Ch. 6 Sexuality and Society , Sociology
185, Chamberlain
Sex - correct answer ✔is biological, referring to bodily differences between
females and males
gender - correct answer ✔is cultural, referring to behavior, power, and
privileges a society attaches to being female or male
Primary sex characteristics - correct answer ✔the genitals, organs used for
reproduction
secondary sex characteristics - correct answer ✔bodily development, apart
fro the genitals that distinguishes biologically mature females and males
intersexual people - correct answer ✔people who's bodies(including genitals)
have both female and male characteristics
transsexuals - correct answer ✔people who feel they are one sex even
though biologically they are the other
incest taboo - correct answer ✔a norm forbidding sexual relations or
marriage between certain relatives
Sexual revolution - correct answer ✔Peaked in the 1960's and 1970's. drew
sexuality out in the open.
Sexual counterrevolution - correct answer ✔began around 1980, criticized
for permissiveness and urges return to traditional "family values"
185, Chamberlain
Sex - correct answer ✔is biological, referring to bodily differences between
females and males
gender - correct answer ✔is cultural, referring to behavior, power, and
privileges a society attaches to being female or male
Primary sex characteristics - correct answer ✔the genitals, organs used for
reproduction
secondary sex characteristics - correct answer ✔bodily development, apart
fro the genitals that distinguishes biologically mature females and males
intersexual people - correct answer ✔people who's bodies(including genitals)
have both female and male characteristics
transsexuals - correct answer ✔people who feel they are one sex even
though biologically they are the other
incest taboo - correct answer ✔a norm forbidding sexual relations or
marriage between certain relatives
Sexual revolution - correct answer ✔Peaked in the 1960's and 1970's. drew
sexuality out in the open.
Sexual counterrevolution - correct answer ✔began around 1980, criticized
for permissiveness and urges return to traditional "family values"
