| Question | Answer |
| Sexology | scientific study of sex and sexuality |
| sigmund freud | He opened the door for people to make sex a study. He claims that sexual identity is a basic part of personality development. |
| Havelock Ellis | saw sexual dysfunction as pathologically rooted. Labeled lesbians as crazy. |
| What percentage of teens become sexually active ? | by age 19, 85% of men and 77% of women |
| Most accurate sexual study in the 1990's | Laumann study |
| Social construction | Pespective used by symbolic interaction theory to interpret sexual identity as learned, not inborn. |
| Sexual orientation | How individuals experience sexual arousal or pleasure |
| Compulsory heterosexuality | Idea that heterosexual identity is not a choice, instead it is forced through institutions, social sanctions, and peer pressure. |
| Coming out | Process of defining oneself as gay or lesbian |
| Queer theory | sexual identity is fluid and can be changed multiple times throughout one's life course. Society forces boundaries. |
| Sexual Politics | refers to the link between sexuality and power. One cannot have a satisfying sexual relationship if one is powerless. |
| Homophobia | fear and hatred of homosexuality. Learned attitude. |
| Heterosexism | refers to the institutionalization of heterosexuality as the only socially legitimate sexual orientation. |
| Eugenics Movement | 20th century sought to apply selective breeding to improve the offspring of the human race. It called for sterilization of people that the eugenics thought to be unfit. |
| Sexual Revolution | refers to the widespread changes in roles of men and women and a greater public acceptance of sexuality as a normal part of social development. |
