Read Chapter 9 and response to the following questions:

Chapter 9

– A friend of yours argues that it is important to respect traditional marriage. Consider her claim. What do you think she means by traditional marriage? Do you agree that its possible to define this term? Why or why not? Make sure to provide supporting evidence for your claims.
– What is sex for? Over the course of American history, people have had different ideas about the purpose of sex. Using American Indians, the Puritans and Victorians, young people of the 1920s and the 1950s, and Americans today, trace the shifting ideas about the purpose of sex and the cultural and institutional changes that led to those shifts.