Exam 8: Sexuality and Gender

Which of the following is consistent with a person's sex?

Which of the following would help the most in bridging the gender gap in earnings?

Which of the following is associated with biologically, psychologically, and socially identifying with a particular sex?

According to the research on gender socialization, which of the following may inspire Dustin to avoid playing with the Easy-Bake Oven at preschool?

Although Dr. John Money claimed that the sexual reassignment of baby Bruce was successful, in reality it wasn't. According to the textbook, which of the following was one reason for the lack of success?

When Bill Gates said, "Well, let's hire two women because we can pay them half as much as we will have to pay a man, and we can give them all this other 'crap' work to do because they are women," what was he engaging in?

Identify the main policy changes required to propel gender equality in Canada.

Which of the following contributes to the gender gap in earnings?

Distinguish sex and gender by defining each term.

Heather has recently been hired to teach two courses at a community college. The position is only for the semester, but she hopes to be hired on a permanent basis. The chair of her department, the man who hired her, frequently makes jokes about how attractive she is, and about how inappropriate it would be for him to ask her out on a date. What is the name given to this kind of unwanted behaviour?

Describe each wave of the women's movement. Identify the specific goals that dominated each wave.

Although she is only ten, Melinda is a highly skilled lacrosse player. The only kids who play lacrosse in her neighbourhood are boys. When she asks to play, what is likely to be the outcome, based on Barrie Thorne's research?

Which of the following is a consequence of parents encouraging girls to play in cooperative role-playing games while discouraging them from engaging in boisterous and competitive play?

Research the group Equal Voice (http://www.equalvoice.ca/mission.cfm). What are their goals? Analyze their mission from the point of view of radical feminism.

In single-sex schools, girls tend to experience faster cognitive development, higher occupational aspirations and achievements, and greater self-esteem and self-confidence.

Identify the gender socialization implicit in how infants are treated.

Distinguish gender from gender identity.

Which Canadian province was the first to implement plans for pay equity in the public sector?

Which of the following has, in part, triggered the desire in North American society to lose weight?

Ross has always believed that she was really a female locked inside a male's body. She has finally saved up the money to pay for sex reassignment surgery and estrogen shots, and is looking forward to living life as Rose. Which of the following terms is used to refer to Ross/Rose and others like her?