Nurs 280 Midterm #1 CONCEPTS
questions n answers graded A+
Circles of sexuality - correct answer ✔✔5 circles of Sexual self:
Sexualization
Reproduction
Identity
Intimacy
Sensuality
Sexualization
Per pair of adults, how many babies does the average Canadian family have? - correct answer ✔✔1.6
kids per pair of adults
(this is why immigration is so important in Canada, we need to replace the population)
Per pair of adults, how many babies does the average American family have? - correct answer ✔✔2.5
A good guess for how many times the average Canadian has sex in their lifetime - correct answer
✔✔200-20,000 times
Varies A LOT
In modern canadian life, is there a large relationship between sex and reproduction? - correct answer
✔✔NOOOO, almost all of the time sex is for emotional connection and pleasure
2 main components of sex - correct answer ✔✔Connection and pleasure
Can a cis man wear a dress? - correct answer ✔✔Yes, wearing an outfit isn't determined by identity
,People who break the "gender and identity rules" - correct answer ✔✔Are at the highest risk of
violence, homelessness, etc. (pretty much anything)
Does intimacy have to be with someone close emotionally - correct answer ✔✔NO, imagine being stuck
with someone in an elevator, you feel a sense of intimacy with them
Why do people have sex? - correct answer ✔✔Desire for intimacy, to feel alive/ known/ special
What happens to a baby that never feels skin to skin contact? - correct answer ✔✔They die, mammals
can not survive without touch
4 groups of people in canada who are touched deprived - correct answer ✔✔Senior citizens (have much
higher levels of depression and shorter lifespans)
Heterosexual single males (dads hugging daughters and giving sons a handshake/ high five/ fist bump)
Teenagers (once children go through puberty, parents/ teachers/ etc. don't touch them anymore, legally
teachers can't touch their highschool students)
People who deserve to be seen and known, and are just as needing of touch as everyone else, who have
no way to get touch in their lives (e.g. mentally ill, homeless)
3 Factors that contribute to discomfort and anxiety - correct answer ✔✔1. Ignorance (we have been
actively discouraged to study, or talk about, or be enthusiastic about sex; we have this unspoken
agreement that it's better to know less about sex)
2. Secrecy (the things we desire/internal and do/external are undiscussed and hidden, and thought of as
shameful)
3. Trauma (partly comes from ignorance and secrecy, but also comes from experiences; can be a squick
reaction or a trigger; can be intergenerational or interfamilial)
Alfred Kinsey's work - correct answer ✔✔Started at a bug scientist dude
Then starting teaching sexuology
, Studied his students for research on sexuality (personal interviews)
America's first sexologist (Kinsey Scale)
What was wrong with Kinsey's studies? - correct answer ✔✔Those who were willing to talk about sex,
were not representative of the general public
Race and age data was not included in published work
First mass lab experiments on sex: - correct answer ✔✔Masters and Johnson, during the 1950s
"The human sexual response cycle"
Current research in human sexuality - correct answer ✔✔Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
SIECCAN (Sex Information and Education Council of Canada)
UBC Sexual Health Laboratory
CSRD (Canadian sex research forum)
SARAVYC (Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre)
What province is most comprehensive in terms of sexual education in school? - correct answer ✔✔BC
(woot woot)
Is sexual ed. optional in BC? - correct answer ✔✔NO, it is mandated by government
Why may teachers be afraid to teach sex ed.? - correct answer ✔✔If principles are anti-sex ed. their
teachers are hesitant/afraid to teach it because they are not supported by their bosses if parents react
badly
Ontario and sex ed - correct answer ✔✔Loud voices opposing sex ed, but the overall consensus is
support for sexual education in schools
91% of parents support teaching sex ed. in schools
Stats for parental support for sex ed. - correct answer ✔✔In Canada, >90% of parents support sex ed. in
schools
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