Exam 13: Women As a Minority Group

Women have which minority-group characteristics?

Most female technical and professional workers work as __________.

If educational levels are equal, it is true that __________.

Gunnar Myrdhal noted the common experiences in early America of women and __________.

The __________ is a real, but unseen, discriminatory policy that limits female upward mobility into top management positions.

Freudian psychologists suggested that __________.

Television __________.

Minority women encounter prejudice and discrimination on what two fronts?

In fields of study in college today, we find__________.

In what areas are women denied equal rights? How has this changed over time?

Discuss the role of socialization in developing sex role behavior. Provide specific examples.

As male dominance continued over the generations, a sexist ideology evolved to justify the existing order as __________.

Interactionists emphasize __________ as a way of understanding how gender inequality structures our world.

Sociologists Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales maintained that the efficient functioning of a society, indeed its very survival, depends on satisfying both __________ and __________ needs.

Who suggested that male genitalia influenced boys to be questing, aggressive, and outward-thrusting and that female genitalia directed girls to be concerned with boundaries, limits and interiors?

Women on the __________ try to juggle both family and work, which often slows or halts their upward mobility within the company.

In __________, women are most equal with men in terms of degrees conferred.

When did sex inequality become marked by disparities in economic contributions?

__________ is one's socially defined, unchangeable position in a society based on such arbitrary factors as age, sex, race, or family background.

Explain how World War II changed women's labor force participation.