Exam 8: Sexuality and Gender

Sexual minorities provided the social and political energy needed to legitimize sexual diversity among an increasingly large section of the public. Which of the following did they do to accomplish this?

Jane has worked as a junior manager for 15 years, always with the idea of being promoted to senior manager. She has watched several men younger than her get promoted over the years, despite her performance evaluations always being superior. What is Jane likely experiencing?

Barbie (the doll) socializes girls about gender. Her essential message to girls is that an ideal woman is defined by her wealth, independence, and success.

Social constructionism is the view that apparently natural or innate features of life, such as gender, are actually sustained by social processes that vary historically and culturally.

According to the textbook, which of the following does recent survey research show that most parents are likely to identify their girls as?

Jamal and Ellen have twin nine-year-olds, Natasha and Karl. Every winter Jamal makes a big rink in their backyard so that the local kids can skate and play hockey. Natasha loves hockey every bit as much as Karl does, and plays with all the local children, who happen to be boys. What did Barrie Thorne call this kind of play?

Research shows that babies first develop a vague sense of being a boy or a girl at approximately what age?

Social scientists have adopted the term essentialism for the social patterns and behaviours that enforce heterosexuality.

Brittany is a seven-year-old girl. If she has been socialized appropriately according to cultural messages, which of the following toys will she select when she goes to after-school care?

According to the textbook, which of the following arguments helped lead feminists to discount capitalism as the sole root of male domination?

What is the main lesson the textbook draws from the story of baby Bruce/Brenda/David?

Radical feminists advocate which of the following?

Describe Canada's place on the GEM scale numerically and where it ranks relative to other nations.

What percentage of Canadian children under the age of seven years are in regulated child care?

What was one of the most significant achievements of the "first wave" of the women's movement?

If Timothy thinks of himself as a boy, which of the following has he formed?

TV programs and ads typically portray women and men in conventional gender roles.

Which of the following groups believes that apparently natural or innate features of life, such as gender, are actually sustained by social processes that vary historically and culturally?

Samir's professor invited her colleague Leslie to give a guest lecture to their sociology of sexuality class. Leslie was invited to present their recent research undertaken to support the claim that stable sexual identities do not accurately describe the sexual experiences of humans. Instead, these identities are the result of labels being imposed on people by society. Which of the following theoretical perspectives is Leslie working in?

Which of the following involves boys playing stereotypically girls' games and girls playing stereotypically boys' games?