FRHD 2100 Midterm UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
False - CORRECT ANSWER - The incest taboo is not a universal taboo.
False - CORRECT ANSWER - Most peoples outlook on sex is similar across cultures
True - CORRECT ANSWER - Teenage pregnancy is twice as high in the US then Canada.
True - CORRECT ANSWER - In Kenya, it is believed that postponing the age in which
sexual intercourse first occurs has negative repercussions for both men and women.
True - CORRECT ANSWER - During the golden age of ancient Greece, all males and
females were considered to be bisexual.
False - CORRECT ANSWER - The ancient Hindus of India viewed sex as shameful and
dishonourable.
True - CORRECT ANSWER - The Graham cracker was created during the Victorian
period to help young men control their sexual appetites.
False - CORRECT ANSWER - People from countries with greater gender equality have
lower levels of sexual satisfaction
True - CORRECT ANSWER - According to early Christianity, sexual lust was considered
to be a sin, even between husband and wife.
True - CORRECT ANSWER - Some animals engage in foreplay.
,erotic - CORRECT ANSWER - arousing feelings or desires
gender - CORRECT ANSWER - the behavioural, cultural, or psychological traits typically
associated with one sex
gender roles - CORRECT ANSWER - complex clusters of the ways males and females are
expected to behave within a given culture
human sexuality - CORRECT ANSWER - The ways we experience and express ourselves
as sexual beings
values - CORRECT ANSWER - the beliefs and qualities in life that are deemed important
or unimportant right or wrong, desirable or undesirable
True - CORRECT ANSWER - Birth rate in Canada is lower than in the US
False - CORRECT ANSWER - Religious rights have a greater presence in Canada than the
US
True - CORRECT ANSWER - 2005 is when same sex marriage became legal in Canada
Pluralistic - CORRECT ANSWER - Our society is _______________. We embrace a wide
range of sexual attitudes.
Ethics of divinity - CORRECT ANSWER - Based on a fundamental belief in a divine
source for moral judgments of right and wrong.
Sexual Pluralism - CORRECT ANSWER - People have the right to autonomy in making
their own decisions about sexual behaviour
, phallic worship - CORRECT ANSWER - veneration of the penis as a symbol of generative
power
phallic symbols - CORRECT ANSWER - an object that represents the penis
incest taboo - CORRECT ANSWER - the prohibition against intercourse with close blood
relatives
polygamy - CORRECT ANSWER - the practice of having two or more spouses at the
same time
monogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - the practice of only having one spouse at a time
pederasty - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual love between a man and a boy
bisexual - CORRECT ANSWER - sexually responsive to either gender
courtesan - CORRECT ANSWER - a prostitute/mistress of a wealthy man
concubine - CORRECT ANSWER - A secondary wife, usually of inferior legal and social
status.
sexologist - CORRECT ANSWER - a scientist who studies sexual behaviour
analogue - CORRECT ANSWER - something that is similar or comparable to something
else
copulation - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual intercourse
Questions and CORRECT Answers
False - CORRECT ANSWER - The incest taboo is not a universal taboo.
False - CORRECT ANSWER - Most peoples outlook on sex is similar across cultures
True - CORRECT ANSWER - Teenage pregnancy is twice as high in the US then Canada.
True - CORRECT ANSWER - In Kenya, it is believed that postponing the age in which
sexual intercourse first occurs has negative repercussions for both men and women.
True - CORRECT ANSWER - During the golden age of ancient Greece, all males and
females were considered to be bisexual.
False - CORRECT ANSWER - The ancient Hindus of India viewed sex as shameful and
dishonourable.
True - CORRECT ANSWER - The Graham cracker was created during the Victorian
period to help young men control their sexual appetites.
False - CORRECT ANSWER - People from countries with greater gender equality have
lower levels of sexual satisfaction
True - CORRECT ANSWER - According to early Christianity, sexual lust was considered
to be a sin, even between husband and wife.
True - CORRECT ANSWER - Some animals engage in foreplay.
,erotic - CORRECT ANSWER - arousing feelings or desires
gender - CORRECT ANSWER - the behavioural, cultural, or psychological traits typically
associated with one sex
gender roles - CORRECT ANSWER - complex clusters of the ways males and females are
expected to behave within a given culture
human sexuality - CORRECT ANSWER - The ways we experience and express ourselves
as sexual beings
values - CORRECT ANSWER - the beliefs and qualities in life that are deemed important
or unimportant right or wrong, desirable or undesirable
True - CORRECT ANSWER - Birth rate in Canada is lower than in the US
False - CORRECT ANSWER - Religious rights have a greater presence in Canada than the
US
True - CORRECT ANSWER - 2005 is when same sex marriage became legal in Canada
Pluralistic - CORRECT ANSWER - Our society is _______________. We embrace a wide
range of sexual attitudes.
Ethics of divinity - CORRECT ANSWER - Based on a fundamental belief in a divine
source for moral judgments of right and wrong.
Sexual Pluralism - CORRECT ANSWER - People have the right to autonomy in making
their own decisions about sexual behaviour
, phallic worship - CORRECT ANSWER - veneration of the penis as a symbol of generative
power
phallic symbols - CORRECT ANSWER - an object that represents the penis
incest taboo - CORRECT ANSWER - the prohibition against intercourse with close blood
relatives
polygamy - CORRECT ANSWER - the practice of having two or more spouses at the
same time
monogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - the practice of only having one spouse at a time
pederasty - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual love between a man and a boy
bisexual - CORRECT ANSWER - sexually responsive to either gender
courtesan - CORRECT ANSWER - a prostitute/mistress of a wealthy man
concubine - CORRECT ANSWER - A secondary wife, usually of inferior legal and social
status.
sexologist - CORRECT ANSWER - a scientist who studies sexual behaviour
analogue - CORRECT ANSWER - something that is similar or comparable to something
else
copulation - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual intercourse
