Chapter 5 Practice Quiz

. Who demonstrated that sexuality existed on a continuum?

Dr. Alfred Kinsley

John Hall

Harold Innis

John Keith Irwin

Karl Mannheim

. According to the Canadian Community Health Survey what percentage of 18 to 59-year olds identify as homosexual?

1.7%

5.7%

10.7%

20.7%

30.7%

. Researchers agree on many aspects of homosexuality. Which is NOT one of the agreed upon aspects?

Homosexuals concentrate in large numbers in some communities more so than others

The homosexual population may reach as high as 10 percent in populations where they are most concentrated

Male homosexuals are found to be more numerous than female homosexuals

Debate continues to flourish about how to properly define and measure homosexuality

Homosexuals tend to concentrate in rural areas

. From a sociological perspective, which step is the most important in the sexual trajectory of an LGBTQI+ person.

Their birth

Their teenage years

Coming out

Getting married

Having kids

. Historically speaking, when did many cultural attitudes towards homosexuality change negatively?

With the rise of Christianity

In pre-colonial Africa

In ancient Greece

When famous people, like Oscar Wilde, 'came out'

In ancient Rome

. Which moment marked a turning point in the rights of the Canadian LGBTQI+ community?

1918 Vancouver general strike

1919 Winnipeg general strike

1981 Toronto bathhouse riots

2012 Student protests in Quebec

2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot

. Which group in Canada coined the term two-spirited?

Indigenous community

French Canadian community

Jewish Canadian community

Immigrant population of Canada

The LGBTQ+ community on a whole

. What do structural functionalists believe/focus on when it comes to sexual identity?

Sexual identity is another area in which dominant groups promote their own worldview at the expense of less dominant groups

The way in which sexual identities are constructed or enacted

The role that homophobia plays in shaping the lives of people who identify as LGBTQ+

Differing sexual identities creates an important vibrant culture that is necessary for social functioning

The decline of heteronormativity and the how the blurring of gender lines pose problems for social order

. What is one feature of heterosexism?

Essentialism: the idea that all homosexuals have radically different characteristics

Essentialism: the idea that all homosexuals have the same characteristics

Fundamentalism: the idea that people are born into their sexual identity

Culturalism: the idea that being a part of the LGBTQ+ community is a social construct

Consumerism: companies' brand to those who are part of the LGBTQ+ community in order to create a target market

. Who coined the term homophobia?

Brandon Ambrosiano

Albert Camus

George Weinberg

Alice Morse Earle

Oscar Wilde

. Sexual identity is how a person sexually self-identifies.

True

False

. In the 1950s and 1960s mainstream culture accepted homosexuality.

True

False

. Homophobia is the fear or hatred of homosexuals.

True

False

. Most gay activists today believe that homosexuality is not a choice.

True

False

. Attribution theory states that people develop prejudices against particular groups that are seen to be morally responsible for their stigmatized behavior.

True

False

. Heterosexism is discrimination against heterosexuals by homosexuals.

True

False

. Children raised by homosexual parents have different behavioral and educational backgrounds than children raised by heterosexual parents.

True

False

. Bill-C50 was passed in 2004 and made spreading hateful views about a persons' sexual identity a hate crime.

True

False

. The HIV/AIDS epidemic was called the "gay disease."

True

False

. Many health care professionals rarely if ever show signs of homophobia.

True

False

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