CMST 4012 : CMST 4012 Test 2 Material
Document Summary
Sexual experiences: romance novels conflict with reality of 1st intervourse, orgasm experience . Lesbians/bisexuals: may have masqueraded as intense friendships in past, in 20th century, defined as pathological until removed from dsm in. More on identity: may feel fixed or chosen, label may not fit behavior, white bias in research, other races may face greater pressures. [lack of support for latina, motherhood emphasis for blacks: multiple [devalued] identities [race and sexual orientation] for black americans, asian americans [wife and mother, native americans relatively tolerant . Cultural variations: black women torn between education and love, more independent, placing less emphasis on love, latinas virgin mary as model, marianismo pure, controlled, submissive, subservient, mothers, asians sexuality suppressed, rarely discussed, more conservative. Sex talk: many derogatory terms for women, language combines sex and violence, exploitation, sometimes mechanical or with sports analogies, implies males active, women passive, such terms make women ambivalent.
