Question 1

What has been the statistical trend for ages at which women first marry?

Accepted Answer

A) Between 1920 and 1940,it rose,but by 1950,it had dropped substantially.In the 1960s,it began rising again and hasn't stopped since. 
B) It has been rising since the 1900s,along with women's education. 
C) Between 1900 and 1950,it rose,but by 1950,it had dropped substantially.It has been dropping ever since. 
D) Between 1920 and 1940,it rose,but between 1950 and 1970,it had dropped substantially.After women's liberation in the mid-1970s,it began to rise again. 
A) Between 1920 and 1940,it rose,but by 1950,it had dropped substantially.In the 1960s,it began rising again and hasn't stopped since. 
B) It has been rising since the 1900s,along with women's education. 
C) Between 1900 and 1950,it rose,but by 1950,it had dropped substantially.It has been dropping ever since. 
D) Between 1920 and 1940,it rose,but between 1950 and 1970,it had dropped substantially.After women's liberation in the mid-1970s,it began to rise again.

Question 2

Congressman Lee plans to propose legislation that will ban pregnant women from working on oil rigs and in chemical labs.He is very concerned about protecting their health.Congressman Lee's initiative is a good example of how protective legislation is based on

Accepted Answer

A) androcentrism. 
B) benevolent sexism. 
C) hostile sexism. 
D) separate spheres ideology. 
A) androcentrism. 
B) benevolent sexism. 
C) hostile sexism. 
D) separate spheres ideology.

Question 3

A friend of yours argues that it is important to respect "traditional marriage." Consider her claim.What do you think she means by "traditional marriage"? Do you agree that it's possible to define this term? Why or why not? Make sure to provide supporting evidence for your claims.

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

During the 1950s,there were several notable changes in social trends.For example,

Accepted Answer

A) divorce rates increased. 
B) the age for marriage and motherhood rose. 
C) fertility rates declined rapidly. 
D) the education gap between women and men increased sharply. 
A) divorce rates increased. 
B) the age for marriage and motherhood rose. 
C) fertility rates declined rapidly. 
D) the education gap between women and men increased sharply.

Question 5

How did Playboy challenge the gender norms of the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A) It violated the idea that heterosexual men would inevitably want to marry and have children. 
B) It extended the scope of hegemonic masculinity to include sexually active black men and older white men. 
C) It began to privilege the heterosexual male gaze. 
D) It catered to a range of sexualities. 
A) It violated the idea that heterosexual men would inevitably want to marry and have children. 
B) It extended the scope of hegemonic masculinity to include sexually active black men and older white men. 
C) It began to privilege the heterosexual male gaze. 
D) It catered to a range of sexualities.

Question 6

The breadwinner/housewife model did not offer women economic equality because

Accepted Answer

A) the money women earned at home was less than what men earned at work. 
B) working-class women and women of color could not legally work in factories,unlike men of these groups who held these industrial jobs. 
C) access to a living wage came through men,and the work women did in maintaining a household was no longer recognized as work. 
D) men did not really depend on women's cooking,cleaning,shopping,and childcare. 
A) the money women earned at home was less than what men earned at work. 
B) working-class women and women of color could not legally work in factories,unlike men of these groups who held these industrial jobs. 
C) access to a living wage came through men,and the work women did in maintaining a household was no longer recognized as work. 
D) men did not really depend on women's cooking,cleaning,shopping,and childcare.

Question 7

How is female prostitution related to early capitalism?

Accepted Answer

A) Prostitution recognized society changing views toward women's sexual independence. 
B) Prostitution was a means of economic survival for poor women. 
C) Capitalism inspired perverse inclinations in men. 
D) Early capitalism created a double standard of morality for male sexual behavior. 
A) Prostitution recognized society changing views toward women's sexual independence. 
B) Prostitution was a means of economic survival for poor women. 
C) Capitalism inspired perverse inclinations in men. 
D) Early capitalism created a double standard of morality for male sexual behavior.

Question 8

How has urbanization created incentives to have fewer children?

Accepted Answer

A) Moving to cities makes people less religious. 
B) Raising children in cities is more expensive. 
C) More men than women live in cities. 
D) Cities are less safe for children. 
A) Moving to cities makes people less religious. 
B) Raising children in cities is more expensive. 
C) More men than women live in cities. 
D) Cities are less safe for children.

Question 9

What impact did the publication of the Feminine Mystique have on U.S.gender relations?

Accepted Answer

A) It revealed how many American teenagers were breaking gender-specific sexual rules and thus challenged the double standard. 
B) It showed that Americans of all ages were breaking the sexual rules and began to normalize same-sex relations. 
C) It showed that middle-class women were frustrated and unhappy with the breadwinner/housewife marriage model. 
D) It revealed how unhappy both women and men were with the division of labor in the breadwinner/housewife marriage. 
A) It revealed how many American teenagers were breaking gender-specific sexual rules and thus challenged the double standard. 
B) It showed that Americans of all ages were breaking the sexual rules and began to normalize same-sex relations. 
C) It showed that middle-class women were frustrated and unhappy with the breadwinner/housewife marriage model. 
D) It revealed how unhappy both women and men were with the division of labor in the breadwinner/housewife marriage.

Question 10

The ideology of separate spheres caused women in the 1950s and 1960s more strain than it had in earlier decades.How would this increase in strain be best explained?

Accepted Answer

A) Their husbands were working longer hours than ever before,so they had to do much more housework than before to balance this. 
B) As a group,they had higher levels of education and work experience before marriage,so housework and childcare did not feel like it was using all their abilities. 
C) They had such large numbers of children that they lost all opportunities to do anything other than childcare. 
D) The breadwinner/housewife ideal was being questioned,and feminists made their commitment to housework seem foolish. 
A) Their husbands were working longer hours than ever before,so they had to do much more housework than before to balance this. 
B) As a group,they had higher levels of education and work experience before marriage,so housework and childcare did not feel like it was using all their abilities. 
C) They had such large numbers of children that they lost all opportunities to do anything other than childcare. 
D) The breadwinner/housewife ideal was being questioned,and feminists made their commitment to housework seem foolish.

Question 11

Delilah desires a __________ marriage in which she and her husband can have distinctly defined roles that are complementary toward one another.

Accepted Answer

A) breadwinner/housewife 
B) domestic 
C) patriarch/property 
D) partnership 
A) breadwinner/housewife 
B) domestic 
C) patriarch/property 
D) partnership

Question 12

Desmond and Monique have a __________ marriage.Their marriage is based on love and understanding.They have negotiated a division of labor such that Desmond is in charge of the cooking,yardwork,and laundry,while Monique is in charge of cleaning,household maintenance,and bill paying.

Accepted Answer

A) breadwinner/housewife marriage 
B) domestic 
C) patriarch/property 
D) partnership 
A) breadwinner/housewife marriage 
B) domestic 
C) patriarch/property 
D) partnership

Question 13

What is sex for? Over the course of American history,people have had different ideas about the purpose of sex.Using American Indians,the Puritans and Victorians,young people of the 1920s and the 1950s,and Americans today,trace the shifting ideas about the purpose of sex and the cultural and institutional changes that led to those shifts.

Accepted Answer

In this answer students should focus on

Question 14

The term "marriage-go-around" was used to refer to what American social practice?

Accepted Answer

A) high rates of premarital cohabitation among younger generations of Americans 
B) higher rates of both cohabitation and marriage among Americans compared with rates in other countries 
C) higher rates of both marriage and divorce among Americans compared with rates in other countries 
D) higher rates of cohabitation,marriage,and divorce among Americans compared with rates in other countries 
A) high rates of premarital cohabitation among younger generations of Americans 
B) higher rates of both cohabitation and marriage among Americans compared with rates in other countries 
C) higher rates of both marriage and divorce among Americans compared with rates in other countries 
D) higher rates of cohabitation,marriage,and divorce among Americans compared with rates in other countries

Question 15

The "good girl/bad girl dichotomy" refers to which social idea?

Accepted Answer

A) Women who defer to men are respectable while women who are assertive are not. 
B) Good girls are mothers,and bad girls are not. 
C) Women who "behave themselves" sexually are worthy of respect,and women who have sex with "too many" men are not. 
D) Modern women,unlike the chaste women of the Victorian era,are interested in having sex. 
A) Women who defer to men are respectable while women who are assertive are not. 
B) Good girls are mothers,and bad girls are not. 
C) Women who "behave themselves" sexually are worthy of respect,and women who have sex with "too many" men are not. 
D) Modern women,unlike the chaste women of the Victorian era,are interested in having sex.

What has been the statistical trend for ages at which women first marry?

Congressman Lee plans to propose legislation that will ban pregnant women from working on oil rigs and in chemical labs.He is very concerned about protecting their health.Congressman Lee's initiative is a good example of how protective legislation is based on

A friend of yours argues that it is important to respect "traditional marriage." Consider her claim.What do you think she means by "traditional marriage"? Do you agree that it's possible to define this term? Why or why not? Make sure to provide supporting evidence for your claims.

During the 1950s,there were several notable changes in social trends.For example,

How did Playboy challenge the gender norms of the 1950s?

The breadwinner/housewife model did not offer women economic equality because

How is female prostitution related to early capitalism?

How has urbanization created incentives to have fewer children?

What impact did the publication of the Feminine Mystique have on U.S.gender relations?

The ideology of separate spheres caused women in the 1950s and 1960s more strain than it had in earlier decades.How would this increase in strain be best explained?

Delilah desires a __________ marriage in which she and her husband can have distinctly defined roles that are complementary toward one another.

Desmond and Monique have a __________ marriage.Their marriage is based on love and understanding.They have negotiated a division of labor such that Desmond is in charge of the cooking,yardwork,and laundry,while Monique is in charge of cleaning,household maintenance,and bill paying.

The term "marriage-go-around" was used to refer to what American social practice?

The "good girl/bad girl dichotomy" refers to which social idea?

Ideas

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Inequality: Women and Femininities

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Exam 8: Change

What has been the statistical trend for ages at which women first marry?

Congressman Lee plans to propose legislation that will ban pregnant women from working on oil rigs and in chemical labs.He is very concerned about protecting their health.Congressman Lee's initiative is a good example of how protective legislation is based on

A friend of yours argues that it is important to respect "traditional marriage." Consider her claim.What do you think she means by "traditional marriage"? Do you agree that it's possible to define this term? Why or why not? Make sure to provide supporting evidence for your claims.

During the 1950s,there were several notable changes in social trends.For example,

How did Playboy challenge the gender norms of the 1950s?

The breadwinner/housewife model did not offer women economic equality because

How is female prostitution related to early capitalism?

How has urbanization created incentives to have fewer children?

What impact did the publication of the Feminine Mystique have on U.S.gender relations?

The ideology of separate spheres caused women in the 1950s and 1960s more strain than it had in earlier decades.How would this increase in strain be best explained?

Delilah desires a __________ marriage in which she and her husband can have distinctly defined roles that are complementary toward one another.

Desmond and Monique have a __________ marriage.Their marriage is based on love and understanding.They have negotiated a division of labor such that Desmond is in charge of the cooking,yardwork,and laundry,while Monique is in charge of cleaning,household maintenance,and bill paying.

The term "marriage-go-around" was used to refer to what American social practice?

The "good girl/bad girl dichotomy" refers to which social idea?

Ideas

Bodies

Performances

Intersections

Inequality: Men and Masculinities

Inequality: Women and Femininities

Institutions

Sexualities

Families

Work

Politics

Filters