Chapter Nine

CHAPTER NINE

1. Answer: d. A lesbian describes a female who is attracted to other females exclusively. This applies to their sexual attraction to another. 2. Answer: a. A pansexual person is attracted to any other person, regardless of their actual gender. They do not generally see gender in their attraction to another person. 3. Answer: d. It should be clear that gender identity and things like sexual identity and biological sexual assignment are not completely the same.

Gender identity refers to the identification with one’s genitals, while sexual identity is more all-encompassing and can be related to sexual orientation as well. 4. Answer: b. Sexual fluidity involves being attracted to more than one gender at different times and in different circumstances. Sexual fluidity is more common in women rather than men because women are naturally more fluid about their sexual orientation. 5. Answer: a. MSM stands for “men who have sex with men” and refers basically to the sexual behaviors of a male person rather than to actual sexual attraction. 6. Answer: d. In most Muslim countries of the Middle East, homosexuality is denied or criminalized but in Israel, it is often tolerated, accepted, and even celebrated. 7. Answer: b. Docking is a non-penetrative form of sex in which a man inserts his penis into the foreskin of another man. 8. Answer: c. About fifty-five percent of new HIV cases happen directly as a result of MSM behavior. 9. Answer: a. Women in a lesbian encounter are more likely to have an orgasm in their encounter than they do in a heterosexual encounter. 10. Answer: b. Oral sex is the most common lesbian sexual practice, although they will report any of the other sexual practices to a variable degree.

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