WST 100 Final Exam 2023 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

sexual orientation and sexuality Defined by a person's attraction to and desire for people of a given sex/gender (romantic, emotional, sexual); generally binary - heterosexual vs. homosexual, but there's also bisexual heteronormativity Heterosexuality is constructed as the norm; form of power that exerts itself on heterosexuals and homosexuals through the assumed naturalness of specific practices and institutions; a racialized - white bodies are normative subjects of heterosexual experience; in gay couple, which one is "male" and which is "female"? sexual scripts Ideas we have about how people should engage in sexual activity; ex: men watch porn, women are sexy, old couples don't have sex, men ask women out; these are ideas/ stereotypes about men and women created in our society about their proper roles in terms of sexual behavior/activity compulsory heterosexuality coined by Adrienne Rich; heterosexual is expected and assumed sexual orientation until proved otherwise, it is adopted, mandatory; heterosexual is rewarded with privilege and power; makes coming out difficult for gays and lesbians heterosexism tied to homophobia; bias in favor of heterosexuality (cultural); puts gays and lesbians at disadvantage, puts privilege on hetersexuals homophobia Intense hatred or fear of homosexuals (individual) queer A unifying sociopolitical term that refers to a range of sexual identities that are not "straight"; can refer to gays, asexuals, transgenders, etc.; denaturalizes and calls into question the stability of identity categories based on sexual orientation; categories of "straight" and "gay" have established and policed the line between normal and abnormal sexuality; attempt to reclaim stigmatized word, used in academic studies heteroflexibility Heterosexual women hinting at or experimenting with same-sex sexuality; experiment in female same-sex sexuality that acknowledges some same sex desire/attraction without explicitly challenging a "mostly" heterosexual self-identification; purely "performative" by women for male sexual arousal? Trivializing homosexuality or hinting at radical possibilities? issues surrounding LGBTQ difficult to gain power; have no privilege; misrepresented and heavily stereotyped in the media; "Further off the Straight and Narrow" video media and sexuality we only see heterosexist images; "real women need real men" - only acceptable option; constructs of sex and gender are connected to sexuality; women must be both sexy and virginal at same time; sex used to sell everything; homosexuality in media is only conditionally acceptable (gay men as middle class) how much media are americans exposed to daily? more than 10 hours