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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the authors suggest as a way of overcoming jealousy?
2. What example of role-play is given in the book to illustrate the concept of boundaries?
3. As mentioned in the book, people practicing alternative methods of having families can still protect loved ones through alternative legal methods to what is normally handled by what type of law?
4. Which of the following is NOT an example of outercourse from the book?
5. What topic does the chapter on "Ancestors and Antecedents" conclude with?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the book, what are ways that promiscuous people are oppressed?
2. How do the authors interpret the concept of the 'slut'?
3. How do the authors redefine specific terms beyond their general usage?
4. How do the authors address conflict and resolution in regard to relationships?
5. How do the authors feel that women are judged in regard to sexual adventurousness (especially in comparison to men)?
6. What are some of the factors the authors mention which can contribute to how easily a person might get jealous?
7. How do the authors advocate the use of the legal system to protect their families?
8. How does the example of the 'little girl and Daddy' role-play illustrate the concept of boundaries?
9. What is the essential viewpoint of the book and the authors on sexuality and sexual behavior?
10. What oppression do the authors recognize in the section on 'Judging Ourselves' and what resolution do they suggest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the state of public sex in foreign and American culture, using examples from the text, and then discuss how televised sex reflects these cultural views.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the different legal methods mentioned in the book that are available to protect loved ones of people who practice alternative methods of having families, and examine how these methods compare with 'traditional' legal coverage.
Essay Topic 3
For the lesbian authors, their cultural view is limited to late 20th century America, where public sex is not the norm. Explain whether culture or society has changed since the authors wrote the book, based on the examples found within the publication.
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