SOC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Iranian Revolution, Penicillin, Orgasm

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 100
• Professor: holtzman

Document Summary

Heterosexual: sexual attraction between people of the opposite sex. Bisexual: sexual attraction toward both males and females. Asexual: lack of interest in sex (not same thing as lack of interest in romantic partnerships) 98% of women and 97% of men have had vaginal intercourse at least once in their life. 12% of women and 6% of men have had some kind of same sex sexual contact in their life. Rates of bisexuality are estimated at between 3-5% and rates of asexuality at 1% Reproduction relies on opposite sex sexual encounters. Compulsory heterosexuality: societal expectation that heterosexual attraction is normal and best. Orgasm gap: women orgasm signi cantly less than men (especially college aged women) 1st time hook up = women orgasm 30% of the time. 2nd time hook up = women orgasm 50% of the time. Committed relationship = women orgasm 80% of the time. Men report not caring in hook-up situations.