Exam 10: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Sex is not always clear-cut. Occasionally, a hormone imbalance before birth produces a person who is __________, in whom sexual differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete.

__________ consists of showing favoritism toward one gender over the other.

The social significance of gender stereotypes is illustrated by eating disorders such as __________, which refers to a person binge-eating followed by purging the food by induced vomiting, excessive exercise, laxatives, or fasting.

The term __________ refers to the process of treating people as if they were things, not human beings. Typically, this occurs when we judge people on the basis of their physical appearance rather than on the basis of their individual qualities or actions.

During adolescence, adults are more effective agents of gender socialization than peers.

Define sexual orientation and differentiate between heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality. Explain the criteria social scientists use to classify individuals in terms of their sexual orientation.

For a variety of reasons, more postindustrial society households are headed by women with no adult male present. In 2010, about __________ of African American children lived with their mother only.