Exam 10: Gender: Expectations, Roles, and Behaviors

Like most children, Bev and Barbie's ideas of gender roles are affected by all of the following except ________.

If Billy, who is a 12-year-old transgender child, saw a doctor who specialized in gender issues, he may be given "puberty blockers" to stop development of facial hair, an Adam's apple, or lowering of his voice.

A person's gender is more analogous to the concept of a biological trait than a personality characteristic.

The number and strength of gender-based attribution made by parents appear to be decreasing somewhat as people have become more educated about gender issues, and as ________.

A ________ individual may be a biological male who perceives herself as female, and is uncomfortable with her male sexual body and society's expectations that she "behaves like a male."

Looking around the annual Halloween party, the teacher notes that, just like last year, ________ of Halloween costumes are gender-appropriate.

Individuals who score low on both femininity and masculinity on Bem's Sex-Role Inventory are called androgynous.

Most Halloween costumes are usually not gender-appropriate.

In terms of same-sex friendships, boys tend to have ________ groups of friends, while girls typically have ________ groups of friends.

If Billy is a transgender child and feels he is really a little girl, he may be given ________ to stop the development of facial hair, Adam's apple, and lowering of his voice by doctors who specialize in gender issues.

When researchers find gender differences - such as men's sexual interest and desires are greater than women's - they are basing their conclusions on ________.

Both the father and the mother determine the genetic sex of a child.

A very small percentage of people are born with sexual anatomy that is neither completely male nor female, but rather a combination of male and female features; those with these characteristics are referred to as ________ individuals.

Discuss the concept known as androgyny.

When it comes to differences in sexual attitudes and desires, women are more likely to display all of the following except ________.

Society influences and molds the behavior of its members through a process known as ________.

Sandra Bem's groundbreaking gender research in the 1970s proposed ________.

Women on television are often portrayed as ________, ________, ________, ________, ________, _______, ________, ________, ________, and ________.

What we know about communication between the sexes is that ________.

The two-dimensional model of gender allowed for the possibility that gender is not an either-or proposition, but that people could manifest elements of both genders.