Exam 9: Sex and Gender

How does the United States compare cross-culturally with regard to restrictions of intercourse within marriage?

To whom does the term transgender apply?

What did Martin Whyte conclude in his cross-cultural examination of women's status?

What evidence exists to support the notion that homosexuality is less tolerated in societies that value increasing their population?

Premarital sex is __________.

Cross-culturally, what is one factor that predicts the exclusion of women from politics?

In societies where females contribute a high degree to primary subsistence, infants are fed solid foods __________, and baby girls are __________ valued.

Egalitarian societies have no social groups with unequal access to power, prestige, or resources, __________.

Which type of society generally has the most favorable view of gender equality?

According to the __________ theory, men tend to do more dangerous work because the loss of men is less disadvantageous reproductively than the loss of women.

What factor is likely responsible for the greater gender equality seen in industrial and post-industrial societies?

Cross-cultural research shows that, universally, __________.

Crafts such as making baskets, mats, and pottery are __________.

Restrictions of homosexual behavior seem to be associated with __________.

What factors lead to men doing more of the agricultural work than women?

Societies that frown on sexual expression by young children __________.

Which of the following is an example of sexual dimorphism?

In certain athletic events, such as marathons and swimming, __________.

Of the following societies, which is the most pro-homosexual?

Of the following theories anthropologists have proposed to explain how gender roles are divided cross-culturally, which theory says that the demands of pregnancy and nursing limit women to performing tasks close to home, like cooking and gathering wild plants?