Exam 13: Sex and Gender

How is the relative contribution of work by gender related to subsistence strategies? Explain the connection between the two,and then describe what is happening with gender division of labor as societies shift to industrial and post-industrial economies.

How do household chores relate to changes in subsistence strategies?

Which of these groups is known for a relatively high status of women?

Cross-cultural studies show that which of the following factors is related to higher status for women in many areas of life?

To whom does the term transgender apply?

Crafts such as making baskets,mats,and pottery are __________.

Why do men dominate the political sphere of life across all societies?

The idea that women are kept out of warfare because their potential fertility is more important to the group than their potential as warriors is consistent with the __________ theory.

In societies where women earn wages,__________.

Which of the following is an example of sexual dimorphism?

As a result of Europeans restructuring landownership and economic relations,colonial influence in various parts of the world seems to have generally __________.

Evaluate the four theories put forth in the text explaining the cross-cultural gender division in labor. Which of these theories do you feel has the strongest position? Explain your answer.

In a study of the Kayapo,which women were found to have less influence in community decision-making?

Egalitarian societies have no social groups with unequal access to power,prestige,or resources,__________.

What did Patricia Draper find among the women of settled !Kung groups?

Because the Navajo recognize four distinct genders,they consider homosexual sex to be __________.

Cross-cultural studies of how societies regulate sexual behavior have shown that extramarital sex is __________.

One sex difference that appears very early in American children,as well as in children in all societies for which systematic data is available,is greater __________.

Cross-cultural research shows that,universally,__________.

A gender role involves __________.