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How have attitudes towards homosexuality changed in the medical and scientific communities? Answer - people in the medical and scientific fields now understand that homosexuality is naturally occurring in early 20th century, doctors considered same-sex attraction a disease or disorder it wasn't until 1973 that the american psychiatric association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders What is the role of genetics in determining human sexual orientation? Answer
- no connection has been found between the sexual orientation of someone
and the sexual orientation of their parents not believed to be a genetic component to sexual orientation, or other factors are covering it up What is the role of evolution in sexual orientation? Answer - men and women adapt to cultural norms and changing traditions What did masturbation mean to moral authorities in the nineteenth century?Answer - cultural panic - masturbation is self-realization having sex with oneself is getting to know oneself seen as evidence of the dangerous excess of modern selfhood women's sexuality was not taken seriously (doctor's visits) 1 / 2
What innovations challenged the sexual double standard? Answer - the pill's development in the early 20th century liberated women widespread use of the pill by unmarried women shows the changed attitudes Who has sexual intercourse more often and with higher levels of satisfaction?Answer - married couples sexual inhibitions declined over the 20th century, meaning sex between married couple became more frequent, adventurous, and varied from past sexual experiences How was technology exacerbated the generation gap in perceptions of adolescent sexuality? Answer - parents and other adults are more likely to view adolescent sex as a serious problem electronic media are an expanding part of sexual communication Why have teenage pregnancy rates declined in the last 20 years? Answer - 1.widespread increase of women being on the pill
- lower rates of sexual activity to a degree
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Who is most at risk of HIV/AIDS infections? Answer - greatest number of people with HIV are in their 50s infection rates were higher in the past and people learned to live longer with the disease What does social network analysis reveal about the spread of sexually transmitted diseases? Answer - a network diagram is useful for studying the pattern of relations between people provides clues to how particular diseases infect a community can help health care providers or educators disrupt the network and slow the spread of infection