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1.

The term "sexual behavior" is used several times in the works of Shakespeare

2.

Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia sexualis" was written entirely in Latin

3.

Alfred C. Kinsey proposed a new definition of "sexual behavior"

4.

Gender role behavior is learned after puberty

5.

The term "sexual motivation" refers to a person's ability to become sexually aroused and reach orgasm

6.

A person's sexual capacity, motivation, and performance remain the same from puberty to old age

7.

In most adult males, the sexual capacity gradually diminishses over time, especially after the age of 50

8.

John Gagnon and William Simon were biologists working at the Kinsey Institute

9.

Sexual scripts may vary from one society to another, but never within the same society

10.

The percentage of women and men living alone has increased in recent decades.

11.

In ancient Greece and Rome people believed that masturbation would lead to insanity

12.

Wilhelm Reich considered maturbation to be extremely dangerous to health

13.

A succubus is an evil spirit having intercourse with women in their sleep by lying on top of them

14.

Both women and men may have orgasms in their sleep

15.

Healthy adults never masturbate

16.

In older European and American legal codes, the term "sodomy" could refer to both oral and anal intercourse

17.

In older European and American legal codes, the term "sodomy" could refer to human sexual contact with animals

18.

It is impossible to transmit HIV through oral intercourse

19.

The PC muscle cannot be strengthened by exercise

20.

Couples using the "missionary position" during coitus may thereby increase the chance of pregnancy

21.

In the past, both heterosexual and homosexual couples could be and were convicted under European and American sodomy laws

22.

All European and American sodomy laws were abolished in the early 19th century

23.

The ancient Greek paiderastia was never considered an obstacle to marriage and fatherhood

24.

Inserting the whole hand into the rectum may lead to severe injuries and even death

25.

Licking the anus may lead to infections with serious intestinal diseases

26.

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur, a human monster with a bull's head, was born as a result of sexual intercourse between a woman and a bull

27.

Human sexual intercourse with animals is rare in modern industrialized countries.

28.

The English word "sex" appeared for the first time in an translation of the Bible.

29.

The Kinsey scale measures a person's sexual capacity

30.

A man's sexual performance may be greater than his sexual capacity.

31.

A woman's sexual performance may be greater than her sexual motivation.

32.

A man's sexual motivation may be greater than his sexual performance.

33.

A woman's sexual capacity may be greater than her sexual motivation.

34.

The Kinsey scale counts only orgasms

35.

In 18th century Europe, masturbation was recommende by doctors as a health measure

36.

Wilhelm von Humboldt was the first modern writer to offer a morally neutral classification of human sexual behavior

37.

Oral intercourse was unknown in ancient Greece

38.

Oral intercourse was unknown in pre-Columbian America

39.

Sexual self-stimulation is the most common sexual activity in humans.

40.

Alfred Kinsey found that there was less homosexual behavior in women than in men.

41.

Kinsey found that homosexuals could be clearly distinguished from heterosexuals

42.

Sigmund Freud called the first stage of human sexual development the "latency period"

43.

At the age of five, about half of all children have experienced orgasm

44.

Children under the age of 3 cannot experience orgasm

45.

Richard von Krafft-Ebing introduced the term "erotic fetishism".

46.

Alfred Binet proposed the abolition of laws against "sodomy"

47.

Auguste Forel coined the terms "sadism" and "masochism"

48.

John Money introduced the distinction between "sex" and "gender"

49.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau wanted children to receive the earliest possible sex education.

50.

Whipping oneself bloody has never been a religious practice in Christianity.

51.

The mutilation of female sex organs is a religious requirement in Islam

52.

Incest is illegal in all countries

53.

Most transvestites have a heterosexual orientation

54.

There was no prostitution in ancient China

55.

In Sweden, prostitution is illegal, but only the prostitutes are arrested, never their customers.

56.

In the Netherlands, prostitution is illegal, but only the prostitutes are arrested, never their customers

57.

Male adolescents run a greater risk of being raped than male adults.

58.

In official documents of the United Nations, a "child" is defined as "every human being below the age of sixteen years"

59.

Most sexual offenses against children are committed not by pedophiles, but by non-pedophilic men

60.

In the last few decades, the sexual abuse of children has increased in the USA.

61.

In ancient Egypt, some pharaohs practiced incest as a royal tradition

62.

The first organization for prostitutes' rights was founded in Vienna in 1905

63.

There is no female sex tourism

64.

Cleopatra was successively married to two of her brothers

65.

In Western countries, spousal rape has always been a crime

66.

The terms older term "transvestism" and and the younger term "transsexualism" mean the same thing

67.

Sigmund Freud's term for the "life instict" was "Oedipus complex"

68.

Sigmund Freud's term for the "death instict" was "Thanatos"

69.

A man's sexual motivation is defined as "what he can do sexually "

70.

A woman's sexual performance is defined as "what she wants to do sexually"

71.

A girl's sexual capacity is defined as "what she can do sexually"

72.

The term "hebephilia" means "sexual attraction to small children"

73.

Gonorrhea can be transmitted through oral intercourse

74.

The term "sexual minority" was already used by ancient Greek philosophers

75.

The term "swinging" refers to certain forms of sadomasochism

76.

The first homosexual rights movement was started in medieval Italy

77.

There are no transvestite organizations

78.

Harry Benjamin was the first to make an extensive study of transsexualism

79.

In Shakespeare's time, the role of "Juliet" in "Romeo and Juliet" was played by a boy

80.

In Shakespeare's time, the role of "Romeo" in "Romeo and Juliet" was played by an actress

81.

The term "paraphilia" was introduced by Friedrich S. Krauss

82.

 The "Scientific-Humanitarian Committee" was the first organization to demand the legalization of prostitution

83.

The first Lesbian organization was founded in San Francisco

84.

Not every pedophile has sexual contact with a child

85.

Not every adult who has sexual contact with a child is a pedophile

86.

The term "subincision" refers to the surgical removal of the clitors

87.

Females have often been infibulated in order to prevent them from masturbating

88.

Males have never been infibulated

89.

A "pharaonic circumcision" is a special form of male circumscision

90.

The traditional practice of mutilating female sex organs has been condemned by the World Medical Association

91.

There was no prostitution in medieval Christian Europe

92.

The period between puberty and adulthood has always lasted at least 10 years everywhere in the world

93.

World-wide, the average age of the first sexual intercourse is 15 years

94.

Males usually reach their highest sexual capacity before the age of 20

95.

World-wide, poor couples have many more children than rich couples

96.

The human sexual response becomes weaker with advancing age

97.

In the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychoiatric Association, (DSM IV) zoophilia is listed as a sexual disorder

98.

The term "autophilia" means a fetishistic attraction to automobiles

99.

Sadism expresses the desire to experience pain in a sexual encounter

100.

Chritine Jorgensen was a famous transvestite

101.

All transsexuals want sex reassignment surgery

102.

Iwan Bloch considered prostitution to be the most important and most rewarding subject for sexology

103.

The electronic revolution has created new forms of prostitution

104.

South Africa fully recognizes same-sex marriages

105.

France recognizes registered same-sex partnerships

106.

By age five, nearly half of all children have experienced orgasm

107.

Girls achieve their physical maturity earlier than boys.

108.

Today, people get married at a much earlier age than 500 years ago

109.

World-wide, boys now reach puberty at a later age than 100 years ago

110.

In the developed countries, girls now have their first menstruation between the ages of 8 and 12