Question 1

What does the term 'everyday sexism' describe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Public outrage related to men's behaviour 
B)  Public acceptance of harassment and violence against women 
C)  Cultural beliefs that naturalise and idealise gender binaries of female passivity and male domination 
D)  Sexual harassment and assault by men in powerful positions exposed by the #MeToo movement 
A)  Public outrage related to men's behaviour 
B)  Public acceptance of harassment and violence against women 
C)  Cultural beliefs that naturalise and idealise gender binaries of female passivity and male domination 
D)  Sexual harassment and assault by men in powerful positions exposed by the #MeToo movement C

Question 2

Which statement best represents a definition of the concept of 'performativity'?

Accepted Answer

A)  The way gender is performed and produced through everyday actions 
B)  The performance of masculinity and femininity 
C)  Refers to sexual orientation, desire and sexual practice 
D)  The act of heterosexual dominance of one gender over another 
A)  The way gender is performed and produced through everyday actions 
B)  The performance of masculinity and femininity 
C)  Refers to sexual orientation, desire and sexual practice 
D)  The act of heterosexual dominance of one gender over another A

Question 3

Gendered inequalities are particularly evident in Australia's full-time wage gap. According to 2017 data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, what is the gap?

Accepted Answer

A)  20 per cent higher wages for men 
B)  15 per cent lower wages for women 
C)  10 per cent difference between men's and women's wages 
D)  10 per cent lower wages for women 
A)  20 per cent higher wages for men 
B)  15 per cent lower wages for women 
C)  10 per cent difference between men's and women's wages 
D)  10 per cent lower wages for women B

Question 4

Which statement best represents the themes of second-wave feminism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women's right to vote 
B)  The construction of femininity, the role of women and gender inequality 
C)  Gender pay gaps 
D)  Domestic violence, body image, and romanticisation of femininity 
A)  Women's right to vote 
B)  The construction of femininity, the role of women and gender inequality 
C)  Gender pay gaps 
D)  Domestic violence, body image, and romanticisation of femininity

Question 5

Which of the following terms refers to the way that institutional structures and individual identities intersect to produce the social arrangements that mean one gender can dominate another, politically, socially, and economically?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sexism 
B)  Gender order 
C)  Hegemonic masculinity 
D)  Gender socialisation 
A)  Sexism 
B)  Gender order 
C)  Hegemonic masculinity 
D)  Gender socialisation

Question 6

Which of the following is a definition of the 'patriarchal dividend'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Male domination of women in society 
B)  The dominance of heterosexist cultural norms that privilege male behaviour 
C)  The economic and social advantages men gain over women 
D)  The institutional structures that produce gender inequality 
A)  Male domination of women in society 
B)  The dominance of heterosexist cultural norms that privilege male behaviour 
C)  The economic and social advantages men gain over women 
D)  The institutional structures that produce gender inequality

Question 7

Which statement best describes the term 'nonbinary'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gender identities that are not exclusively feminine or masculine 
B)  Sex is biological and gender is socially constructed 
C)  Describes how gender conforms to your sex 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Gender identities that are not exclusively feminine or masculine 
B)  Sex is biological and gender is socially constructed 
C)  Describes how gender conforms to your sex 
D)  None of the above

Question 8

What are some of the aspects of hegemonic masculinity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whiteness 
B)  Heterosexuality 
C)  Rationality and independence 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Whiteness 
B)  Heterosexuality 
C)  Rationality and independence 
D)  All of the above

Question 9

Why is the body's role in the dynamics of inequality significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It demonstrates that men are stronger than women 
B)  It identifies race and class differences 
C)  Women's reproductive capacity has been used to justify social inequalities 
D)  It 'explains' social organisation, inequality and human behaviour 
A)  It demonstrates that men are stronger than women 
B)  It identifies race and class differences 
C)  Women's reproductive capacity has been used to justify social inequalities 
D)  It 'explains' social organisation, inequality and human behaviour

What does the term 'everyday sexism' describe?

Which statement best represents a definition of the concept of 'performativity'?

Gendered inequalities are particularly evident in Australia's full-time wage gap. According to 2017 data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, what is the gap?

Which statement best represents the themes of second-wave feminism?

Which of the following terms refers to the way that institutional structures and individual identities intersect to produce the social arrangements that mean one gender can dominate another, politically, socially, and economically?

Which of the following is a definition of the 'patriarchal dividend'?

Which statement best describes the term 'nonbinary'?

What are some of the aspects of hegemonic masculinity?

Why is the body's role in the dynamics of inequality significant?

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Exam 12: Gender and Sexualities

What does the term 'everyday sexism' describe?

Which statement best represents a definition of the concept of 'performativity'?

Gendered inequalities are particularly evident in Australia's full-time wage gap. According to 2017 data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, what is the gap?

Which statement best represents the themes of second-wave feminism?

Which of the following terms refers to the way that institutional structures and individual identities intersect to produce the social arrangements that mean one gender can dominate another, politically, socially, and economically?

Which of the following is a definition of the 'patriarchal dividend'?

Which statement best describes the term 'nonbinary'?

What are some of the aspects of hegemonic masculinity?

Why is the body's role in the dynamics of inequality significant?

The Sociological Gaze: Linking Private Lives to Public Issues

Sociological Foundations: Early Theorists and Theories

Contemporary Sociological Theorists and Theories

Sociological Investigations: Doing Social Research

How We Become Who and What We Are: Socialisation and the New Genetics

Youth Transitions and Youth Culture

Families and Intimate Relationships

Consumption and Lifestyles

Sporting Life

A Sociology of Licit and Illicit Drugs

Class and Inequality in Australia

Ethnicity and Belonging

Race and Reconciliation in Australia

Religion and Spirituality in Contemporary Australia

Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

The Social Determinants of Health and Illness

Globalisation, Power, and Social Movements

Global Risk and the Surveillance State: A Sociology of New Terrorism

Working 247: The New Work Ethic

Digital Sociology

Media and Popular Culture

Educating Society: Sociological Debates and Dilemmas

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