Chapter 11 Sexual Orientation

Question 1

Historical perspectives

Answer 1

Stonewall riot of 1969- true beginning of the gay rights movement

Kinsey studies and books

Question 2

Civil union

Answer 2

Legal contract between two members of the same sex

Same-sex marriage

Question 3

Aids stigma

Answer 3

Prejudice and discrimination against nonheterosexual individuals

Based on the false belief that gay individuals are solely to blame for the aids epidemic

Question 4

Psychological defense mechanism

Answer 4

A psychological distortion of reality serving to defend against personally unacceptable thoughts or urges

Question 5

Reaction formation

Answer 5

A type of defense mechanism in which a person engages in exaggerated behaviors in the opposite direction of internal urges felt to be unacceptable or intolerable