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Ch. 1: Why a Course in Human Sexuality?Some people feel that sexuality education should be the responsibility of parents, yet fewer than one third of college students report ever having a meaningful discussion with their parents about sex. Most young people turn to ____ and _____ for information about sex, but what they learn is incorrect. The best alternative would be for children to receive factual information in school. - correct answer friends; the media Surveys indicate that more than ____ % of Americans favor sexuality education in school. - correct answer eighty-five Sex is only a part of _____, which encompasses all of the sexual attitudes, feelings, and behaviors associated with being human. Sexual behaviors and attitudes (such as what is considered to be sexually attractive) vary from culture to culture over time. - correct answer sexuality American sexual attitudes are both permissive and repressed, and as a result many people in the United States have ambivalent feelings about sex. The idea that the primary purpose of sex is for procreation (to have children) originally cam from _____ , but they also had a very positive attitude about their bodies and sexual pleasure between husbands and wives. - correct answer the biblical Hebrews The early _____ affirmed the pro-creational purpose of sex, but completely denied its pleasurable aspects. - correct answer Christians Sexual desire, even within marriage, was now associated with guilt. The biggest proponent of this view within Christianity was _____. - correct answer Saint Augustine In Western culture, negative attitudes about sex reached their zenith during the reign of _____ of England. During this time, the medical profession contributed many incorrect negative beliefs about engaging in sex, including the belief that excess sex, particularly masturbation, could lead to serious medical problems and eventually to insanity. - correct answer Queen Victoria