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Chapter 7, Sexuality and Intimate Relationships

Chapter 7, Sexuality and Intimate Relationships. Key Terms. Script A learned performance. Sexual scripts Learned, gender-appropriate, sexual behavior.

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Chapter 7, Sexuality and Intimate Relationships

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  1. Chapter 7, Sexuality and Intimate Relationships Key Terms

  2. ScriptA learned performance. • Sexual scriptsLearned, gender-appropriate, sexual behavior.

  3. Sexual revolutionWidespread changes in men's and women's roles and a greater public acceptance of sexuality as a normal part of social development. • SexologyThe scientific study of sex and sexuality.

  4. Sexual politicsRefers to the link feminists argue exists between sexuality and power, and between sexuality and race, class, and gender oppression. • Social construction perspectiveInterprets sexual identity as learned, not innate.

  5. Sexual orientationHow individuals experience sexual arousal and pleasure. • Compulsory heterosexualityThe idea that heterosexuality is not a choice, but is defined by institutions as the only legitimate form of sexual identity.

  6. Queer theoryA new perspective that interprets various dimensions of sexuality as thoroughly social and constructed through institutional practices. Underscores the idea that sexual identity evolves and can change over the life course. • Coming outThe process of defining oneself as gay or lesbian.

  7. HomophobiaFear and hatred of homosexuality. • HeterosexismInstitutionalization of heterosexuality as the only socially legitimate sexual orientation.

  8. Eugenics movementSought to apply scientific principles of genetic selection through selective breeding to “improve” the offspring of the human race. • Minority groupPeople with similar characteristics (or at least perceived similar characteristics) who are treated with prejudice and discrimination.

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