Exam 10: Gender Stratification

If you could end violence against women in one setting, which of the following would reduce this type of violence the most?

Women have served in the U.S. armed forces

Feminists support all but one of the following. Which is NOT a goal of feminism?

In athletics, the performance gap between males and females is increasing.

In her famous study, Margaret Mead compared gender patterns in eight African societies.

In the United States in 2008, women in the labor force working full time earned_______ of the income earned by men working full time.

Which of the following job categories has mostly women as workers?

Young men show greater_______ ability than young women; young women show greater _______ability than young men.

Sexual harassment is an important social issue because

In the United States today, women working for income is the rule rather than the exception.

Structural-functional analysis points out that industrialization encourages

Which factor accounts for the largest share of difference in the earnings of working women and men in the United States?

Which of the following factors has been a cause of the rising share of women in the U.S. paid labor force during the last century?

In the U.S. work force,

While playing in peer groups, girls tend to avoid the "win-lose" games favored by boys.

Which of the following concepts refers to an invisible, yet real, barrier that prevents many women from rising beyond middle-management positions?

Intersection theory focuses on

Pornography dehumanizes women as the sexual play things of men.

Which type of feminism accepts the basic organization of U.S. society, but seeks to expand the rights and opportunities of women?

In just 20 percent of campus rape cases, the victim knew the offender.