Question 1

What is the glass ceiling?

Accepted Answer

The glass ceiling is a social

Question 2

A problem with the essentialist perspective is that social situations involving competition and threat:

Accepted Answer

A) stimulate a flight or fight response in men or women 
B) stimulate production of the hormone testosterone in women,causing them to act more aggressively 
C) stimulate a fear response every time 
D) stimulate a collectivity to repel threats that men would face individually 
E) none of these choices 
A) stimulate a flight or fight response in men or women 
B) stimulate production of the hormone testosterone in women,causing them to act more aggressively 
C) stimulate a fear response every time 
D) stimulate a collectivity to repel threats that men would face individually 
E) none of these choices

Question 3

Which of the following are NOT goals of the "second wave" of the women's movement?

Accepted Answer

A) equal rights with men in education 
B) equal rights with men in employment 
C) the elimination of sexual violence 
D) women's control over reproduction 
E) none of these choices,i.e.,all of these choices ARE goals of the "second wave" of the women's movement 
A) equal rights with men in education 
B) equal rights with men in employment 
C) the elimination of sexual violence 
D) women's control over reproduction 
E) none of these choices,i.e.,all of these choices ARE goals of the "second wave" of the women's movement

Question 4

Parents tend to encourage girls to engage in cooperative,role-playing games while they encourage boys to engage in boisterous and competitive play.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

When you behave according to widely shared expectations about how males or females are supposed to act,you adopt a:

Accepted Answer

A) stigma 
B) gender 
C) sex 
D) gender identity 
E) gender role 
A) stigma 
B) gender 
C) sex 
D) gender identity 
E) gender role

Question 6

Conflict,feminist,and symbolic interactionist theories focus on various aspects of the social ____ of gender.

Accepted Answer

A) construction 
B) demarcation 
C) regulation 
D) deconstruction 
E) performance 
A) construction 
B) demarcation 
C) regulation 
D) deconstruction 
E) performance

Question 7

Babies born with ambiguous genitals due to a hormone imbalance in the womb are called:

Accepted Answer

A) hermaphrodites or intersexed 
B) transsexuals 
C) bisexuals 
D) homosexuals 
E) asexuals 
A) hermaphrodites or intersexed 
B) transsexuals 
C) bisexuals 
D) homosexuals 
E) asexuals

Question 8

For a social constructionist,gender is "constructed" by what two features of social life?

Accepted Answer

A) social structure and culture 
B) social deviance and social conformity 
C) functional and dysfunction 
D) sex and gender 
E) conflict and cooperation 
A) social structure and culture 
B) social deviance and social conformity 
C) functional and dysfunction 
D) sex and gender 
E) conflict and cooperation

Question 9

When examining the research on body ideals,it becomes clear that although men and women are both concerned about their weight,men and women are concerned about different physical attributes.For example:

Accepted Answer

A) men are more concerned about their stomachs and women are more concerned about their arms 
B) women are more concerned about their arms and men are more concerned about their arms 
C) women are more concerned about their eyes and men are more concerned about their noses 
D) men are more concerned about their chests and women are more concerned about their stomachs 
E) none of these choices 
A) men are more concerned about their stomachs and women are more concerned about their arms 
B) women are more concerned about their arms and men are more concerned about their arms 
C) women are more concerned about their eyes and men are more concerned about their noses 
D) men are more concerned about their chests and women are more concerned about their stomachs 
E) none of these choices

Question 10

Parents tend to identify their girls as:

Accepted Answer

A) strong 
B) delicate 
C) weak 
D) alert 
E) delicate and weak 
A) strong 
B) delicate 
C) weak 
D) alert 
E) delicate and weak

Question 11

When children played chasing games in the schoolyard,groups often spontaneously formed along gender lines.These games had special names,some of which had clear:

Accepted Answer

A) sexual meanings 
B) personal meanings 
C) schoolyard meanings 
D) unclear meanings 
E) none of these choices 
A) sexual meanings 
B) personal meanings 
C) schoolyard meanings 
D) unclear meanings 
E) none of these choices

Question 12

Children passively accept gender socialization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Michael always believed that he should be a girl.If he has sexual reassignment surgery,takes estrogen,and begins to live as Michele,he would be a:

Accepted Answer

A) transsexual 
B) transgendered 
C) transvestite 
D) cross dresser 
E) transsexual and transgendered 
A) transsexual 
B) transgendered 
C) transvestite 
D) cross dresser 
E) transsexual and transgendered

Question 14

The low-cal and diet food industry promotes an ideal of slimness that is often impossible to attain.This can:

Accepted Answer

A) generate widespread happiness with one's body 
B) generate widespread body dissatisfaction 
C) generate outright hatred of anything associated with the body 
D) generate an anti-diet industry movement 
E) none of these choices 
A) generate widespread happiness with one's body 
B) generate widespread body dissatisfaction 
C) generate outright hatred of anything associated with the body 
D) generate an anti-diet industry movement 
E) none of these choices

Question 15

What should we NOT conclude from Barrie Thorne's research on a fourth and fifth grade American classroom?

Accepted Answer

A) children are actively engaged in the process of constructing gender roles 
B) children are merely passive recipients of adult demands 
C) school children do segregate themselves by gender 
D) boundaries between boys and girls are sometimes fluid and sometimes rigid 
E) all of these choices 
A) children are actively engaged in the process of constructing gender roles 
B) children are merely passive recipients of adult demands 
C) school children do segregate themselves by gender 
D) boundaries between boys and girls are sometimes fluid and sometimes rigid 
E) all of these choices

Question 16

When sexual jokes,comments,and touching interfere with work or create an unfriendly work setting,this is called:

Accepted Answer

A) simple sexual harassment 
B) quid pro quo harassment 
C) hostile environment harassment 
D) organized sexual harassment 
E) all of these choices 
A) simple sexual harassment 
B) quid pro quo harassment 
C) hostile environment harassment 
D) organized sexual harassment 
E) all of these choices

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT one of the main criticisms against essentialist arguments about gender?

Accepted Answer

A) essentialism ignores the historical and cultural variability of gender and sexuality 
B) essentialism tends to generalize from the average,ignoring variations within groups 
C) there is no direct evidence that supports the major claims of essentialism 
D) essentialism overstates the relationship between sex and gender 
E) the essentialist explanation of gender differences ignores the role of power 
A) essentialism ignores the historical and cultural variability of gender and sexuality 
B) essentialism tends to generalize from the average,ignoring variations within groups 
C) there is no direct evidence that supports the major claims of essentialism 
D) essentialism overstates the relationship between sex and gender 
E) the essentialist explanation of gender differences ignores the role of power

Question 18

Research shows that babies first develop a vague sense of being a boy or a girl at about the age of:

Accepted Answer

A) six months 
B) one year old 
C) two years old 
D) three years old 
E) five years old 
A) six months 
B) one year old 
C) two years old 
D) three years old 
E) five years old

Question 19

People who identify with and want to live fully as members of the opposite sex are called:

Accepted Answer

A) transsexuals 
B) transgendered 
C) transvestites 
D) cross dressers 
E) all of these choices 
A) transsexuals 
B) transgendered 
C) transvestites 
D) cross dressers 
E) all of these choices

Question 20

During the 1900s,the ideal body image for women became:

Accepted Answer

A) cyclical between heavy and thinner 
B) thinner 
C) heavier 
D) less athletic 
E) none of these choices 
A) cyclical between heavy and thinner 
B) thinner 
C) heavier 
D) less athletic 
E) none of these choices

Exam 11: Sexuality and Gender

What is the glass ceiling?

A problem with the essentialist perspective is that social situations involving competition and threat:

Which of the following are NOT goals of the "second wave" of the women's movement?

Parents tend to encourage girls to engage in cooperative,role-playing games while they encourage boys to engage in boisterous and competitive play.

When you behave according to widely shared expectations about how males or females are supposed to act,you adopt a:

Conflict,feminist,and symbolic interactionist theories focus on various aspects of the social ____ of gender.

Babies born with ambiguous genitals due to a hormone imbalance in the womb are called:

For a social constructionist,gender is "constructed" by what two features of social life?

When examining the research on body ideals,it becomes clear that although men and women are both concerned about their weight,men and women are concerned about different physical attributes.For example:

Parents tend to identify their girls as:

When children played chasing games in the schoolyard,groups often spontaneously formed along gender lines.These games had special names,some of which had clear:

Children passively accept gender socialization.

Michael always believed that he should be a girl.If he has sexual reassignment surgery,takes estrogen,and begins to live as Michele,he would be a:

The low-cal and diet food industry promotes an ideal of slimness that is often impossible to attain.This can:

What should we NOT conclude from Barrie Thorne's research on a fourth and fifth grade American classroom?

When sexual jokes,comments,and touching interfere with work or create an unfriendly work setting,this is called:

Which of the following is NOT one of the main criticisms against essentialist arguments about gender?

Research shows that babies first develop a vague sense of being a boy or a girl at about the age of:

People who identify with and want to live fully as members of the opposite sex are called:

During the 1900s,the ideal body image for women became:

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