Question 1

Which of the following descriptions best conveys the meaning of the term "gender policing"?

Accepted Answer

A) culturally specific instructions for how a man or a woman of a certain social status should appear and behave 
B) responses to violations of gender rules aimed at promoting conformity 
C) the process by which something becomes coded as masculine or feminine 
D) the idea that we all have been socialized to fit gender binary roles 
A) culturally specific instructions for how a man or a woman of a certain social status should appear and behave 
B) responses to violations of gender rules aimed at promoting conformity 
C) the process by which something becomes coded as masculine or feminine 
D) the idea that we all have been socialized to fit gender binary roles B

Question 2

Which one of the following statements best describes the claims of the learning model of socialization?

Accepted Answer

A) Socialization is a lifelong process of learning and relearning gendered expectations and how to negotiate them. 
B) Socialization is a learning process in childhood that fits us to our particular culture and which we then use for the rest of our lives. 
C) The children who learn how to do gender well at home won't need to try as hard to learn the gender rules once they enter school. 
D) Playing with Barbies and baby dolls or trucks and guns as a child will have lifelong effects on the way the child will do gender as an adult. 
A) Socialization is a lifelong process of learning and relearning gendered expectations and how to negotiate them. 
B) Socialization is a learning process in childhood that fits us to our particular culture and which we then use for the rest of our lives. 
C) The children who learn how to do gender well at home won't need to try as hard to learn the gender rules once they enter school. 
D) Playing with Barbies and baby dolls or trucks and guns as a child will have lifelong effects on the way the child will do gender as an adult. A

Question 3

Which of the following best conveys the meaning of the term "gender rules"?

Accepted Answer

A) rules stating that we all have been socialized to fit into masculine and feminine roles 
B) culturally specific instructions for how to appear and behave as a man or a woman 
C) conformity-promoting responses to the violation of the gender binary in particular situations 
D) the process by which something becomes coded as masculine or feminine 
A) rules stating that we all have been socialized to fit into masculine and feminine roles 
B) culturally specific instructions for how to appear and behave as a man or a woman 
C) conformity-promoting responses to the violation of the gender binary in particular situations 
D) the process by which something becomes coded as masculine or feminine B

Question 4

Nathan and Olivia have both joined an online dating site.Nathan posts photos of himself playing soccer,while Olivia posts photos of herself wearing dresses,high heels,and makeup.Nathan and Olivia have both demonstrated the importance of __________ in society.

Accepted Answer

A) cultural traveling 
B) gender accounts 
C) gender policing 
D) gender rules 
A) cultural traveling 
B) gender accounts 
C) gender policing 
D) gender rules

Question 5

Use an example of a back-and-forth interaction between two individuals to distinguish among (a)gender policing and (b)giving accounts for breaking gender rules.In your back-and-forth,give an example of an account that would be an acceptable account for the rule breaking and an example of an unacceptable account.Clearly label each piece of the interaction you describe (real or imaginary)with the appropriate term for what their words and actions represent.

Accepted Answer

For this answer,students should focus on

Question 6

The __________ model of socialization suggests that socialization is a lifelong process of learning and relearning gendered expectations.

Accepted Answer

A) biological 
B) injection 
C) learning 
D) nurturing 
A) biological 
B) injection 
C) learning 
D) nurturing

Question 7

Why do most of us do gender,at least a little,in our everyday interactions?

Accepted Answer

A) If you don't do gender,you become culturally unintelligible and people will not know how to interact with you. 
B) We all find doing gender to be enjoyable and pleasurable. 
C) Our biological differences program us to act in specific,gendered ways. 
D) It isn't possible to not do gender,so everyone always does it. 
A) If you don't do gender,you become culturally unintelligible and people will not know how to interact with you. 
B) We all find doing gender to be enjoyable and pleasurable. 
C) Our biological differences program us to act in specific,gendered ways. 
D) It isn't possible to not do gender,so everyone always does it.

Question 8

Which individual is the LEAST likely to be policed?

Accepted Answer

A) a short,thin cisgender man 
B) a tall,strong cisgender woman 
C) a tall,strong trans woman 
D) a short,thin cisgender woman 
A) a short,thin cisgender man 
B) a tall,strong cisgender woman 
C) a tall,strong trans woman 
D) a short,thin cisgender woman

Question 9

What is one reason why individuals break gender rules?

Accepted Answer

A) Gender rules serve no purpose in contemporary society. 
B) Breaking gender rules is considered so minor that it never comes with any significant social costs. 
C) Gender rules are no longer policed within society. 
D) Gender rules can be viewed as personally undesirable or socially wrong. 
A) Gender rules serve no purpose in contemporary society. 
B) Breaking gender rules is considered so minor that it never comes with any significant social costs. 
C) Gender rules are no longer policed within society. 
D) Gender rules can be viewed as personally undesirable or socially wrong.

Question 10

A preschooler who told a classmate that "everybody has a penis but only girls wear barrettes" was

Accepted Answer

A) offering an account for breaking a gender rule. 
B) revealing how little he knew about biology's effects on behavior. 
C) showing how kids can say the silliest things. 
D) revealing how meaningful gender performance is,no matter what body someone has. 
A) offering an account for breaking a gender rule. 
B) revealing how little he knew about biology's effects on behavior. 
C) showing how kids can say the silliest things. 
D) revealing how meaningful gender performance is,no matter what body someone has.

Question 11

When the authors emphasize that,when a child gets a pair of gender binary glasses,it's just the first pair,they mean to say that

Accepted Answer

A) parents are the primary sources of information that show children that gender matters. 
B) children can't see gender at all until they are actively taught to follow the gender rules of their culture. 
C) adults expect even very young children to follow rigid gender binary rules. 
D) young children perceive gender in their society,but they may do so differently than when they are adults. 
A) parents are the primary sources of information that show children that gender matters. 
B) children can't see gender at all until they are actively taught to follow the gender rules of their culture. 
C) adults expect even very young children to follow rigid gender binary rules. 
D) young children perceive gender in their society,but they may do so differently than when they are adults.

Question 12

According to the authors of your textbook,American men usually don't deliberate about whether to pee sitting down or standing up.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) how gender rules become internalized as habits. 
B) how gender rules are learned over an entire lifetime. 
C) how gender rules in the United States are unfair to women. 
D) how following gender rules can be a source of pleasure. 
A) how gender rules become internalized as habits. 
B) how gender rules are learned over an entire lifetime. 
C) how gender rules in the United States are unfair to women. 
D) how following gender rules can be a source of pleasure.

Question 13

Define what it means to "do gender" and then evaluate how well you think you "do gender" in your daily life.In what ways do you obey gender rules? In what ways do you break them? Make sure to provide detailed responses to justify your perspective.

Accepted Answer

Here students should discuss how doing g

Question 14

Hannah recently married George.Hannah decided to keep her maiden name after marriage,which is a deviation from gender rules.Hannah often tells people that the reason she kept her maiden name is for professional reasons,since she already has published articles under that name.This explanation is a good example of

Accepted Answer

A) an account. 
B) cultural traveling. 
C) a gender rule. 
D) gender policing. 
A) an account. 
B) cultural traveling. 
C) a gender rule. 
D) gender policing.

Question 15

Which of the following best characterizes gender policing?

Accepted Answer

A) Policing is always malicious and cruel and,like other forms of bullying,it should never be tolerated. 
B) Gender policing is never done to high-status people such as celebrities and politicians. 
C) Gender policing is something we sometimes do to ourselves and our best friends with the best of intentions. 
D) Gender policing is always harmless because it is often done with jokes and affection. 
A) Policing is always malicious and cruel and,like other forms of bullying,it should never be tolerated. 
B) Gender policing is never done to high-status people such as celebrities and politicians. 
C) Gender policing is something we sometimes do to ourselves and our best friends with the best of intentions. 
D) Gender policing is always harmless because it is often done with jokes and affection.

Question 16

Around age six,children become very concerned with doing gender correctly.What does this rigidity tell us about gender norms?

Accepted Answer

A) It is strong evidence that there is a biological predisposition toward binary male and female identities. 
B) They are learning that gender rules are important,but haven't yet figured out whether and how to break them. 
C) It is strong evidence that early childhood socialization is the most powerful force shaping adult gender roles. 
D) It is a symptom of nonegalitarian parenting. 
A) It is strong evidence that there is a biological predisposition toward binary male and female identities. 
B) They are learning that gender rules are important,but haven't yet figured out whether and how to break them. 
C) It is strong evidence that early childhood socialization is the most powerful force shaping adult gender roles. 
D) It is a symptom of nonegalitarian parenting.

Question 17

How does one "do gender" in society?

Accepted Answer

A) Doing gender means that we actively obey,and do not break,gender rules. 
B) Doing gender means that we passively obey,and also break,gender rules. 
C) Doing gender means that we actively obey,and also break,gender rules. 
D) Doing gender means that we actively break gender rules and do not obey any of them. 
A) Doing gender means that we actively obey,and do not break,gender rules. 
B) Doing gender means that we passively obey,and also break,gender rules. 
C) Doing gender means that we actively obey,and also break,gender rules. 
D) Doing gender means that we actively break gender rules and do not obey any of them.

Question 18

Compare and contrast an injection model of socialization and a learning model of socialization.Which model better explains gender socialization? Make sure to provide supporting details to explain your viewpoint.

Accepted Answer

Here students should discuss how an inje

Question 19

A woman who does not do femininity finds her gender identity constantly questioned by suspicious clerks.Why is that?

Accepted Answer

A) Not doing gender in ways that make sense to others is a communicative crisis for these clerks;they don't know what to think or do in response. 
B) Heterosexism is so widespread that store clerks automatically challenge anyone who looks homosexual. 
C) Gender policing has become too extreme in U.S.society. 
D) Good people always conform to gender rules as much as they can. 
A) Not doing gender in ways that make sense to others is a communicative crisis for these clerks;they don't know what to think or do in response. 
B) Heterosexism is so widespread that store clerks automatically challenge anyone who looks homosexual. 
C) Gender policing has become too extreme in U.S.society. 
D) Good people always conform to gender rules as much as they can.

Question 20

The way that children do gender is

Accepted Answer

A) increasingly inflexible as they learn increasing numbers of rules about doing gender correctly. 
B) more flexible and less binary than their parents typically expect. 
C) a reflection of greater biological predispositions toward fashion and nurturance among girls and for guns and trucks among boys,which most parents have to acknowledge. 
D) more rigid and binary than the way adults do gender because they are still learning the rules in all their complexity. 
A) increasingly inflexible as they learn increasing numbers of rules about doing gender correctly. 
B) more flexible and less binary than their parents typically expect. 
C) a reflection of greater biological predispositions toward fashion and nurturance among girls and for guns and trucks among boys,which most parents have to acknowledge. 
D) more rigid and binary than the way adults do gender because they are still learning the rules in all their complexity.

Which of the following descriptions best conveys the meaning of the term "gender policing"?

Which one of the following statements best describes the claims of the learning model of socialization?

Which of the following best conveys the meaning of the term "gender rules"?

Nathan and Olivia have both joined an online dating site.Nathan posts photos of himself playing soccer,while Olivia posts photos of herself wearing dresses,high heels,and makeup.Nathan and Olivia have both demonstrated the importance of __________ in society.

The __________ model of socialization suggests that socialization is a lifelong process of learning and relearning gendered expectations.

Why do most of us do gender,at least a little,in our everyday interactions?

Which individual is the LEAST likely to be policed?

What is one reason why individuals break gender rules?

A preschooler who told a classmate that "everybody has a penis but only girls wear barrettes" was

When the authors emphasize that,when a child gets a pair of gender binary glasses,it's just the first pair,they mean to say that

According to the authors of your textbook,American men usually don't deliberate about whether to pee sitting down or standing up.This is an example of

Define what it means to "do gender" and then evaluate how well you think you "do gender" in your daily life.In what ways do you obey gender rules? In what ways do you break them? Make sure to provide detailed responses to justify your perspective.

Which of the following best characterizes gender policing?

Around age six,children become very concerned with doing gender correctly.What does this rigidity tell us about gender norms?

How does one "do gender" in society?

Compare and contrast an injection model of socialization and a learning model of socialization.Which model better explains gender socialization? Make sure to provide supporting details to explain your viewpoint.

A woman who does not do femininity finds her gender identity constantly questioned by suspicious clerks.Why is that?

The way that children do gender is

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Exam 3: Performances

Which of the following descriptions best conveys the meaning of the term "gender policing"?

Which one of the following statements best describes the claims of the learning model of socialization?

Which of the following best conveys the meaning of the term "gender rules"?

Nathan and Olivia have both joined an online dating site.Nathan posts photos of himself playing soccer,while Olivia posts photos of herself wearing dresses,high heels,and makeup.Nathan and Olivia have both demonstrated the importance of __________ in society.

The __________ model of socialization suggests that socialization is a lifelong process of learning and relearning gendered expectations.

Why do most of us do gender,at least a little,in our everyday interactions?

Which individual is the LEAST likely to be policed?

What is one reason why individuals break gender rules?

A preschooler who told a classmate that "everybody has a penis but only girls wear barrettes" was

When the authors emphasize that,when a child gets a pair of gender binary glasses,it's just the first pair,they mean to say that

According to the authors of your textbook,American men usually don't deliberate about whether to pee sitting down or standing up.This is an example of

Define what it means to "do gender" and then evaluate how well you think you "do gender" in your daily life.In what ways do you obey gender rules? In what ways do you break them? Make sure to provide detailed responses to justify your perspective.

Which of the following best characterizes gender policing?

Around age six,children become very concerned with doing gender correctly.What does this rigidity tell us about gender norms?

How does one "do gender" in society?

Compare and contrast an injection model of socialization and a learning model of socialization.Which model better explains gender socialization? Make sure to provide supporting details to explain your viewpoint.

A woman who does not do femininity finds her gender identity constantly questioned by suspicious clerks.Why is that?

The way that children do gender is

Ideas

Bodies

Intersections

Inequality: Men and Masculinities

Inequality: Women and Femininities

Institutions

Change

Sexualities

Families

Work

Politics

Filters