Exam 13: Gender Stratification

The socialization process links gender to personal identity (gender identity) and to distinctive behavior and activities (gender roles). In this essay, describe the importance of gender to socialization across the life course from birth through early adulthood. Begin by addressing the fact that people are quick to ask about the sex of a newborn child. Consider parental expectations, peer group activity, and school life.

Which of the following job categories has mostly women as workers?

In his global study of gender, George Murdock found:

A social-conflict account of the history of gender stratification was developed by Friedrich Engels.

Women first served in the U.S. military during World War II.

Gender refers simply to whether people are female or male.

George Murdock found that, in the case of most tasks, what one society considers "masculine" another may consider "feminine."

Where would you look in U.S. schools to find courses in which men outnumber women?

Apply the structural-functional and social-conflict approaches to the issue of gender. What are key insights offered by each theoretical approach? How does each approach view gender differences and gender inequality? How does each respond to the changes in gender across the twentieth century?

Traditional conceptions paint masculine and feminine in opposing terms.

While playing in peer groups, girls tend to avoid the "win-lose" games favored by boys.

Structural-functional analysis points out that industrialization encourages:

If you could end violence against women in one setting, which of the following would reduce this type of violence the most?

The point of describing gender in the Israeli kibbutzim is to show that:

Talcott Parsons described gender in terms of power relationships.

Talcott Parsons described gender in terms of:

A majority of U.S. women in which of the following categories are in the labor force?

As of 2008, women held about what percentage of seats in Congress?

The concept "glass ceiling" refers to:

The "beauty myth" refers to the idea that: