Notes for Exam Review - Family Relationship Life Development | FAD 2230, Study notes of Introduction to Sociology

Download Notes for Exam Review - Family Relationship Life Development | FAD 2230 and more Study notes Introduction to Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! FAD2230 January 27, 2012 o The Downside to Relationships and Love o Jealousy  It can be rational or irrational  If irrational, can come about from our own insecurities  Men are more likely to deny their jealous feelings, while women are more likely to acknowledge them  Men are more jealous physically; women are more jealous emotionally o Controlling Behavior  Stalking: Conduct direct at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to be fearful  Cyberstalking ( or electronic monitoring): Stalking contact using electronic technology  Becoming more common because of Facebook and is much easier to find someone  All 50 states criminalize stalking; 3.4 million are stalked each year with no decline o Making unwanted photos, sending unsolicited emails or letters, spying on someone, waiting for victim Chapter 5 Sexual Identity, Behavior, and relationships o Our Sexual Selves: Biology and Culture Intertwined o Sex and Gender  Intersexed: Those born with genitalia that do not clearly identify them as ambiguously male or female  1-2/1000  Refers to someone’s BIOLOGY  Transgender: When a person feels as comfortable, if not more so, in expressing gendered traits that are associated with the other sex  Refers to someone’s IDENTITY  Transsexual: An individual who undergoes sex reassignment surgery and hormone treatments  Just because you wear the opposite sex’s clothes doesn’t mean you are transsexual. It REQUIRES surgery to be in the category!  Big process that includes at least a year of counseling and living like the other gender before surgery  100-500/year o Sexual Orientation  Sexual Orientation: The sexual and romantic pattern of partners of choice (IDENTITY)