Exam 8: Sexuality and Gender

Shelley is a senior manager in government and has a fantastic team of employees. They appreciate her as a boss because, even when she does a great deal of the work, or most of it, she shares the credit evenly with her team. She and her team are therefore shocked when Shelley is bypassed for a promotion and the much-less-competent male manager down the hall gets it. According to Deborah Tannen's research, the fault lies with Shelley saying "we did it" instead of "I did it." What does this tend to do?

Which of the following theoretical approaches adopts an essentialist viewpoint in claiming that traditional gender roles help to integrate society?

Contrast essentialism with social constructionism.

Define the GEM: Gender Empowerment Measure.

Gerald has always been romantically attracted to boys and men, and he had his first sexual encounter with another man while at band camp. What is Gerald's sexual orientation?

Intersexed is the term given by sociologists for children raised by transgendered and transsexual couples.

About 25 percent of women in North America state that they would willingly trade three years of their life to achieve their weight goals.

Talcott Parsons characterized the essence of masculinity as rationality, self-assuredness, and competitiveness. What term did he use to characterize these traits?

Describe the impact of the way that parents, especially fathers, encourage their children to play.

According to the textbook, how did body image become so important for self-definition through the twentieth century and up to today?

Since 1993, what progress has been made in closing the gender wage gap?

What term is used for people who want to alter their gender by changing their appearance and/or resorting to medical intervention?

When Carolina is interested in nurturing her baby dolls and playing with her Easy-Bake Oven, what is she following?

Which of the following is the foundation of aggression against women?

Explain the meaning of gender boundary crossing and explain why mixed-gender play is least likely to occur at school.

Jacques and Uma, classmates in a sociology course, are discussing child rearing. Jacques believes that, for the most part, women should certainly be educated and free to choose the careers they want to pursue but, in fact, in his view they are far likelier to be happy as mothers taking care of children. Uma has a very different view about the way to raise children in order for them to be happy. She thinks that gender expectations ought not play any role in how they are raised, since this only puts limits on the children. What do sociologists call their respective views on child rearing?

Mitch and Anna have one daughter. They encourage her to play cooperatively with other children in role-playing games but they do not allow any kind of competitive, noisy, or rowdy play. Which of the following is a likely consequence of their parenting style?

Heavy domestic responsibilities tend to have which of the following effects?

Which of the following terms best describes Michael if Michael has sexual reassignment surgery, takes estrogen, and begins to live as Michelle?

When the schoolteacher studied by Barrie Thorne held a spelling contest pitting boys against girls, which of the following occurred?