CHAPTER 6
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What is ableism? | discrimination against disabled people. They are ignored because they are not able to do anything |
| what is heterosexism? | looking down on any sexual orientation but heterosexuals |
| what is sexual orientation? | romantic, sexual, or emotional attraction to men, female, or both |
| what is sexism? | believing that ones sex is superior than the other |
| what is mysogyny | hatred of women |
| What happens when a heterosexual couple live together for 7 years | they are assumed to be married |
| what is pornography | artistic value intended for sexual arousal |
| how is pornography educational? | artistic, scientific, educational |
| what determines normal vs. deviant? | social institutions |
| what do all institutions regulate and construct/ | sexual identity |
| why were brothels started | to limit rape and sexual violence, to sustain sexual identity, |
| How was the overseas sex trade made safe? | ID cards passed out to prostitutes and weekly STD testing |
| How did the overseas sex trade make brothels more entertaining for soldiers | female boxing, wrestling, picking up coins with one's vagina |
| what kind of women were more desireable? | younger women (less than 20) |
| which type of women was expensive? | virgins |
| What did prostitutes do while on the job, to make it easier for themselves? | faked orgasms, convinced me to wear condoms, avoid deductions in payment, meet costumers off premises |
| what is discrimination | negatives actions against a minority group |
| what does sexual politics do to black women? | Putting black women down to diffuse and disrupt empowering erotic resources of African-American women |
| How were black women viewed in pornography | objects of display, breeders, rape/violence |
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