Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a feature of social institutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  They differ in the nature and intensity of enforcement of norms and policies. 
B)  They shape our overall social structure. 
C)  They operate completely independently from each other. 
D)  They are instrumental in meeting needs of a society that can't easily be met by individuals alone. 
A)  They differ in the nature and intensity of enforcement of norms and policies. 
B)  They shape our overall social structure. 
C)  They operate completely independently from each other. 
D)  They are instrumental in meeting needs of a society that can't easily be met by individuals alone. C

Question 2

All of the following statements are true, except

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A)  gender is an organizing principle that permeates our social institutions. 
B)  institutions are relatively easy to opt in and out of. 
C)  the ebb and flow of gender is a persistent feature of many institutions. 
D)  the gender binary is reflected in some of our institutions. 
A)  gender is an organizing principle that permeates our social institutions. 
B)  institutions are relatively easy to opt in and out of. 
C)  the ebb and flow of gender is a persistent feature of many institutions. 
D)  the gender binary is reflected in some of our institutions. B

Question 3

Gendered institutions are interesting from a sociological point of view because

Accepted Answer

A)  they help challenge the gender binary system. 
B)  they affirm and enforce gender difference and inequality. 
C)  they systematically work toward the goal of a free citizenry. 
D)  they fail to provide a framework which makes it possible for women to make rational decisions about their careers. 
A)  they help challenge the gender binary system. 
B)  they affirm and enforce gender difference and inequality. 
C)  they systematically work toward the goal of a free citizenry. 
D)  they fail to provide a framework which makes it possible for women to make rational decisions about their careers. B

Question 4

Institutions are

Accepted Answer

A)  organized arenas of production―like a factory or a stadium―that facilitates a socially desired outcome. 
B)  companies organized bureaucratically to make money by producing and selling a product. 
C)  social organizations, like Congress or a city's police force, aiming to govern the people. 
D)  persistent patterns of social interaction aimed at meeting the needs of a society that can't easily be met by individuals alone. 
A)  organized arenas of production―like a factory or a stadium―that facilitates a socially desired outcome. 
B)  companies organized bureaucratically to make money by producing and selling a product. 
C)  social organizations, like Congress or a city's police force, aiming to govern the people. 
D)  persistent patterns of social interaction aimed at meeting the needs of a society that can't easily be met by individuals alone.

Question 5

Institutional inertia makes social change difficult and yet we see a lot of social change in gender relations in many different social institutions. How do you explain this apparent contradiction? Discuss a few of the causal forces impelling change in a social institution of your own choosing.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Institutional inertia makes social change difficult and...

Question 6

Sanitation-the provision of toilets and the elimination of personal waste-is an institution because

Accepted Answer

A)  it involves a hierarchy of employees who are promoted according to a bureaucratic scaffolding. 
B)  the details of how we manage sanitation are dictated by the federal government. 
C)  it is found, in one form or another, throughout the world. 
D)  it solves a social problem that cannot easily be fixed by individuals working alone. 
A)  it involves a hierarchy of employees who are promoted according to a bureaucratic scaffolding. 
B)  the details of how we manage sanitation are dictated by the federal government. 
C)  it is found, in one form or another, throughout the world. 
D)  it solves a social problem that cannot easily be fixed by individuals working alone.

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of an institution?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Cleveland Browns 
B)  Wal-Mart 
C)  health care 
D)  the Academy Awards 
A)  the Cleveland Browns 
B)  Wal-Mart 
C)  health care 
D)  the Academy Awards

Question 8

The salience of gender in bathroom facilities varies. What is gender salience? Give some examples of how the salience of gender in bathroom facilities varies? In light of these observations, what conclusions can we draw about what purpose sex-segregated bathrooms serve?

Accepted Answer

Gender salience refers to the degree to

Question 9

Below is a list of roadblocks to building a gender-integrated bathroom for an academic department at New York University. Which one is directly related to a policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  the need to spend extra time and money on a brand-new restroom design 
B)  the belief that men were messier than women 
C)  women's discomfort with potential for male nudity and a fear of meeting strange men in close quarters during off-hours 
D)  the fact that the idea had to be approved by the Department of Buildings 
A)  the need to spend extra time and money on a brand-new restroom design 
B)  the belief that men were messier than women 
C)  women's discomfort with potential for male nudity and a fear of meeting strange men in close quarters during off-hours 
D)  the fact that the idea had to be approved by the Department of Buildings

Question 10

The failure of efforts to install gender-neutral bathrooms in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University is an illustration that indicates

Accepted Answer

A)  the importance of winning support from transgender faculty staff members. 
B)  that gender-neutral bathrooms aren't a feasible option. 
C)  that changing institutions requires widespread support and compliance. 
D)  the impact of discriminatory behavior by the building commissioner. 
A)  the importance of winning support from transgender faculty staff members. 
B)  that gender-neutral bathrooms aren't a feasible option. 
C)  that changing institutions requires widespread support and compliance. 
D)  the impact of discriminatory behavior by the building commissioner.

Question 11

What is the relationship between policies and norms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Norms are informal, unwritten rules; policies are formal, written rules. 
B)  Norms are formal, written rules; policies are informal, unwritten rules. 
C)  Both norms and policies are informal, unwritten rules, but policies have social consequences. 
D)  Both norms and policies are formal, written rules, but norms are enforced by peers and policies by authorities. 
A)  Norms are informal, unwritten rules; policies are formal, written rules. 
B)  Norms are formal, written rules; policies are informal, unwritten rules. 
C)  Both norms and policies are informal, unwritten rules, but policies have social consequences. 
D)  Both norms and policies are formal, written rules, but norms are enforced by peers and policies by authorities.

Question 12

Wade and Ferree argue that gender is never the most logical way to organize a sport. Choose a sport that they do not discuss and consider their claim. Brainstorm a list of other variables on which athletes in this sport could reasonably be divided. Choose the one you think makes the most sense and play out the scenario. How do you think this sport would change? How would life change for the athletes? The fans? The sponsors? What ideology of gender, if any, would the sport now support?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Wade and Ferree argue that gender is...

Question 13

A study of pay in professional golfing concluded that the primary rationale for vast differences in prize money was

Accepted Answer

A)  institutional regulations. 
B)  gender. 
C)  differences in skill. 
D)  gender subordination. 
A)  institutional regulations. 
B)  gender. 
C)  differences in skill. 
D)  gender subordination.

Question 14

What would happen if sports were not organized by gender, but by ability instead?

Accepted Answer

A)  We would see that women and men have equal ability and women would win as often as men. 
B)  We would see that women and men have such unequal abilities that they would still never compete against each other. 
C)  Beliefs in gender difference and inequality would not be routinely and ritualistically rehearsed through sport. 
D)  Competitions would no longer be fair. 
A)  We would see that women and men have equal ability and women would win as often as men. 
B)  We would see that women and men have such unequal abilities that they would still never compete against each other. 
C)  Beliefs in gender difference and inequality would not be routinely and ritualistically rehearsed through sport. 
D)  Competitions would no longer be fair.

Question 15

Gendered institutional practices are

Accepted Answer

A)  based on many people's independent ideas about gender. 
B)  natural and inevitable. 
C)  governed by feminist ideas in the United States. 
D)  different across cultures and throughout time. 
A)  based on many people's independent ideas about gender. 
B)  natural and inevitable. 
C)  governed by feminist ideas in the United States. 
D)  different across cultures and throughout time.

Question 16

What is common to elementary schools, bathrooms, and bodybuilding?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are governed more with gender policies than gender norms. 
B)  They contribute toward diluting the matrix of domination. 
C)  They affirm gender difference. 
D)  They protect the idea that women are equal to men. 
A)  They are governed more with gender policies than gender norms. 
B)  They contribute toward diluting the matrix of domination. 
C)  They affirm gender difference. 
D)  They protect the idea that women are equal to men.

Question 17

The phrase gender salience refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the fact that gender consistently infiltrates each part of an institution. 
B)  the process of neutralizing gender in institutions. 
C)  the process of scientifically mapping gender in the social structure. 
D)  the relevance of gender across activities and spaces within an institution. 
A)  the fact that gender consistently infiltrates each part of an institution. 
B)  the process of neutralizing gender in institutions. 
C)  the process of scientifically mapping gender in the social structure. 
D)  the relevance of gender across activities and spaces within an institution.

Question 18

According to sociologist Abigail Feder, women figure skaters who wear glittery leotards with short skirts perform

Accepted Answer

A)  gender salience. 
B)  androcentrism. 
C)  emphatic sameness. 
D)  the feminine apologetic. 
A)  gender salience. 
B)  androcentrism. 
C)  emphatic sameness. 
D)  the feminine apologetic.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is NOT true about sex-segregated sports?

Accepted Answer

A)  They affirm the hierarchical gender binary. 
B)  They protect women from the idea that they are inferior athletes. 
C)  They protect men from losing face. 
D)  They help justify paying female athletes less than male ones. 
A)  They affirm the hierarchical gender binary. 
B)  They protect women from the idea that they are inferior athletes. 
C)  They protect men from losing face. 
D)  They help justify paying female athletes less than male ones.

Question 20

Which statement is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  The social structure is a source of constraint and opportunity for individuals. 
B)  Every individual has equal access to institutional resources. 
C)  Sets of institutions provide a relatively stable framework to society. 
D)  The social structure is the entire set of institutions within which we spend our lives. 
A)  The social structure is a source of constraint and opportunity for individuals. 
B)  Every individual has equal access to institutional resources. 
C)  Sets of institutions provide a relatively stable framework to society. 
D)  The social structure is the entire set of institutions within which we spend our lives.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of social institutions?

All of the following statements are true, except

Gendered institutions are interesting from a sociological point of view because

Institutions are

Institutional inertia makes social change difficult and yet we see a lot of social change in gender relations in many different social institutions. How do you explain this apparent contradiction? Discuss a few of the causal forces impelling change in a social institution of your own choosing.

Sanitation-the provision of toilets and the elimination of personal waste-is an institution because

Which of the following is an example of an institution?

The salience of gender in bathroom facilities varies. What is gender salience? Give some examples of how the salience of gender in bathroom facilities varies? In light of these observations, what conclusions can we draw about what purpose sex-segregated bathrooms serve?

Below is a list of roadblocks to building a gender-integrated bathroom for an academic department at New York University. Which one is directly related to a policy?

The failure of efforts to install gender-neutral bathrooms in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University is an illustration that indicates

What is the relationship between policies and norms?

A study of pay in professional golfing concluded that the primary rationale for vast differences in prize money was

What would happen if sports were not organized by gender, but by ability instead?

Gendered institutional practices are

What is common to elementary schools, bathrooms, and bodybuilding?

The phrase gender salience refers to

According to sociologist Abigail Feder, women figure skaters who wear glittery leotards with short skirts perform

Which of the following statements is NOT true about sex-segregated sports?

Which statement is false?

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Exam 8: Institutions

Which of the following is NOT a feature of social institutions?

All of the following statements are true, except

Gendered institutions are interesting from a sociological point of view because

Institutions are

Institutional inertia makes social change difficult and yet we see a lot of social change in gender relations in many different social institutions. How do you explain this apparent contradiction? Discuss a few of the causal forces impelling change in a social institution of your own choosing.

Sanitation-the provision of toilets and the elimination of personal waste-is an institution because

Which of the following is an example of an institution?

The salience of gender in bathroom facilities varies. What is gender salience? Give some examples of how the salience of gender in bathroom facilities varies? In light of these observations, what conclusions can we draw about what purpose sex-segregated bathrooms serve?

Below is a list of roadblocks to building a gender-integrated bathroom for an academic department at New York University. Which one is directly related to a policy?

The failure of efforts to install gender-neutral bathrooms in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University is an illustration that indicates

What is the relationship between policies and norms?

A study of pay in professional golfing concluded that the primary rationale for vast differences in prize money was

What would happen if sports were not organized by gender, but by ability instead?

Gendered institutional practices are

What is common to elementary schools, bathrooms, and bodybuilding?

The phrase gender salience refers to

According to sociologist Abigail Feder, women figure skaters who wear glittery leotards with short skirts perform

Which of the following statements is NOT true about sex-segregated sports?

Which statement is false?

Ideas

Bodies

Performance

Intersections

Inequality, Men and Masculinities

Inequality: Women and Femininities

Change

Sexualities

Families

Work

Politics

Filters