Cultural Anthropology Chapter 9

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Sexuality:

Back 1

1)the complex range of desires, beliefs, and behaviours that are related to erotic physical contact, intimacy and pleasure.

2) the cultural arena within which people debate ideas about what kinds of physical desires and behaviours are morally right, appropriate, and natural and use those ideas to create unequal access to status, power, privileges, and resources.

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Heterosexuality:

Back 2

attraction to and sexual relations between individuals of the opposite sex

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Homosexuality:

Back 3

attraction to and sexual relations between individuals of the same sex

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Bisexuality:

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attraction to and sexual relations with members of both sexes

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Asexuality:

Back 5

a lack of erotic attraction to others

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Sexual violence:

Back 6

violence perpetuated through sexually related physical assaults such as rape.