Human Sexuality: Chapter 17 Study Guide
Who has higher rates of personality disorders and PTSD?
a. Men who were sexually abused as children
b. Women who were sexually abused during a
relationship
c. Women who were sexually abused as children
d. Women who experienced sexual abuse later in life - Answer - c. Women who were
sexually abused as children
Which of the following is a reason that rape is commonly committed in other cultures?
a. As an initiation rite
b. As a way to prove manhood
c. As punishment for infidelity
d. All of these - Answer - d. All of these
Which Amendment requires all universities receiving federal funds to provide equal
access to education for all students regardless of gender?
a. Equal Rights Amendment
b. Title IX
c. Bill of Rights
d. Titles of Nobility Amendment - Answer - b. Title IX
What percentage of U.S. states consider marital rape a crime?
a. 40%
b. 50%
c. 75%
d. 100% - Answer - d. 100%
Who are most likely to experience sexual violence?
a. Young teenage females
b. Older women
c. Female college students
d. Working women - Answer - c. Female college students
Which racial/ethnic group is found to have the least levels of empathy for women who
have been sexually assaulted and are more likely to show victim-blaming attitudes?
a. Hispanic
,b. Black
c. Asian American
d. White - Answer - c. Asian American
Which type of sexual violence involves being pressured to engage in sexual activity
when a person doesn't want to?
a. Sexual harassment
b. Non-contact unwanted sexual behavior
c. Sexual coercion
d. Forced penetration - Answer - c. Sexual coercion
Motivations that involve an overly hostile and sadistic abuser are called:
a. erotic-based motivations.
b. rage-based motivations.
c. special-relationship motivations.
d. aggression-based motivations. - Answer - b. rage-based motivations.
A psychological disorder involving a disturbance of memory, identity, and
consciousness, usually resulting from a traumatic experience, is called ______.
a. traumatic sexualization
b. child sexual abuse
c. dissociative disorder
d. dissociative identity disorder - Answer - c. dissociative disorder
What does cross-cultural research suggest in relation to the incest taboo?
a. It exists in all industrialized cultures.
b. It exists in about half of the world's cultures.
c. It cannot be measured due to varying definitions of
incest.
d. It is universal. - Answer - d. It is universal.
The website NotAlone.gov was established as a centralized site to:
a. collect data on rape and sexual assault on college campuses.
b. collect data on all types of violence on college campuses.
c. monitor compliance with the Campus Save Act.
d. provide a 24-hour hotline to college students related
to rape prevention. - Answer - a. collect data on rape and sexual assault on college
campuses.
All U.S colleges and universities were required to comply with the Campus Save Act by
the end of which year?
, a. 2015
b. 2013
c. 2014
d. 2016 - Answer - c. 2014
The highest rates of stalking occur among __________.
a. 13- to 15-year-olds
b. 18- to 24-year-olds
c. 25- to 30-year-olds
d. 15- to 18-year-olds - Answer - b. 18- to 24-year-olds
What best describes college students' attitudes about rapists and rape victims who have
been drinking prior to the rape?
a. Both women and men are viewed as being more responsible for what happened
when they were drunk.
b. Both women and men are viewed as less responsible for what happened when they
were drunk.
c. Men are viewed as more responsible for what happened when they were drunk and
women are viewed as less responsible.
d. Men are viewed as less responsible for what happened when they were drunk and
women are viewed as more responsible. - Answer - d. Men are viewed as less
responsible for what happened when they were drunk and women are viewed as more
responsible.
What is a common characteristic of a sexual violence perpetrator?
a. Typically married with a family
b. Typically have higher education levels
c. Typically rape to release sexual tension related to their insecurities
d. Typically are serial offenders with an average of six victims - Answer - d. Typically are
serial offenders with an average of six victims
Which one is an important characteristic of child sexual abuse?
a. The powerful position of the adult
b. The powerful position of the child
c. The powerful position of a third party
d. That both parties are equally powerful - Answer - a. The powerful position of the adult
After hearing a report of a sexual assault on campus, some friends are talking about it
and a few comment that they saw the girl out at the bar earlier in the night flirting with a
group of guys and she had been drinking a lot. What theory about rape would this
scenario promote?
Who has higher rates of personality disorders and PTSD?
a. Men who were sexually abused as children
b. Women who were sexually abused during a
relationship
c. Women who were sexually abused as children
d. Women who experienced sexual abuse later in life - Answer - c. Women who were
sexually abused as children
Which of the following is a reason that rape is commonly committed in other cultures?
a. As an initiation rite
b. As a way to prove manhood
c. As punishment for infidelity
d. All of these - Answer - d. All of these
Which Amendment requires all universities receiving federal funds to provide equal
access to education for all students regardless of gender?
a. Equal Rights Amendment
b. Title IX
c. Bill of Rights
d. Titles of Nobility Amendment - Answer - b. Title IX
What percentage of U.S. states consider marital rape a crime?
a. 40%
b. 50%
c. 75%
d. 100% - Answer - d. 100%
Who are most likely to experience sexual violence?
a. Young teenage females
b. Older women
c. Female college students
d. Working women - Answer - c. Female college students
Which racial/ethnic group is found to have the least levels of empathy for women who
have been sexually assaulted and are more likely to show victim-blaming attitudes?
a. Hispanic
,b. Black
c. Asian American
d. White - Answer - c. Asian American
Which type of sexual violence involves being pressured to engage in sexual activity
when a person doesn't want to?
a. Sexual harassment
b. Non-contact unwanted sexual behavior
c. Sexual coercion
d. Forced penetration - Answer - c. Sexual coercion
Motivations that involve an overly hostile and sadistic abuser are called:
a. erotic-based motivations.
b. rage-based motivations.
c. special-relationship motivations.
d. aggression-based motivations. - Answer - b. rage-based motivations.
A psychological disorder involving a disturbance of memory, identity, and
consciousness, usually resulting from a traumatic experience, is called ______.
a. traumatic sexualization
b. child sexual abuse
c. dissociative disorder
d. dissociative identity disorder - Answer - c. dissociative disorder
What does cross-cultural research suggest in relation to the incest taboo?
a. It exists in all industrialized cultures.
b. It exists in about half of the world's cultures.
c. It cannot be measured due to varying definitions of
incest.
d. It is universal. - Answer - d. It is universal.
The website NotAlone.gov was established as a centralized site to:
a. collect data on rape and sexual assault on college campuses.
b. collect data on all types of violence on college campuses.
c. monitor compliance with the Campus Save Act.
d. provide a 24-hour hotline to college students related
to rape prevention. - Answer - a. collect data on rape and sexual assault on college
campuses.
All U.S colleges and universities were required to comply with the Campus Save Act by
the end of which year?
, a. 2015
b. 2013
c. 2014
d. 2016 - Answer - c. 2014
The highest rates of stalking occur among __________.
a. 13- to 15-year-olds
b. 18- to 24-year-olds
c. 25- to 30-year-olds
d. 15- to 18-year-olds - Answer - b. 18- to 24-year-olds
What best describes college students' attitudes about rapists and rape victims who have
been drinking prior to the rape?
a. Both women and men are viewed as being more responsible for what happened
when they were drunk.
b. Both women and men are viewed as less responsible for what happened when they
were drunk.
c. Men are viewed as more responsible for what happened when they were drunk and
women are viewed as less responsible.
d. Men are viewed as less responsible for what happened when they were drunk and
women are viewed as more responsible. - Answer - d. Men are viewed as less
responsible for what happened when they were drunk and women are viewed as more
responsible.
What is a common characteristic of a sexual violence perpetrator?
a. Typically married with a family
b. Typically have higher education levels
c. Typically rape to release sexual tension related to their insecurities
d. Typically are serial offenders with an average of six victims - Answer - d. Typically are
serial offenders with an average of six victims
Which one is an important characteristic of child sexual abuse?
a. The powerful position of the adult
b. The powerful position of the child
c. The powerful position of a third party
d. That both parties are equally powerful - Answer - a. The powerful position of the adult
After hearing a report of a sexual assault on campus, some friends are talking about it
and a few comment that they saw the girl out at the bar earlier in the night flirting with a
group of guys and she had been drinking a lot. What theory about rape would this
scenario promote?
