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  Sexual scripts teach the appropriate sexual and romantic behavior for each gender

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Sexual scripts teach the appropriate sexual and romantic behavior for each gender. The genders are socialized into their sexual scripts, and scripts are based on shared cultural ideas and gender norms. Imagine that you are a sex educator. That makes you a socialization agent working within the social institution of education
Your job is to develop new sex education modules for 16-18 year olds. You must make decisions about the messages in your content.
Members of the opposite or same sex
A person should date only a consenting member of the opposite sex.
As long as both parties are consenting and age-appropriate, a person can date a member of the same or opposite sex.
Traditionally, in American society, sexual scripts have dictated that people should desire only members of the opposite sex. The traditional sexual script says that the appropriate partner for dating, sexual activity, and/or marriage is a member of the opposite sex. Historically, desire for a same-sex partner was taboo and, at times, even criminal.
Sexual scripts have shifted dramatically, in some respects, in recent decades. Today, same-sex desire is much more accepted, and in 2015 same-sex marriage became legal in all U.S. states
Brad and Kate have been dating for a while. It's going well. They both really like each other, and both feel ready for sex.
Either Kate or Brad
Kate should wait for Brad to take the lead with sex.
Either person can initiate sex but should proceed only with the other's consent.
Traditionally, in American society, sexual scripts have dictated that men not only initiate dates but also be the initiators of sexual activity. Like many other aspects of gender and sexuality, this expectation has shifted somewhat in recent decades. However, it has been slow to change.
The normative cultural expectation is still that men will initiate sex, though it has become somewhat more acceptable for women to initiate sex, particularly in the context of a committed relationship.
Still, women are more likely than men to be shamed or to risk repetitional damage for initiating sex, particularly outside the context of a commit
Kate and Brad mutually agree to begin a regular sexual relationship.
Shared responsibility
Kate is responsible for preventing her own pregnancy.
Participants in sex should be equally responsible for preventing pregnancy and/or the transmission of sexual infections.
That's an egalitarian choice
Traditionally, in American society, sexual scripts have dictated that people should date, marry, and have sex only with the opposite sex. Additionally, men should initiate sex. However, the traditional expectation is that women should be entirely responsible for preventing pregnancy.
 in recent years, both men and women have increasingly taken responsibility for preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
Among 15-19 year olds, 68% of females and 80% of males report having used a condom, the most common contraceptive method used during first intercourse, the first time they had sex.
Women should be extra careful not to sleep with too many men. Men can get away with a few more partners.
That's a traditional choice
Traditional sexual scripts in U.S. society have rewarded men who have high numbers of sexual partners. Heterosexual men with a number of sexual partners are sometimes admired for their perceived sexual prowess. A sexual double standard has characterized women with high numbers of sexual partners as "sluts" who are shamed for their promiscuity.
Compared to only 10.6% of women, 21.8% of American men claim to have had 15 or more opposite-sex sexual partners in their lifetimes.
The state government has entirely defunded sexual education unless it is abstinence-based. Your program has been defunded
In the U.S., politics have influenced sex education in recent decades.
In some states, sex education that addresses sexual activity or birth control has been banned from receiving state funding.



-You made decisions regarding societal norms related to sexual desire, initiation, responsibility, and frequency of partnering. Did your choices (sexual scripts) lean more toward traditional or egalitarian beliefs and practices? What are three possible ways in which gender socialization affected your sexual scripts?
-do you think sexuality is strictly a private matter? How might politics and legislation affect the sexual practices of citizens, as well as the development of sexual scripts? Explain your reasoning.
-Sexual scripts are based on cultural ideas and gender norms. How have societal norms on birth control, sexual identity, and feminism changed over the past 20 years? Do you think these changes have had an effect on sexual scripts? Explain your reasoning.

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