
d. a male - correct answer ✔✔b. with a sexual disorder
Which of the following is immediately present to doctors and nurses when a baby is born?
a. secondary sexual characteristics
b. sex chromosomes
c. primary sexual characteristics
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
A person contemplating surgery to alter his or her bodily appearance to that of the opposite sex is
thinking about becoming ________.
a. homosexual
b. a transvestite
c. a transsexual
d. an inverted sex role participant - correct answer ✔✔c. a transsexual
Which characteristic is usually NOT considered part of the female gender stereotype?
a. nurturing
b. logical
c. sensitive
d. emotional - correct answer ✔✔b. logical
A person's sense of being a boy or girl, or man or woman, is their gender ________.
a. stereotype
b. development
c. role
d. identity - correct answer ✔✔d. identity
Heterosexuality is accepted across different cultures. Homosexuals and bisexuals often face prejudice,
discrimination, and harassment.
a. True
b. False - correct answer ✔✔a. True
Which of the following is caused by a virus?
a. genital warts
b. syphilis
c. gonorrhea
d. chlamydia - correct answer ✔✔a. genital warts
Maurice was born with an XY chromosome type, and he has the external genitalia of a male. He has, for
the better part of his life, however, felt like he was supposed to be a woman. He has always identified
more with feminine clothes, behaviors, and emotions. According to your text, Maurice's chromosomal
makeup and primary sexual characteristics would label him ________.
a. female
b. with a sexual disorder
c. as intersex
d. a male - correct answer ✔✔b. with a sexual disorder
Which of the following is immediately present to doctors and nurses when a baby is born?
a. secondary sexual characteristics
b. sex chromosomes
c. primary sexual characteristics
