Exam 10: Gender Stratification

The beauty myth is the idea that beauty is the key to success in a career.

_______ refers to social organization in which males dominate females.

Friedrich Engels claimed that capitalism

Sexual harassment became an issue in the United States in

Corporate women still encounter a "glass ceiling" that prevents them from being promoted to high levels in the company.

On average, human males are both taller and heavier than human females.

What criticism would feminists make of the current membership of our Congress?

In the United States, a majority of bachelor's degrees are earned by men.

As of 2011, women held about what share of seats in Congress?

What criticisms of pornography are made in the text?

The "beauty myth" refers to the idea that

Sexual harassment is an important social issue because

In the teaching profession, the share of teachers who are women increases as the grade level taught increases.

Margaret Mead argued that gender was mostly a matter of biology rather than culture.

In the United States, administrative support jobs and service jobs have a high concentration of women.

Today in the United States, only about 10 percent of women with young children work for income.

Today, women represent ______ of all students on college campuses across the United States.

While playing in peer groups, girls are less likely to play the "win-lose" games favored by boys.

Gender refers simply to whether people are female or male.

The category of the U.S.population in which women do most of the housework is