Question 1

With the term sex, anthropologists are referring to biological differences. In contrast, they define gender as

Accepted Answer

A)  the cultural construction of whether one is female, male, or something else. 
B)  a political system ruled by men that defines the identity of women. 
C)  the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to each sex. 
D)  the marked differences in male and female biology, which vary across cultures. 
E)  one's biological identity. 
A)  the cultural construction of whether one is female, male, or something else. 
B)  a political system ruled by men that defines the identity of women. 
C)  the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to each sex. 
D)  the marked differences in male and female biology, which vary across cultures. 
E)  one's biological identity.

Question 2

What is the relationship between gender stratification and economic roles? Do these relationships apply equally to all types of societies, regardless of the type of productive activity? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Gender stratification refers to the uneq

Question 3

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The feminization of poverty is unique to the United States. 
B)  Households headed by women tend to be poorer than those headed by men. 
C)  Married couples are much more secure economically than single mothers. 
D)  Women now head more than half the households in the United States. 
E)  The feminization of poverty has serious consequences with regard to living standards and health. 
A)  The feminization of poverty is unique to the United States. 
B)  Households headed by women tend to be poorer than those headed by men. 
C)  Married couples are much more secure economically than single mothers. 
D)  Women now head more than half the households in the United States. 
E)  The feminization of poverty has serious consequences with regard to living standards and health.

Question 4

Gender stratification tends to be extremely pronounced in patrilineal-patrilocal societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to studies in the 1960s, why did young Etoro men and boys engage in homosexual relationships?

Accepted Answer

A)  They did not understand biological reproduction, which is why they no longer exist. 
B)  The status of Etoro women was the highest in the world, in a status above and beyond males. 
C)  Genetic drift created a population dominated by a homosexual gene. 
D)  They believed it necessary for boys to ingest semen in order to mature in a healthy way. 
E)  A warrior cult of older adult men vigorously enforced a monopoly on access to women. 
A)  They did not understand biological reproduction, which is why they no longer exist. 
B)  The status of Etoro women was the highest in the world, in a status above and beyond males. 
C)  Genetic drift created a population dominated by a homosexual gene. 
D)  They believed it necessary for boys to ingest semen in order to mature in a healthy way. 
E)  A warrior cult of older adult men vigorously enforced a monopoly on access to women.

Question 6

What is meant by the term feminization of poverty?

Accepted Answer

A)  the view that conditions of poverty are emasculating 
B)  the increasing representation of women among the poorest people 
C)  the popularity of feminist ideals among poor people 
D)  the recent campaign by feminists to work with the poor 
E)  the view that only women care about issues of poverty 
A)  the view that conditions of poverty are emasculating 
B)  the increasing representation of women among the poorest people 
C)  the popularity of feminist ideals among poor people 
D)  the recent campaign by feminists to work with the poor 
E)  the view that only women care about issues of poverty

Question 7

The reason there are more modern-day Rosie the Riveters is that modern industry is even more physically demanding than it was during World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Of the following factors, which is historically correlated with the lowering of women's status in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  European immigration around 1900 
B)  World War II 
C)  voting rights for women 
D)  inflation 
E)  the women's rights movement 
A)  European immigration around 1900 
B)  World War II 
C)  voting rights for women 
D)  inflation 
E)  the women's rights movement

Question 9

Regarding sexual orientation, all of the following are true EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  different types of sexual desires and experiences hold different meanings for individuals and groups. 
B)  there is conclusive scientific evidence that sexual orientation is genetically determined. 
C)  in a society, individuals will differ in the nature, range, and intensity of sexual interests and urges. 
D)  culture always plays a role in molding individual sexual urges toward a collective norm, and these norms vary from culture to culture. 
E)  flexibility in sexual expression seems to be an aspect of our primate heritage, since both masturbation and same-sex sexual activity exist among chimpanzees and other primates. 
A)  different types of sexual desires and experiences hold different meanings for individuals and groups. 
B)  there is conclusive scientific evidence that sexual orientation is genetically determined. 
C)  in a society, individuals will differ in the nature, range, and intensity of sexual interests and urges. 
D)  culture always plays a role in molding individual sexual urges toward a collective norm, and these norms vary from culture to culture. 
E)  flexibility in sexual expression seems to be an aspect of our primate heritage, since both masturbation and same-sex sexual activity exist among chimpanzees and other primates.

Question 10

Recent cross-cultural studies of gender roles demonstrate that

Accepted Answer

A)  the gender roles of men and women are largely determined by their biological capabilities-relative strength, endurance, intelligence, and so on. 
B)  women are subservient in nearly all societies, because their subsistence activities contribute much less to the total diet than do those of men. 
C)  foraging, horticultural, pastoral, and industrial societies all have similar attitudes toward sex but different attitudes toward gender. 
D)  changes in the gender roles of men and women are usually associated with social decay and anarchy. 
E)  the relative status of women is variable, depending on such factors as the type of subsistence strategy employed, the importance of warfare, and the prevalence of a domestic-public dichotomy. 
A)  the gender roles of men and women are largely determined by their biological capabilities-relative strength, endurance, intelligence, and so on. 
B)  women are subservient in nearly all societies, because their subsistence activities contribute much less to the total diet than do those of men. 
C)  foraging, horticultural, pastoral, and industrial societies all have similar attitudes toward sex but different attitudes toward gender. 
D)  changes in the gender roles of men and women are usually associated with social decay and anarchy. 
E)  the relative status of women is variable, depending on such factors as the type of subsistence strategy employed, the importance of warfare, and the prevalence of a domestic-public dichotomy.

Question 11

The traditional gender roles of the Betsileo of Madagascar illustrate the idea that intensive cultivation does not necessarily entail sharper gender stratification.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The relative gender equality found in horticultural societies most likely characterizes the most natural state of gender differentiation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Are certain sexual preferences more natural than others? What factors compel some societies to deviate from the heterosexual norm found in most human societies?

Accepted Answer

Sexual preferences are a complex and dee

Question 14

When compared to other kinds of societies, all the following are true about foragers EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  the public and private spheres are least separate. 
B)  hierarchy is least marked. 
C)  aggression and competition are most discouraged. 
D)  sexual promiscuity is most common and routinely punished. 
E)  the rights, activities, and spheres of influence of men and women overlap the most. 
A)  the public and private spheres are least separate. 
B)  hierarchy is least marked. 
C)  aggression and competition are most discouraged. 
D)  sexual promiscuity is most common and routinely punished. 
E)  the rights, activities, and spheres of influence of men and women overlap the most.

Question 15

Among patrilineal-patrilocal cultivators,

Accepted Answer

A)  women remain the primary producers of subsistence crops. 
B)  women govern the extradomestic distribution of prestige items. 
C)  women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men. 
D)  polygyny decreases household productivity, because a man must provide for more than one wife. 
E)  the population pressure on strategic resources is relaxed. 
A)  women remain the primary producers of subsistence crops. 
B)  women govern the extradomestic distribution of prestige items. 
C)  women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men. 
D)  polygyny decreases household productivity, because a man must provide for more than one wife. 
E)  the population pressure on strategic resources is relaxed.

Question 16

Women in matrilineal societies tend to occupy elevated status positions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

How are sexuality, sex, and gender related to each other? What are the differences among these three analytical concepts?

Accepted Answer

Sexuality, sex, and gender are all relat

Question 18

Research among horticultural societies has found that

Accepted Answer

A)  women are increasingly important to the livelihood of the community the older they get; their prestige increases with experience. 
B)  men tend to be the main caretakers, whereas women are involved in regional politics and economics. 
C)  in the case of matrilineal societies, women tended to do all the cultivating; men were typically involved with warfare. 
D)  the general patterns between gender roles and residence rule do not apply. 
E)  women are the main producers. 
A)  women are increasingly important to the livelihood of the community the older they get; their prestige increases with experience. 
B)  men tend to be the main caretakers, whereas women are involved in regional politics and economics. 
C)  in the case of matrilineal societies, women tended to do all the cultivating; men were typically involved with warfare. 
D)  the general patterns between gender roles and residence rule do not apply. 
E)  women are the main producers.

Question 19

Which of the following statements about groups with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are often characterized by the view that the women are polluting. 
B)  Their land and prestige are passed through the females. 
C)  They have strongly developed private-public dichotomies. 
D)  They have their prestige goods under male control. 
E)  They often practice polygyny and have patterns of intervillage raiding. 
A)  They are often characterized by the view that the women are polluting. 
B)  Their land and prestige are passed through the females. 
C)  They have strongly developed private-public dichotomies. 
D)  They have their prestige goods under male control. 
E)  They often practice polygyny and have patterns of intervillage raiding.

Question 20

Transvestism, when members of one gender (usually males) dress as another (female), is

Accepted Answer

A)  very common in Brazil, given this country's general acceptance of alternative gender roles. 
B)  an example of the biological basis of sexual expression. 
C)  evidence of the cultural limits in determining gender roles. 
D)  perhaps the most common way of forming genders alternative to male and female. 
E)  increasingly popular among gay men in Brazil. 
A)  very common in Brazil, given this country's general acceptance of alternative gender roles. 
B)  an example of the biological basis of sexual expression. 
C)  evidence of the cultural limits in determining gender roles. 
D)  perhaps the most common way of forming genders alternative to male and female. 
E)  increasingly popular among gay men in Brazil.

With the term sex, anthropologists are referring to biological differences. In contrast, they define gender as

What is the relationship between gender stratification and economic roles? Do these relationships apply equally to all types of societies, regardless of the type of productive activity? Why or why not?

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Gender stratification tends to be extremely pronounced in patrilineal-patrilocal societies.

According to studies in the 1960s, why did young Etoro men and boys engage in homosexual relationships?

What is meant by the term feminization of poverty?

The reason there are more modern-day Rosie the Riveters is that modern industry is even more physically demanding than it was during World War II.

Of the following factors, which is historically correlated with the lowering of women's status in the United States?

Regarding sexual orientation, all of the following are true EXCEPT that

Recent cross-cultural studies of gender roles demonstrate that

The traditional gender roles of the Betsileo of Madagascar illustrate the idea that intensive cultivation does not necessarily entail sharper gender stratification.

The relative gender equality found in horticultural societies most likely characterizes the most natural state of gender differentiation.

Are certain sexual preferences more natural than others? What factors compel some societies to deviate from the heterosexual norm found in most human societies?

When compared to other kinds of societies, all the following are true about foragers EXCEPT that

Among patrilineal-patrilocal cultivators,

Women in matrilineal societies tend to occupy elevated status positions.

How are sexuality, sex, and gender related to each other? What are the differences among these three analytical concepts?

Research among horticultural societies has found that

Which of the following statements about groups with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex is NOT true?

Transvestism, when members of one gender (usually males) dress as another (female), is

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

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Exam 9: Gender

With the term sex, anthropologists are referring to biological differences. In contrast, they define gender as

What is the relationship between gender stratification and economic roles? Do these relationships apply equally to all types of societies, regardless of the type of productive activity? Why or why not?

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Gender stratification tends to be extremely pronounced in patrilineal-patrilocal societies.

According to studies in the 1960s, why did young Etoro men and boys engage in homosexual relationships?

What is meant by the term feminization of poverty?

The reason there are more modern-day Rosie the Riveters is that modern industry is even more physically demanding than it was during World War II.

Of the following factors, which is historically correlated with the lowering of women's status in the United States?

Regarding sexual orientation, all of the following are true EXCEPT that

Recent cross-cultural studies of gender roles demonstrate that

The traditional gender roles of the Betsileo of Madagascar illustrate the idea that intensive cultivation does not necessarily entail sharper gender stratification.

The relative gender equality found in horticultural societies most likely characterizes the most natural state of gender differentiation.

Are certain sexual preferences more natural than others? What factors compel some societies to deviate from the heterosexual norm found in most human societies?

When compared to other kinds of societies, all the following are true about foragers EXCEPT that

Among patrilineal-patrilocal cultivators,

Women in matrilineal societies tend to occupy elevated status positions.

How are sexuality, sex, and gender related to each other? What are the differences among these three analytical concepts?

Research among horticultural societies has found that

Which of the following statements about groups with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex is NOT true?

Transvestism, when members of one gender (usually males) dress as another (female), is

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters