Question 1

For elite women in the era right before modernization, what was the prerequisite for a proper marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)   Tattooing 
B)   Elaborate bridewealth 
C)   Elongated necks 
D)   Bound feet 
A)   Tattooing 
B)   Elaborate bridewealth 
C)   Elongated necks 
D)   Bound feet

Question 2

What form of gender oppression has emerged recently due to new technologies?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cyber-bullying 
B)   Bride burning 
C)   Veiling 
D)  Footbinding 
A)   Cyber-bullying 
B)   Bride burning 
C)   Veiling 
D)  Footbinding

Question 3

Gender expression can shift rapidly in response to changing social trends.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The sexual division of labor is based solely on an individual's biological potential.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

All societies have a gender binary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Gender creates a significant barrier in some societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Over the last 20 years, the emerging preference among transgender individuals in the U.S. is to:

Accepted Answer

A) Undergo surgical procedures that allow the individual to fully identify as man or woman. 
B)   use hormonal therapy as a way of maintaining a coherent gender identity. 
C) Become homosexual and participate fully in the life of the male or female community. 
D)  deny and repress the desire to change genders. 
A) Undergo surgical procedures that allow the individual to fully identify as man or woman. 
B)   use hormonal therapy as a way of maintaining a coherent gender identity. 
C) Become homosexual and participate fully in the life of the male or female community. 
D)  deny and repress the desire to change genders.

Question 8

Which of the following countries has the most legal open policy at determining (or declaring) gender?

Accepted Answer

A)  Australia 
B)  Canada 
C)  Thailand 
D)   United States 
A)  Australia 
B)  Canada 
C)  Thailand 
D)   United States

Question 9

All of the following statements about transgender are true except it:

Accepted Answer

A)  refers to individuals who have both male and female genitalia and no clear sense of gender. 
B)  came into widespread use in the 1990s. 
C)  refers to individuals who go beyond their previously assigned gender norms. 
D)   may involve individuals who have had surgical or hormonal procedures. 
A)  refers to individuals who have both male and female genitalia and no clear sense of gender. 
B)  came into widespread use in the 1990s. 
C)  refers to individuals who go beyond their previously assigned gender norms. 
D)   may involve individuals who have had surgical or hormonal procedures.

Question 10

When one gender is valued more highly than another it is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)   gender asymmetry. 
B)   gender sexuality. 
C)   sexual exploitation. 
D)   sexual subordination. 
A)   gender asymmetry. 
B)   gender sexuality. 
C)   sexual exploitation. 
D)   sexual subordination.

Question 11

​Distinguish between a gender binary and a system of multiple genders.

Accepted Answer

Gender binary is when there are two dist

Question 12

In what contexts might we expect more than one gender ideology to be present in a society?

Accepted Answer

A)   Only in agrarian class societies 
B)   In stratified societies only 
C)   In any cultural context 
D)   Only in nomadic groups that have recently undergone colonization 
A)   Only in agrarian class societies 
B)   In stratified societies only 
C)   In any cultural context 
D)   Only in nomadic groups that have recently undergone colonization

Question 13

Which anthropologist worked as a pioneer in gender studies comparing three different cultural groups in New Guinea?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ruth Benedict 
B)   Margaret Mead 
C)   Franz Boas 
D)   Bronislaw Malinowski 
A)   Ruth Benedict 
B)   Margaret Mead 
C)   Franz Boas 
D)   Bronislaw Malinowski

Question 14

Transgenders are individuals who are in the process of both surgical and hormonal gender reassignment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

How does a society of multiple gender systems differ from one with a strict gender binary? Give examples and discuss the potential impacts of these two different cultural constructions.

Accepted Answer

A society with multiple gender systems d

Question 16

​What is a two-spirit? Give an example.

Accepted Answer

It is the term used to refer t

Question 17

Cross-culturally and historically most gender variant individuals are:

Accepted Answer

A)   transgender. 
B)   heterosexual. 
C)   homosexual. 
D)  transsexual. 
A)   transgender. 
B)   heterosexual. 
C)   homosexual. 
D)  transsexual.

Question 18

During what time period did the anthropology of women (feminist anthropology) first emerge formally as a specific focus for researchers?

Accepted Answer

A)   1980s 
B)   1950s 
C)   1970s 
D)  1920s 
A)   1980s 
B)   1950s 
C)   1970s 
D)  1920s

Question 19

Each of the following are arguments made by Sherry Ortner to explain what she perceived as the universal subordination of women except:

Accepted Answer

A) Women are more closely associated with nature than men because of their bodies and reproductive roles. 
B) Women became subordinated following colonization, and this is the result of a woman's place in a state society. 
C) Women are more closely related with the domestic sphere and not with relations outside the family. 
D)  women have a natural bond with their children, and this places them more closely in the domain of nature. 
A) Women are more closely associated with nature than men because of their bodies and reproductive roles. 
B) Women became subordinated following colonization, and this is the result of a woman's place in a state society. 
C) Women are more closely related with the domestic sphere and not with relations outside the family. 
D)  women have a natural bond with their children, and this places them more closely in the domain of nature.

Question 20

Which of the following regarding hijras is not correct?

Accepted Answer

A) Most have their external male genitalia removed as an act of devotion to a deity. 
B)   They most commonly identify as highly sexed males. 
C)   They are frequently seen as marginalized individuals today in India. 
D)  They have different and varied gender expressions and live as neither males nor females. 
A) Most have their external male genitalia removed as an act of devotion to a deity. 
B)   They most commonly identify as highly sexed males. 
C)   They are frequently seen as marginalized individuals today in India. 
D)  They have different and varied gender expressions and live as neither males nor females.

For elite women in the era right before modernization, what was the prerequisite for a proper marriage?

What form of gender oppression has emerged recently due to new technologies?

Gender expression can shift rapidly in response to changing social trends.

The sexual division of labor is based solely on an individual's biological potential.

All societies have a gender binary.

Gender creates a significant barrier in some societies.

Over the last 20 years, the emerging preference among transgender individuals in the U.S. is to:

Which of the following countries has the most legal open policy at determining (or declaring) gender?

All of the following statements about transgender are true except it:

When one gender is valued more highly than another it is known as:

Distinguish between a gender binary and a system of multiple genders.

In what contexts might we expect more than one gender ideology to be present in a society?

Which anthropologist worked as a pioneer in gender studies comparing three different cultural groups in New Guinea?

Transgenders are individuals who are in the process of both surgical and hormonal gender reassignment.

How does a society of multiple gender systems differ from one with a strict gender binary? Give examples and discuss the potential impacts of these two different cultural constructions.

What is a two-spirit? Give an example.

Cross-culturally and historically most gender variant individuals are:

During what time period did the anthropology of women (feminist anthropology) first emerge formally as a specific focus for researchers?

Each of the following are arguments made by Sherry Ortner to explain what she perceived as the universal subordination of women except:

Which of the following regarding hijras is not correct?

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

Households and Economies

Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

Marriage and Residence Practices

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Race and Ethnicity

Language and Musical Expression

Religion and Belief Systems

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

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Exam 6: Gender Identities

For elite women in the era right before modernization, what was the prerequisite for a proper marriage?

What form of gender oppression has emerged recently due to new technologies?

Gender expression can shift rapidly in response to changing social trends.

The sexual division of labor is based solely on an individual's biological potential.

All societies have a gender binary.

Gender creates a significant barrier in some societies.

Over the last 20 years, the emerging preference among transgender individuals in the U.S. is to:

Which of the following countries has the most legal open policy at determining (or declaring) gender?

All of the following statements about transgender are true except it:

When one gender is valued more highly than another it is known as:

​Distinguish between a gender binary and a system of multiple genders.

In what contexts might we expect more than one gender ideology to be present in a society?

Which anthropologist worked as a pioneer in gender studies comparing three different cultural groups in New Guinea?

Transgenders are individuals who are in the process of both surgical and hormonal gender reassignment.

How does a society of multiple gender systems differ from one with a strict gender binary? Give examples and discuss the potential impacts of these two different cultural constructions.

​What is a two-spirit? Give an example.

Cross-culturally and historically most gender variant individuals are:

During what time period did the anthropology of women (feminist anthropology) first emerge formally as a specific focus for researchers?

Each of the following are arguments made by Sherry Ortner to explain what she perceived as the universal subordination of women except:

Which of the following regarding hijras is not correct?

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

Households and Economies

Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

Marriage and Residence Practices

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Race and Ethnicity

Language and Musical Expression

Religion and Belief Systems

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

Filters

Distinguish between a gender binary and a system of multiple genders.

What is a two-spirit? Give an example.