Question 1

In gender studies,the idea of the public/private dichotomy refers to the notion that:

Accepted Answer

A) Behavior of both men and women is different in the public sphere than in the private sphere. 
B) Men act differently toward women in public than they do in private. 
C) Women are able to maintain more power over men if their actions are public than if they are private. 
D) Private relationships between men and women are threatened by public disclosure. 
E) Societies are divided into a private world dominated by women and a public world dominated by men. 
A) Behavior of both men and women is different in the public sphere than in the private sphere. 
B) Men act differently toward women in public than they do in private. 
C) Women are able to maintain more power over men if their actions are public than if they are private. 
D) Private relationships between men and women are threatened by public disclosure. 
E) Societies are divided into a private world dominated by women and a public world dominated by men.

Question 2

Research on female initiation rites in New Guinea suggests that the principal idea expressed in such rites is:

Accepted Answer

A) The duty of women to serve their husbands. 
B) The secret ritual dominance of women over men in these societies. 
C) The fact that even though they marry,their primary obligations are to their own families,not their husbands'. 
D) The principle of patrilineality. 
E) The complementarity of male and female. 
A) The duty of women to serve their husbands. 
B) The secret ritual dominance of women over men in these societies. 
C) The fact that even though they marry,their primary obligations are to their own families,not their husbands'. 
D) The principle of patrilineality. 
E) The complementarity of male and female.

Question 3

The two-spirit are best described as:

Accepted Answer

A) Women who have become men through a surgical procedure. 
B) Women and men who live with same-sex partners in a homosexual lifestyle. 
C) Transsexuals who occupy both gender roles at all times. 
D) Individuals who have no identifiable gender and work in society as partners to either gender. 
E) Men who take on women's work and clothing and are considered to have supernatural powers. 
A) Women who have become men through a surgical procedure. 
B) Women and men who live with same-sex partners in a homosexual lifestyle. 
C) Transsexuals who occupy both gender roles at all times. 
D) Individuals who have no identifiable gender and work in society as partners to either gender. 
E) Men who take on women's work and clothing and are considered to have supernatural powers.

Question 4

Sexual relations in Mangaia:

Accepted Answer

A) Don't begin until men and women are in their thirties. 
B) Are as common between men as between men and women. 
C) Are a very serious and private matter,generally kept secret until the birth of children. 
D) Take place in private,but with much public joking. 
E) Frequently take place in public. 
A) Don't begin until men and women are in their thirties. 
B) Are as common between men as between men and women. 
C) Are a very serious and private matter,generally kept secret until the birth of children. 
D) Take place in private,but with much public joking. 
E) Frequently take place in public.

Question 5

Politics is a traditional role for hijras.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The idea that gender is "constructed" means that:

Accepted Answer

A) Most cultures have few expectations about behavior as it relates to gender. 
B) In a free society,like the United States,we can take on any gender characteristics we like. 
C) Masculine and feminine are essentially the same in all cultures,and any differences across cultures are relatively superficial. 
D) Gender is established by social norms and values rather than biology. 
E) Gender traits are best analyzed with reference to material items,especially the built environment. 
A) Most cultures have few expectations about behavior as it relates to gender. 
B) In a free society,like the United States,we can take on any gender characteristics we like. 
C) Masculine and feminine are essentially the same in all cultures,and any differences across cultures are relatively superficial. 
D) Gender is established by social norms and values rather than biology. 
E) Gender traits are best analyzed with reference to material items,especially the built environment.

Question 7

All of the following are arguments commonly used to explain the existence of a gender hierarchy except:

Accepted Answer

A) Women's lowered status is due to the private/public dichotomy. 
B) Women's status is higher in societies where they do not have any domestic duties and work,instead,outside of the home. 
C) Women and men have differential status based on their distribution and exchange of resources. 
D) The expansion of capitalism and colonialism has had enormous impact on non-Western gender hierarchies. 
E) Male dominance correlates with the existence of ecological stress and warfare. 
A) Women's lowered status is due to the private/public dichotomy. 
B) Women's status is higher in societies where they do not have any domestic duties and work,instead,outside of the home. 
C) Women and men have differential status based on their distribution and exchange of resources. 
D) The expansion of capitalism and colonialism has had enormous impact on non-Western gender hierarchies. 
E) Male dominance correlates with the existence of ecological stress and warfare.

Question 8

Among some subarctic hunting cultures,a family with no sons might perform a transformation ceremony for a daughter selected to "be like a man." As part of this ceremony,they tied dried bear ovaries to her belt to prevent menstruation and pregnancy.This description indicates that:

Accepted Answer

A) Subarctic Indian peoples need sex education as part of their modern school curriculum. 
B) Hunting societies recognize that women are equal to men in their hunting ability. 
C) These peoples recognize,as most people in the world do,the difference between sex and gender. 
D) Gender categories for these societies are not divided into masculine and feminine. 
E) For these people,cultural features could be as important in determining the gender of a child as biology. 
A) Subarctic Indian peoples need sex education as part of their modern school curriculum. 
B) Hunting societies recognize that women are equal to men in their hunting ability. 
C) These peoples recognize,as most people in the world do,the difference between sex and gender. 
D) Gender categories for these societies are not divided into masculine and feminine. 
E) For these people,cultural features could be as important in determining the gender of a child as biology.

Question 9

Describe gender relations in foraging societies.

Accepted Answer

These relations are complicated.Although

Question 10

The cultural differences between males and females are due entirely to biology,although they are sometimes understood differently from one culture to another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is the primary role of hijras in Indian society?

Accepted Answer

It is to perform at life cycle

Question 12

Women's hunting among the Agata illustrates that:

Accepted Answer

A) Women are just as strong and fast as men. 
B) Child rearing is really best done by the child's biological parents. 
C) Women,in some situations,can bring home larger quantities of game than men. 
D) The demands of child rearing can be adapted to economic needs. 
E) Young girls are better hunters than young boys but after puberty,boys are better. 
A) Women are just as strong and fast as men. 
B) Child rearing is really best done by the child's biological parents. 
C) Women,in some situations,can bring home larger quantities of game than men. 
D) The demands of child rearing can be adapted to economic needs. 
E) Young girls are better hunters than young boys but after puberty,boys are better.

Question 13

As the cultivation of taro among the Nukumanu has declined,women have become more dependent on men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Margaret Mead was an important early cultural anthropologist who emphasized the importance of culture in gender behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

An important source of status for women in Nukumanu was:

Accepted Answer

A) Drinking kareve. 
B) Controlling swamp taro lands. 
C) Weaving. 
D) Fishing. 
E) Wage labor. 
A) Drinking kareve. 
B) Controlling swamp taro lands. 
C) Weaving. 
D) Fishing. 
E) Wage labor.

Question 16

Contemporary anthropological approaches to gender emphasize:

Accepted Answer

A) Questions about why there are so few women in anthropology. 
B) Explanations for universal male dominance. 
C) The central role of gender relations as a basic building block of culture. 
D) The ways in which men in many cultures feel threatened by female empowerment. 
E) Ways to increase women's power in contemporary society. 
A) Questions about why there are so few women in anthropology. 
B) Explanations for universal male dominance. 
C) The central role of gender relations as a basic building block of culture. 
D) The ways in which men in many cultures feel threatened by female empowerment. 
E) Ways to increase women's power in contemporary society.

Question 17

According to anthropologist Laura Klein,Tlingit men:

Accepted Answer

A) Resent women's power. 
B) Are supportive of women taking leadership roles in the community. 
C) Blame women for the break-up of Tlingit families. 
D) Share equally in domestic chores so women can work. 
E) Initiate a high degree of domestic violence. 
A) Resent women's power. 
B) Are supportive of women taking leadership roles in the community. 
C) Blame women for the break-up of Tlingit families. 
D) Share equally in domestic chores so women can work. 
E) Initiate a high degree of domestic violence.

Question 18

Men in Andalusia,Spain generally view women as:

Accepted Answer

A) Angels. 
B) Lustful. 
C) Naive. 
D) Trustworthy. 
E) More intelligent than men. 
A) Angels. 
B) Lustful. 
C) Naive. 
D) Trustworthy. 
E) More intelligent than men.

Question 19

The Native American "two spirit" is best described as an effeminate homosexual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Gender is the social,cultural,and psychological constructs that are imposed on the biological differences of sex.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

In gender studies,the idea of the public/private dichotomy refers to the notion that:

Research on female initiation rites in New Guinea suggests that the principal idea expressed in such rites is:

The two-spirit are best described as:

Sexual relations in Mangaia:

Politics is a traditional role for hijras.

The idea that gender is "constructed" means that:

All of the following are arguments commonly used to explain the existence of a gender hierarchy except:

Among some subarctic hunting cultures,a family with no sons might perform a transformation ceremony for a daughter selected to "be like a man." As part of this ceremony,they tied dried bear ovaries to her belt to prevent menstruation and pregnancy.This description indicates that:

Describe gender relations in foraging societies.

The cultural differences between males and females are due entirely to biology,although they are sometimes understood differently from one culture to another.

What is the primary role of hijras in Indian society?

Women's hunting among the Agata illustrates that:

As the cultivation of taro among the Nukumanu has declined,women have become more dependent on men.

Margaret Mead was an important early cultural anthropologist who emphasized the importance of culture in gender behavior.

An important source of status for women in Nukumanu was:

Contemporary anthropological approaches to gender emphasize:

According to anthropologist Laura Klein,Tlingit men:

Men in Andalusia,Spain generally view women as:

The Native American "two spirit" is best described as an effeminate homosexual.

Gender is the social,cultural,and psychological constructs that are imposed on the biological differences of sex.

Anthropology and Human Diversity

Doing Cultural Anthropology

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

Filters

Exam 9: Gender

In gender studies,the idea of the public/private dichotomy refers to the notion that:

Research on female initiation rites in New Guinea suggests that the principal idea expressed in such rites is:

The two-spirit are best described as:

Sexual relations in Mangaia:

Politics is a traditional role for hijras.

The idea that gender is "constructed" means that:

All of the following are arguments commonly used to explain the existence of a gender hierarchy except:

Among some subarctic hunting cultures,a family with no sons might perform a transformation ceremony for a daughter selected to "be like a man." As part of this ceremony,they tied dried bear ovaries to her belt to prevent menstruation and pregnancy.This description indicates that:

Describe gender relations in foraging societies.

The cultural differences between males and females are due entirely to biology,although they are sometimes understood differently from one culture to another.

What is the primary role of hijras in Indian society?

Women's hunting among the Agata illustrates that:

As the cultivation of taro among the Nukumanu has declined,women have become more dependent on men.

Margaret Mead was an important early cultural anthropologist who emphasized the importance of culture in gender behavior.

An important source of status for women in Nukumanu was:

Contemporary anthropological approaches to gender emphasize:

According to anthropologist Laura Klein,Tlingit men:

Men in Andalusia,Spain generally view women as:

The Native American "two spirit" is best described as an effeminate homosexual.

Gender is the social,cultural,and psychological constructs that are imposed on the biological differences of sex.

Anthropology and Human Diversity

Doing Cultural Anthropology

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

Filters