Question 1

While doing research on playgrounds in elementary schools, sociologist Barrie Thorne noticed that

Accepted Answer

A)  teachers encouraged girls to play indoors and boys to play on playgrounds. 
B)  children were seated by gender in classrooms. 
C)  boys' social interactions were not influenced by gender, but girls' were. 
D)  gender was less salient in the classroom than on the playground. 
A)  teachers encouraged girls to play indoors and boys to play on playgrounds. 
B)  children were seated by gender in classrooms. 
C)  boys' social interactions were not influenced by gender, but girls' were. 
D)  gender was less salient in the classroom than on the playground.

Question 2

Wade and Ferree discuss the history of basketball in the United States, showing that it was dominated by Jewish men in the first half of the 1900s. How does the concept of institution help explain why African Americans eventually came to dominate professional basketball? Likewise, how does the concept explain why men's basketball continues to outshine women's basketball?

Accepted Answer

The concept of institution helps explain

Question 3

Education is a gendered institution because

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A)  it involves organizations and social norms that persist over time. 
B)  it guides boys and girls into different social spaces. 
C)  it helps in maintaining a healthy sex ratio in society. 
D)  it is vital in nurturing men and women as responsible citizens. 
A)  it involves organizations and social norms that persist over time. 
B)  it guides boys and girls into different social spaces. 
C)  it helps in maintaining a healthy sex ratio in society. 
D)  it is vital in nurturing men and women as responsible citizens.

Question 4

The definition of norms is

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A)  the sets of institutions within which we live our lives. 
B)  the social organization of gender relations in the society. 
C)  explicitly codified expectations, often written down with stated consequences for deviance. 
D)  beliefs and practices that are widely followed and culturally approved. 
A)  the sets of institutions within which we live our lives. 
B)  the social organization of gender relations in the society. 
C)  explicitly codified expectations, often written down with stated consequences for deviance. 
D)  beliefs and practices that are widely followed and culturally approved.

Question 5

The predominance of African American male athletes in professional basketball is an example used to indicate

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A)  superiority of their masculine physical achievement. 
B)  how institutions like sports change in response to shifts in the broader social structure. 
C)  racial discrimination in other sports. 
D)  the differences in aesthetic expectations for African and American male athletes. 
A)  superiority of their masculine physical achievement. 
B)  how institutions like sports change in response to shifts in the broader social structure. 
C)  racial discrimination in other sports. 
D)  the differences in aesthetic expectations for African and American male athletes.

Question 6

What does the statement, "the stronger women get, the more men love football" convey?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sports place men and boys into a hierarchy of masculinity. 
B)  The symbolic link between the male spectator and the male athlete affirms men's supposed superiority over all women. 
C)  Sports is a culturewide male-bonding extravaganza that only strong women share. 
D)  Every economy benefits from the institutionalization of sport because modern men love it. 
A)  Sports place men and boys into a hierarchy of masculinity. 
B)  The symbolic link between the male spectator and the male athlete affirms men's supposed superiority over all women. 
C)  Sports is a culturewide male-bonding extravaganza that only strong women share. 
D)  Every economy benefits from the institutionalization of sport because modern men love it.

Question 7

When it comes down to it, regardless of social construction and social pressure, don't we live in a society in which it's possible to just be an individual?

Accepted Answer

Yes, in theory, it is possible to just b

Question 8

Victorian gender ideology held that women were

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A)  in need of medical attention rather than restrooms to cure feminine maladies. 
B)  more fragile than men and less suited to working for pay. 
C)  in a position to withstand more physical strain than men so long as they were in the home. 
D)  more loyal to their work than men in a factory. 
A)  in need of medical attention rather than restrooms to cure feminine maladies. 
B)  more fragile than men and less suited to working for pay. 
C)  in a position to withstand more physical strain than men so long as they were in the home. 
D)  more loyal to their work than men in a factory.

While doing research on playgrounds in elementary schools, sociologist Barrie Thorne noticed that

Education is a gendered institution because

The definition of norms is

The predominance of African American male athletes in professional basketball is an example used to indicate

What does the statement, "the stronger women get, the more men love football" convey?

When it comes down to it, regardless of social construction and social pressure, don't we live in a society in which it's possible to just be an individual?

Victorian gender ideology held that women were

Ideas

Bodies

Performance

Intersections

Inequality, Men and Masculinities

Inequality: Women and Femininities

Change

Sexualities

Families

Work

Politics

Filters

Exam 8: Institutions

While doing research on playgrounds in elementary schools, sociologist Barrie Thorne noticed that

Education is a gendered institution because

The definition of norms is

The predominance of African American male athletes in professional basketball is an example used to indicate

What does the statement, "the stronger women get, the more men love football" convey?

When it comes down to it, regardless of social construction and social pressure, don't we live in a society in which it's possible to just be an individual?

Victorian gender ideology held that women were

Ideas

Bodies

Performance

Intersections

Inequality, Men and Masculinities

Inequality: Women and Femininities

Change

Sexualities

Families

Work

Politics

Filters