Exam 4: Gender and Sexuality

According to the text, what does the research show on the topic of female aggressiveness?

According to the text, which of the following is descriptive of men who enjoy sexist jokes?

A young woman of average weight is hyperconscious about her body image. She is influenced by the magazines she buys and the portrayals of women on TV, and she follows one diet after another. According to the text, of what social construction is this woman most likely a victim?

According to the text, an attitude of sexual pluralism is growing.

According to the text, which term applies to the biological differences between females and males?

According to the text, sexual pluralists are tolerant of a variety of sexual expression between consenting adults, but what would they find objectionable?

Tanya's professor is willing to reassess her grade on her most recent paper provided that Tanya accompanies him to dinner and a hockey game on Friday night. While this makes Tanya feel uncomfortable, she really wants to increase her mark. Which of the following best characterizes the actions of Tanya's professor?

A young woman feels a stronger physical attraction to other females than to males. What term best describes this woman's feelings?

According to studies, what is the consequence of getting older when it comes to frequency of sexual activity?

From birth, a young woman feels as if she is a man trapped in a woman's body. As soon as she can afford it, she starts a treatment of hormone therapy and schedules surgery to make her physically a man. What term best describes this woman?

According to the text, which of the following is linked to sexual scripts?

Despite the fact that the American Psychiatric Association delisted homosexuality as a mental illness in 1974, the normative standard for sexual behaviour is still heterosexuality. What term do sociologists have to describe this normative expectation?

A group of male friends are out having a pub crawl when they come across a gay couple walking hand in hand. The group taunt the gay couple with jibes and comments like, "You ought to find a girl like everyone else." Which of the following terms best identifies the pub crawlers' point of view?

Explain how it is that the term heterosexual was created after the term homosexual. Why would many gays and lesbians find the term homosexual to be offensive?

The idea that males are more aggressive than females and that women are more nurturing than males is associated with which of the following concepts?

Research evidence suggests that men are born with XY chromosomes, are typically larger and more muscular, and have deeper voices when compared to women. These comparisons are characteristics of which of the following?