Exam 3: Gender Identities and Families

The observation that, on school playgrounds, "boys chase the girls" is an illustration of  __________.

In Kimmel's typology of camps within the men's movement, which group emerged in the 1990s and tends not to focus on patriarchy as problematic?

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

Boys and girls tend to play separately and differently.

Research indicates that racial/ethnic differences in role expectations and behaviors, particularly for males, are actually not as strong as either stereotypes or sociohistorical perspectives have suggested.

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.

A relative absence of assertiveness and ambition characterizes our expectations of women, who are thought to embody __________ character traits.

Women now surpass men in the proportion of the total population that are college graduates .

On the societal level, __________ is the assignment to men of greater control and influence over society's institutions.

Modern men may be torn between egalitarian principles and the advantages of male privilege.

A practice among schoolmates involves _______, in which many cross-sexual interaction rituals are based on and reaffirm boundaries and differences between girls and boys.

Chicano/Chicana (Mexican American)activism gave __________ a central place as a distinctive cultural value.

Traditional gender roles cause both men and women

A highly masculine male who paints his fingernails pink is BEST described as an example of

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

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?

A feminine expectation that has emerged over the past thirty years is that of the "__________ woman," who is independent, ambitious, and self-confident.

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

Today, women compose __________ percent of Congress.

Somewhere between 1 and 4 percent of live births are intersexual .