Question 1

Which of the following describes the changes in the U.S. population ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marriage rates have been dropping consistently since the end of World War II. 
B)  Almost every American alive today has had a cohabiting relation with someone without being married to them. 
C)  Almost half of all American children today are born to an unmarried mother. 
D)  Almost half of all black children are born to an unmarried mother. 
A)  Marriage rates have been dropping consistently since the end of World War II. 
B)  Almost every American alive today has had a cohabiting relation with someone without being married to them. 
C)  Almost half of all American children today are born to an unmarried mother. 
D)  Almost half of all black children are born to an unmarried mother.

Question 2

How is female prostitution related to early capitalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Early capitalism made it easier to buy and sell sex on the market. 
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)  Early capitalism made it easier to buy and sell sex on the market. 
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 3

What does the "gendered love/sex binary" refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  Love and sex are binary aspects of relationships. 
B)  Sex is not only for reproduction, but for mutual affection as well. 
C)  The masculinization of love and feminization of sex 
D)  The idea that women are motivated by love and men by sex 
A)  Love and sex are binary aspects of relationships. 
B)  Sex is not only for reproduction, but for mutual affection as well. 
C)  The masculinization of love and feminization of sex 
D)  The idea that women are motivated by love and men by sex

Question 4

Feminists in the 1960s and 1970s contributed to changing the rules of marriage by

Accepted Answer

A)  emphasizing that both women and men were morally and legally responsible for housework and had to negotiate who would do what. 
B)  insisting that every woman should be employed full time her whole adult life whether or not she had children. 
C)  claiming that women who were sexually active should be legally entitled to avoid pregnancy whether or not they were married. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  emphasizing that both women and men were morally and legally responsible for housework and had to negotiate who would do what. 
B)  insisting that every woman should be employed full time her whole adult life whether or not she had children. 
C)  claiming that women who were sexually active should be legally entitled to avoid pregnancy whether or not they were married. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 5

The lives of men and women have changed dramatically in America's short history. Give an example each of a technological, economic, political, and demographic change and describe how it shifted gender relations.

Accepted Answer

Technological Change: The invention of t

Question 6

Why has technological change created incentives to have fewer children?

Accepted Answer

A)  People can't afford more children because each child requires expensive electronics. 
B)  People preferred to spend their time watching TV, rather than having sex. 
C)  People got access to cheap and effective means of contraception. 
D)  People had to pay for more expensive technologies in hospitals to give birth. 
A)  People can't afford more children because each child requires expensive electronics. 
B)  People preferred to spend their time watching TV, rather than having sex. 
C)  People got access to cheap and effective means of contraception. 
D)  People had to pay for more expensive technologies in hospitals to give birth.

Question 7

Which of the following characterized the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Divorce rates increased. 
B)  The age for marriage and motherhood rose. 
C)  Fertility rates remained steady. 
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 remained steady. 
D)  The education gap between women and men increased sharply.

Question 8

What has been the statistical trend for age at first marriage for women?

Accepted Answer

A)  Between 1920 and 1940, it rose. By 1950, it dropped substantially. From 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. By 1950, it dropped substantially, and it has been dropping ever since. 
D)  Between 1920 and 1940, it rose. Between 1950 and 1970, it dropped substantially. After women's liberation in the mid-1970s, it began to rise again. 
A)  Between 1920 and 1940, it rose. By 1950, it dropped substantially. From 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. By 1950, it dropped substantially, and it has been dropping ever since. 
D)  Between 1920 and 1940, it rose. Between 1950 and 1970, it dropped substantially. After women's liberation in the mid-1970s, it began to rise again.

Question 9

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 10

Why did enslaved Africans during the colonial period engage in premarital sex?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because they had more opportunities to socialize across gender lines than whites did. 
B)  Because they did not restrict their own sexuality as severely as did whites. 
C)  Because they had more sexual desires than whites. 
D)  Because most could not legally marry. 
A)  Because they had more opportunities to socialize across gender lines than whites did. 
B)  Because they did not restrict their own sexuality as severely as did whites. 
C)  Because they had more sexual desires than whites. 
D)  Because most could not legally marry.

Question 11

A friend of yours argues that it is important to respect 'traditional' marriage? Why is her statement meaningless in historical perspective?

Accepted Answer

The statement that it is important to re

Question 12

Why has urbanization created incentives to have fewer children?

Accepted Answer

A)  because moving to cities made people less religious 
B)  because raising children in cities was more expensive 
C)  because more men than women lived in cities 
D)  because cities were less safe for children 
A)  because moving to cities made people less religious 
B)  because raising children in cities was more expensive 
C)  because more men than women lived in cities 
D)  because cities were less safe for children

Question 13

Which of the following definitions best describes a patriarchal marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men are heads of the household and women are their property. 
B)  Men as fathers have control over their daughters' but not their sons. 
C)  Men receive a family wage to support women and children. 
D)  Because men are breadwinners, they are the decision makers in both the public and the domestic sphere. 
A)  Men are heads of the household and women are their property. 
B)  Men as fathers have control over their daughters' but not their sons. 
C)  Men receive a family wage to support women and children. 
D)  Because men are breadwinners, they are the decision makers in both the public and the domestic sphere.

Question 14

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.

Which of the following describes the changes in the U.S. population ?

How is female prostitution related to early capitalism?

What does the "gendered love/sex binary" refer to?

Feminists in the 1960s and 1970s contributed to changing the rules of marriage by

The lives of men and women have changed dramatically in America's short history. Give an example each of a technological, economic, political, and demographic change and describe how it shifted gender relations.

Why has technological change created incentives to have fewer children?

Which of the following characterized the 1950s?

What has been the statistical trend for age at first marriage for women?

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?

Why did enslaved Africans during the colonial period engage in premarital sex?

A friend of yours argues that it is important to respect 'traditional' marriage? Why is her statement meaningless in historical perspective?

Why has urbanization created incentives to have fewer children?

Which of the following definitions best describes a patriarchal marriage?

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

Ideas

Bodies

Performance

Intersections

Inequality, Men and Masculinities

Inequality: Women and Femininities

Institutions

Sexualities

Families

Work

Politics

Filters

Exam 9: Change

Which of the following describes the changes in the U.S. population ?

How is female prostitution related to early capitalism?

What does the "gendered love/sex binary" refer to?

Feminists in the 1960s and 1970s contributed to changing the rules of marriage by

The lives of men and women have changed dramatically in America's short history. Give an example each of a technological, economic, political, and demographic change and describe how it shifted gender relations.

Why has technological change created incentives to have fewer children?

Which of the following characterized the 1950s?

What has been the statistical trend for age at first marriage for women?

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?

Why did enslaved Africans during the colonial period engage in premarital sex?

A friend of yours argues that it is important to respect 'traditional' marriage? Why is her statement meaningless in historical perspective?

Why has urbanization created incentives to have fewer children?

Which of the following definitions best describes a patriarchal marriage?

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

Ideas

Bodies

Performance

Intersections

Inequality, Men and Masculinities

Inequality: Women and Femininities

Institutions

Sexualities

Families

Work

Politics

Filters