Exam 11: Sex and Gender

__________ is a hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural,political,and economic structures are controlled by women.

Discuss the feminist perspective on gender stratification.

According to the text's discussion of gender issues in the twenty-first century:

__________ refers to the concentration of women and men in different occupations,jobs,and places of work.

__________ is the process of treating people as if they were things,rather than human beings.This occurs when we judge people on the basis of their physical appearance rather than on the basis of their individual qualities or actions.

Trace gender stratification from a historical and contemporary perspective.

Discuss the process of gender socialization and identify specific ways in which peers contribute to the process.

Which of the following would NOT be an example of a secondary sex characteristic in women?

__________ in the United States created a gap between the nonpaid work performed by women at home and the paid work that increasingly was performed by men and unmarried girls.

An example of __________ directed against men is the assumption that men should not be employed in certain female-dominated occupations,such as nurse or elementary school teacher.

In a definitive study of sexuality in the mid-1990s,researchers at the University of Chicago established three criteria for identifying people as homosexual or bisexual.Which of the following is NOT one of the criteria identified?

Which of the following is NOT a valid criticism of the functionalist and neoclassical economic perspectives?

Discuss the gendered division of paid work and explain its relationship to the issue of pay equity or comparable worth.

Almost __________ of all U.S.children live with their mother only,as Contrasted with just five percent who reside with their father only.Women In these households truly have a double burden,both from family Responsibilities and from the necessity of holding gainful employment in The labor force.

Sociologist Kristin G.Esterberg interviewed lesbian and bisexual women to determine how they "perform" lesbian or bisexual __________ through daily activities such as choice of clothing and hairstyles,body language,and talk.

Describe the biological dimension associated with sexual categories.

In most horticultural and pastoral societies,women are full economic partners with men; relations between them tend to be cooperative and relatively egalitarian.

For females,competitive sports become a means of constructing a masculine identity,a legitimated outlet for violence and aggression,and an avenue for upward mobility.

In discussing peers and gender socialization,the text points out that:

In agrarian societies,people no longer have to move continually in search of food and they can acquire a surplus.Men gain control over the disposition of the surplus and the kinship system,and this control serves men's interests.