Exam 11: Sex,gender,and Sexuality

An example of______________directed against men is the assumption that men should not be employed in certain female-dominated occupations,such as nurse or elementary school teacher.

Consider the following argument: "Women's roles as nurturers and caregivers are even more pronounced in contemporary industrialized societies;this division of family labor ensures that important societal tasks will be fulfilled and it also provides for family members." This reflects the:

According to the text,conflict and feminist perspectives:

A chromosomally normal (XY)male was born with a penis just one centimeter long and a urinary opening similar to that of a female.This individual would be referred to as a(n):

______________ is the belief that wages ought to reflect the worth of a job,not the gender or race of the worker.

Sex refers to the culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in the meanings,beliefs,and practices associated with "femininity" and "masculinity."

What keeps the LGBT community from being completely forthcoming in surveys about sexual identity?

A male who lives as a woman,or a female who lives as a man but does not alter the genitalia,is referred to as a:

According to the text's discussion of peers and gender socialization:

In discussing sports and gender socialization,the text points out that:

From kindergarten through college,schools operate as a______________.

Researchers consistently find that teachers:

Approximately______________of all United States adult women are in the labor force.

Virtually everything social in our lives is gendered: people continually distinguish between males and females and evaluate them differently.Gender is an integral part of the daily experience of both women and men.

According to the human capital model,women as a category earn less money than men because:

Define sex and differentiate between primary sex characteristics and secondary sex characteristics for both males and females.

Researchers consistently find that teachers:

It is estimated that children spend approximately______________of their waking hours watching television.

In______________,race,class,and gender are forces that simultaneously oppress African American women.

In 2010,the vast majority of all secretaries in the United States were women and the vast majority of all engineers were men.This is an example of: