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Sexuality

1
According to Kinsey – and studies which have followed him – what percentage of men are exclusively drawn to the same sex throughout their adult lives?

1          0.5%
2          2%
3          4%
4          10%

2
And according to Kinsey, how many men had engaged in sexual activity with other men at some point in their adult lives?

1          4%
2          18%
3          37%
4          52%

3
Nature or nurture? The debate will rumble on. Which of the following is a physical difference that has been found between heterosexual and homosexual men?

1          Gay men tend to be shorter in relation to their weight
2          Gay men have smaller penises but larger testes
3          A part of the hypothalamus (in the brain) is larger in gay men
4          A higher percentage of gay men are left-handed

4
So far as we know, why did Queen Victoria refuse to criminalise homosexual sex between women?

1          She liked a bit herself
2          She refused to believe it were possible
3          She felt it was not a social problem
4          She didn’t refuse – she wasn’t asked

5
If a man is gay and has an identical twin, what are the chances that that twin too will be gay?

1          The same as with other men: 4%
2          One in four
3          50 – 50
4          100%

6
 Transvestites have a fetish which can vary in its intensity from a desire to a compulsion. A loving partner will understand this and not find it threatening as the person concerned will not wish to change their gender or sex life in their (usually male) role. Is this?

1          Someone who dresses in S & M gear
2          Someone who at times dresses in the clothes of the opposite sex
3          Someone uncomfortable wearing any kind of clothes
4          Someone who likes wearing nappies

7
 Transexuals have a fundamental concern about the sex role they have been assigned and brought up in. Which of these describes them best?

1          They actively wish to change into the opposite sex by surgery
2          They want sex with both sexes
3          They want to have sex exclusively with animals
4          They only want sex with themselves

8
Gay or straight and everything in between is now – thank goodness – accepted. But in less enlightened eras aversion therapy (electric shocks or nausea inducing drugs) was offered by the health services as a ‘cure’ for homosexuality. When was this useless and often harmful ‘therapy’ withdrawn?

1          The nineteenth century
2          In the 1940s
3          In the 1980s
4          It’s still used

9
It is thought that exposure to testosterone plays a significant role is determining whether a male will be gay or straight. When is the crucial time of exposure?

1          When the sperm meets the egg
2          When the child is in the womb
3          When the child is christened
4          When the child starts puberty

10
The term ‘homosexuality’ was coined in the 19th century. ‘Lesbian’ came later. Why did lesbians come to acquire this name?

1          It was a corruption of the French for ‘the well’
2          It was an anagram of Lisa Ben, a famous 1920s lesbian hostess
3          It was the name of ‘bawdy house’ where women would meet
4          Lesbians are named after Lesbos, where the lesbian poet Sappho lived

 

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