Rules for a FWB relationship
1) Emotional attachment
2) Communication
3) Sex
Ways that future determine sexual norms
1) Legal sex acts
2) Relatedness
3) Social role
4) Age
5) Race
6) Status
Kinsey Scale
it's a continuum:
0 - Exclusively heterosexual
1 - Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual
2 - Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual
3 - Equally heterosexual and homosexual
4 - Predominantly homosexual, but mor
Three ways people interpret virginity loss
1) Virginity as a gift
2) Virginity as a stigma
3) Virginity as a rite of passage
Virginity as a gift
1) Find a partner who appreciates it
2) Giving it away increases commitment
3) Safe sex and communication
4) Women think this way
Virginity as a stigma
1) Undesired
2) Less likely to tell first partner about lack of experience
3) Less likely to have sex
4) First time is unsatisfying
5) Men think this way
Virginity as a rite of passage
1) Transition from one social status to another (had a lot of pride and not embarrassed about virginity)
2) More knowledgable about sexuality and themselves
3) Safe sex
4) Men and women think this way
The 4 sexual generations
1) Generation of sexual restraint
2) Generation of sexual revolution
3) Gender equalization
4) Generation now: modern society
Generation of sexual restraint
1) Youth of the 30-50's
2) Sex talk isn't allowed
3) No touching or expression
4) No information exchange
Generation of sexual revolution
1) 50-70's
2) Limited information in books and magazines
3) Men exchanged stories
Generation of gender equalization
1) 70-90's
2) Ideas of generation sexual revolution realized and utilized
3) Free information exchange
4) Men and women exchange stories
Generation now: modern society
1) Our generation
2) Sex is out of body
3) Shift in experts
4) Sex is for fun
5) Leveling gender field
6) Liquid love
Intercultural communication
A) Two people from two cultures communicating
B) Someone from US and someone from Korea
Co-cultural communication
A) Two people from the same country but they inhabit different social groups
B) Two people from America, one Catholic and one Jewish
Micro-cultural communication
A) Smallest unit
B) Group of friends or family
Asexual
little/no interest in sex
Demisexual
A) Halfway between asexual and sexual
B) Need a strong emotional connection
Pansexual
Capable of attraction regardless of gender, open to anything
Reasons for flirting
1) Communicate interest
2) Exploring
3) Change intensity of relationship
4) Fun
5) Self esteem
6) Instrumental
Intersexual selection
Women choose
Intrasexual selection
Men fight
Non-physical characteristics that are related to attraction
1) Personality
2) Interpersonal warmth
3) Competency
4) Proximity
5) Similarity
6) Complementary
4 stages of coming out
1) Sensitization
2) Exploration
3) Acceptance
4) Integration
Sensitization
1) 1st step
2) 10-13
3) Different than others
Exploration
1) 2nd step
2) "What do these feelings mean?
Acceptance
1) 3rd step
2) You've settled on an orientation
3) May come out
Integration
1) 4th step
2) Your identity
3) How you describe yourself
4) Talk about partner/future
Libido
A) Physiological and emotional energy associated with sex drive
B) It's a trait, doesn't change from person-to-person
Sex drive
Desire, urge, in the moment
Sexual attraction
Sex drive associated with a particular person
Outcomes of FWB relationships
61% friends
29% ended
10% romance
Relationship between fertility, age and physical appearance
A) Men prefer beauty over age
B) Beauty is linked to fertility
C) Fertility is linked to age
D) Age is linked to physical appearance
Rules for a FWB relationship
1) Emotional attachment
2) Communication
3) Sex
Ways that future determine sexual norms
1) Legal sex acts
2) Relatedness
3) Social role
4) Age
5) Race
6) Status
Kinsey Scale
it's a continuum:
0 - Exclusively heterosexual
1 - Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual
2 - Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual
3 - Equally heterosexual and homosexual
4 - Predominantly homosexual, but mor
Three ways people interpret virginity loss
1) Virginity as a gift
2) Virginity as a stigma
3) Virginity as a rite of passage
Virginity as a gift
1) Find a partner who appreciates it
2) Giving it away increases commitment
3) Safe sex and communication
4) Women think this way
Virginity as a stigma
1) Undesired
2) Less likely to tell first partner about lack of experience
3) Less likely to have sex
4) First time is unsatisfying
5) Men think this way
Virginity as a rite of passage
1) Transition from one social status to another (had a lot of pride and not embarrassed about virginity)
2) More knowledgable about sexuality and themselves
3) Safe sex
4) Men and women think this way
The 4 sexual generations
1) Generation of sexual restraint
2) Generation of sexual revolution
3) Gender equalization
4) Generation now: modern society
Generation of sexual restraint
1) Youth of the 30-50's
2) Sex talk isn't allowed
3) No touching or expression
4) No information exchange
Generation of sexual revolution
1) 50-70's
2) Limited information in books and magazines
3) Men exchanged stories
Generation of gender equalization
1) 70-90's
2) Ideas of generation sexual revolution realized and utilized
3) Free information exchange
4) Men and women exchange stories
Generation now: modern society
1) Our generation
2) Sex is out of body
3) Shift in experts
4) Sex is for fun
5) Leveling gender field
6) Liquid love
Intercultural communication
A) Two people from two cultures communicating
B) Someone from US and someone from Korea
Co-cultural communication
A) Two people from the same country but they inhabit different social groups
B) Two people from America, one Catholic and one Jewish
Micro-cultural communication
A) Smallest unit
B) Group of friends or family
Asexual
little/no interest in sex
Demisexual
A) Halfway between asexual and sexual
B) Need a strong emotional connection
Pansexual
Capable of attraction regardless of gender, open to anything
Reasons for flirting
1) Communicate interest
2) Exploring
3) Change intensity of relationship
4) Fun
5) Self esteem
6) Instrumental
Intersexual selection
Women choose
Intrasexual selection
Men fight
Non-physical characteristics that are related to attraction
1) Personality
2) Interpersonal warmth
3) Competency
4) Proximity
5) Similarity
6) Complementary
4 stages of coming out
1) Sensitization
2) Exploration
3) Acceptance
4) Integration
Sensitization
1) 1st step
2) 10-13
3) Different than others
Exploration
1) 2nd step
2) "What do these feelings mean?
Acceptance
1) 3rd step
2) You've settled on an orientation
3) May come out
Integration
1) 4th step
2) Your identity
3) How you describe yourself
4) Talk about partner/future
Libido
A) Physiological and emotional energy associated with sex drive
B) It's a trait, doesn't change from person-to-person
Sex drive
Desire, urge, in the moment
Sexual attraction
Sex drive associated with a particular person
Outcomes of FWB relationships
61% friends
29% ended
10% romance
Relationship between fertility, age and physical appearance
A) Men prefer beauty over age
B) Beauty is linked to fertility
C) Fertility is linked to age
D) Age is linked to physical appearance