| Study Questions
Number 11 Kilmartin Chapter 5 continued (116-130) Jordan Chapter 6. Mr. Hollowell (126-143) |
Student
Name _____________________ Date: 2-28-08 Psychology of Men 270 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
| 1. | Explain how cultures vary in their attitudes toward non-heterosexual behavior (K 116-117) | ||
| 2. | What rights and privileges available to married heterosexual people are not available to couples of the same sex? (K 117) | ||
| 3. | Explain what is meant to say that antigay sentiments are centered in antifeminine ones. (K 117) | ||
| 4. | Describe gay identity. What does it include? (K 118) | ||
| 5. | Describe Fassinger's stage model of lesbian/gay identity development. (K 118-119) | ||
| 6. | Describe "coming out." (K119) | ||
| 7. | Describe the "Stonewall Riot." What were the consequences of the Stonewall Riot? (K 119) | ||
| 8. | What are the recent trends in cultural identity for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people? (K 119) | ||
| 9. | Herdt (1991) describes the differing experiences of four age cohorts of gay men in the United States. Describe the experience of each. (120-121) | ||
| 10. | Aronson (2004) suggests one of the psychological processes that accounts for scapegoating gays for their risk of AIDS. Describe that theory and how it accounts for this scapegoating. (K 121) | ||
| 11. | Define homophobia. In what ways does homophobia manifest itself? (K 122-123) | ||
| 12. | Why would men go to great lengths do deny even the slightest possibility of homosexual feeling and thought? Explain. (K 123-124) | ||
| 13. | What are the consequences for men of homophobia? Explain. (K 124) | ||
| 14. | What are the consequences for men of homophobia that serves as a defense against homoerotic feelings? Explain. (K 124-125) | ||
| 15. | What is a common misunderstanding about adult developmental change? When a crisis does occur it is triggered by what? (K 126-127) | ||
| 16. | Contradictory findings (O'Rand, 1987) about age-related shifts in gendered behavior may best understood as what? Explain. (128-129) | ||
| 17. | Why does Kilmartin refer to "macho old men" as developmentally unsuccessful? Explain. (129) | ||
| 18. | Many older men adjust well to changes in gender identity. How do they do that? (129) | ||
| 19. | How did the opportunity to work for Mr. Hollowell come about? Explain. (J 127) | ||