2. What influences our Attitudes
Toward Sex?
Culture
The Mass Media
TV (16 and Pregnant, Bachelor)
Music (Lady Gaga & Kesha vs. Marvin Gaye & Al Green)
Print (Playboy vs. Cosmo)
Parents
Peers
Past Relationships
3. Three General Orientations
toward Sex
Procreational: sex is for making babies
Recreational: sex is for fun
Relational: sex is an expression of intimacy
What orientation is most accepted in the US?
4. Changing Attitudes about Sex
How have attitudes toward sex changed over the
years?
Why do you think this is?
Is this good or bad?
8. The Talk
When is the best time?
Are there consequences for starting the talks
too young?
What should be said?
Why is there a debate on what schools
should teach our children about sex?
9.
10. Sexual Invitations and Coercion
Why do men typically initiate sex in early
relationships?
What is date rape?
The rape paradox~
If you come out Victimized
If you stay quiet Silenced
Both cases, Power is removed…
What do you think are some of the causes
of date rape?
12. Sexual Harassment
One out of every two working women is
sexually harassed at some time.
Women sometimes see behavior as more
sexually harassing than men do.
Various verbal and nonverbal behaviors
can be interpreted as harassing, including:
comments about a person’s body, dating
relationships, or sexual activity
touch, especially to vulnerable or intimate body
parts
13. Responses to Sexual Harassment
Passive: indirect strategies, such as
ignoring the harassment or appeasing the
harasser
Assertive: directly telling the harasser to
stop the behavior; issuing warnings or
threats
Retalitory: punishing or getting revenge
on the harasser
14. Based on what you learned in this chapter,
what strategies would you use to protect
yourself from sexual coercion or
harassment?
Why do you think people misinterpret
supposed sexual cues so often?