Exam 3: Gendered Identities and Families

Statistics on women in politics highlight that women - who make up over 50 percent of the U.S. population - are in high government positions.

Warmth, sensitivity, tenderness, and placing concern about others' welfare above self-interest can be classified as __________ character traits.

Compare and contrast social learning theory, self-identification theory, and gender-schema theory of gender as explanations for how cultural ideas about gender get incorporated into adult personality and behavior.

Today, women compose percent of Congress.

The text observes that children imitate models for behavior and are rewarded by parents and others for whatever is perceived as sex-appropriate behavior. This reflects which theory of socialization?

Parents, teachers, and pediatricians wrestle with issues of and how much children should be able to define themselves if they are like the "other" gender.

The concept refers to the degree to which we see ourselves as feminine, masculine, transsexual--or perhaps even nongender and having no gender at all.

The of men's and women's roles reflects a dramatic change since the gender roles of 1950s and before.

The National Organization of Women (NOW) was founded in 1966, and a similar Latina organization was established in 1974. What is the name of this grassroots community?

The process by which society influences members to internalize attitudes and expectations is called .

are families in which one or more family members is or are transgendered.

Which is the correct term for a person who has been born with ambiguous genital anatomy?

Institutions in virtually every society have been characterized by patriarchy and masculine dominance.

In Kimmel's typology of camps within the men's movement, which group supports feminists in their opposition to patriarchy?

Which term is used by the text to describe societal attitudes and behaviors associated with an individual's anatomical sex assigned at birth?

The importance of the male provider role is a powerful theme in .

character traits are also called instrumental character traits.

Many contemporary biologists have relinquished biologically deterministic models in their thinking about gender and family.

Which of the following appears to be attributable to following traditional gender expectations?

Contemporary sexism denies that gender discrimination persists and includes the belief that women