Exam 4: Gender

Women earn less than 40% of undergraduate degrees in physics,engineering,and computer science but more than 60% of undergraduate degrees in biosciences and social sciences.

A ______ is any attempt at a comprehensive and universal explanation of some phenomenon.

______refers to whether the audience for our performance understands our actions as we intended for them to be understood.

A 1% increase in the number of girls enrolled in secondary school in India would result in a more than 5% increase in the country's GDP (gross domestic product).

Most academics see gender as a social problem for women,but not for men.

Which theory asserts that gender is an interactive performance we stage through our interactions with others?

Radical feminist influence is reflected in laws making sexual harassment in the workplace illegal,because they acknowledge that simply removing legal barriers to gender equality is not enough to end inequality.

The belief that masculinity and what men do are superior to femininity and what women do is known as ______.

Though many women in ______ occupations feel pressure to do masculinity,this pressure is reduced in occupations characterized by an ethic of professionalization.

While doing gender is associated with ______,liberal feminism is associated with ______.

On average,men in the United States do not live as long as women.

Examining how gender works simultaneously with other identities such as race,social class,and sexuality is a good example of a(n)______ approach to the study of gender.

In South Sudan in 2015,less than half of school-age boys and one-third of school-age girls were in school.

Describe the structural functionalist perspective on gender and provide an example to illustrate this perspective.Then discuss one way this perspective influences or could potentially influence social policy.

Which of the following has the organizational goals of raising awareness of the social,political,and legal issues that prevent girls from going to school,and to advocate for and invest in girls' education?

Compare and contrast radical feminism,liberal feminism,and socialist feminism.What are the fundamental arguments of each?

Although 57% of college students are women,females receive only ______ of collegiate athletic opportunities and ______ of athletic scholarships.

______ argues that the best way to understand gender relations is to see women as an oppressed social class.

According to radical feminists,patriarchal societies are characterized by ______.

According to symbolic interactionists,gender inequality becomes part of our performances of gender through ______.