Title: DB - Sexual Stereotypes
Course: SOC 130 RTZ > Section: Week 5

Sexual Stereotypes -

Part Two: Please read these points and discuss each by posting your responses under each myth listed.

Myth One: Men have a higher sex drive than women. Women are often inspired to have sex out of a sense of love, but rarely desire.

Myth Two: Men are responsible for initiating sex. If a woman initiates sex, there might be something wrong with her.

Myth Three: If a man doesn’t know how to please a woman in bed, he’s not much of a man. There is nothing wrong with—in fact, there’s something good about—a woman who is inexperienced in bed.

Myth Four: It is the woman’s responsibility to halt sexual interaction when it goes too far. There is something not right about a man who stops before she makes him.

Myth Five: Women are usually emotional about sex. Men are rarely emotional about sex.

Myth Six: Women want to be convinced to have sex, so men shouldn’t give up right away.

- How do women who believe in the myth that they have little sex drive handle their sexual feelings?
- How do men feel when they are expected to be supersexual all the time? Is it okay for them not to feel aroused?
- If men are always supposed to initiate sex, what type of pressure does this put on a man? Does the belief that women should not initiate sex restrict the ability of women to get what they want?
- How do same-sex couples deal with this stereotype? Does the stereotype of women as limiting sexual interaction negatively affect their experience? How? Do homosexual couples avoid this stereotype?

Part Two: Personalize this - how do you feel about these stereotypes? Can you see them affecting your own relationships? Keep an eye out for them when you are outside of class and see how many of them you can observe in action.