Question 1

In his book The History of Sexuality (1978),Michel Foucault contends that the classification of homosexuality as a kind of deviance was a result of:

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A)  a sudden increase in the number of individuals practicing homosexual behavior. 
B)  people not talking about sex as openly as they used to. 
C)  the rise in gay pride and advocacy for same-sex marriage. 
D)  government bureaucrats attempting to assert their power over people. 
A)  a sudden increase in the number of individuals practicing homosexual behavior. 
B)  people not talking about sex as openly as they used to. 
C)  the rise in gay pride and advocacy for same-sex marriage. 
D)  government bureaucrats attempting to assert their power over people. D

Question 2

Which of the following would be considered a positive trait or characteristic for a man within today's hegemonic masculinity?

Accepted Answer

A)  sexual fluidity 
B)  nurturing 
C)  a love of sports 
D)  emotional sensitivity 
A)  sexual fluidity 
B)  nurturing 
C)  a love of sports 
D)  emotional sensitivity C

Question 3

By looking at anthropological findings in tribal societies,sociologists can see fluidity in gender,which helps us see that the boundaries within our own system of gender:

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A)  are biologically fixed. 
B)  may not be stable. 
C)  are emotionally guided. 
D)  are psychologically established. 
A)  are biologically fixed. 
B)  may not be stable. 
C)  are emotionally guided. 
D)  are psychologically established. B

Question 4

Which of the following examples calls into question the two firm categories of sex and gender that dominate our thinking?

Accepted Answer

A)  the notion that men and women are equals 
B)  the existence of male and female teams in sports 
C)  the existence of more than two gender groups in other cultures 
D)  the existence of gender stereotypes 
A)  the notion that men and women are equals 
B)  the existence of male and female teams in sports 
C)  the existence of more than two gender groups in other cultures 
D)  the existence of gender stereotypes

Question 5

Anthropologist Michelle Rosaldo believed women were usually lower in the stratification system because of their identification with:

Accepted Answer

A)  prostitution. 
B)  emotional awareness. 
C)  lower-paying jobs. 
D)  domestic life. 
A)  prostitution. 
B)  emotional awareness. 
C)  lower-paying jobs. 
D)  domestic life.

Question 6

What is "the woman question"? Explain the woman question from a functional perspective and a feminist perspective.What are some limitations of these perspectives?

Accepted Answer

The woman question asks,"Why are women u

Question 7

A man who commits a homosexual act within prison:

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A)  generally takes on a homosexual identity. 
B)  does not necessarily view himself as a homosexual. 
C)  is viewed by all the other prisoners as having a homosexual identity. 
D)  sees himself as powerless. 
A)  generally takes on a homosexual identity. 
B)  does not necessarily view himself as a homosexual. 
C)  is viewed by all the other prisoners as having a homosexual identity. 
D)  sees himself as powerless.

Question 8

Which of the following aligns with the arguments of black feminism?

Accepted Answer

A)  The experiences of women are universal,regardless of race. 
B)  Black women face unique oppressions that white women,and even black men,do not. 
C)  All women are faced with the same hegemonic masculinity. 
D)  Black women deserve more help from the white feminist movement. 
A)  The experiences of women are universal,regardless of race. 
B)  Black women face unique oppressions that white women,and even black men,do not. 
C)  All women are faced with the same hegemonic masculinity. 
D)  Black women deserve more help from the white feminist movement.

Question 9

Which of the following is one main reason why a Navajo person would identify as nadle? The person:

Accepted Answer

A)  was born with ambiguous genitalia. 
B)  has sexual feelings toward people of the same sex. 
C)  was shamed with the stigma of divorce. 
D)  was bodily altered by sacrificial emasculation. 
A)  was born with ambiguous genitalia. 
B)  has sexual feelings toward people of the same sex. 
C)  was shamed with the stigma of divorce. 
D)  was bodily altered by sacrificial emasculation.

Question 10

Bob and Sue paint their baby's room pink as soon as they find out they are having a girl.They are beginning to provide the baby with what?

Accepted Answer

A)  self-awareness 
B)  class markers 
C)  a deadname 
D)  her gendered identity 
A)  self-awareness 
B)  class markers 
C)  a deadname 
D)  her gendered identity

Question 11

Many people believe sex to be an either/or situation (either male or female),but sociologists believe these pure categories are:

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A)  distinctly different. 
B)  strictly biological. 
C)  not biologically absolute but socially helpful. 
D)  more of an ideal than an absolute. 
A)  distinctly different. 
B)  strictly biological. 
C)  not biologically absolute but socially helpful. 
D)  more of an ideal than an absolute.

Question 12

Feminist psychoanalyst Nancy Chodorow believes that if men share mothering with women,then:

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A)  marital sexual happiness will be enhanced. 
B)  parental identification will be confusing. 
C)  egalitarian relationships will be possible. 
D)  there will be more family conflict. 
A)  marital sexual happiness will be enhanced. 
B)  parental identification will be confusing. 
C)  egalitarian relationships will be possible. 
D)  there will be more family conflict.

Question 13

For the Sambia,taking in semen of older men by performing fellatio is the only way to:

Accepted Answer

A)  become great warriors. 
B)  become successful hunters. 
C)  become real men. 
D)  compensate for a failed hunt. 
A)  become great warriors. 
B)  become successful hunters. 
C)  become real men. 
D)  compensate for a failed hunt.

Question 14

Anthropologist Don Kulick (1998)conducted an ethnography of the transgender prostitutes in Brazil,known as travesti.Which of the following did he find to be true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The travesti display stereotypically feminine traits and identify themselves as women. 
B)  The travesti think of themselves as men who emulate women but are not women. 
C)  The travesti think of themselves as male,even if they allow themselves to be penetrated by other men. 
D)  The travesti identify themselves simply as men and are identified by other Brazilians as "normal men." 
A)  The travesti display stereotypically feminine traits and identify themselves as women. 
B)  The travesti think of themselves as men who emulate women but are not women. 
C)  The travesti think of themselves as male,even if they allow themselves to be penetrated by other men. 
D)  The travesti identify themselves simply as men and are identified by other Brazilians as "normal men."

Question 15

It is argued in your text that gender structures social relationships by giving men the advantage in society.As a result,which of the following is LEAST likely to happen?

Accepted Answer

A)  When women enter male-dominated occupations,they may hit a glass ceiling. 
B)  When men enter female-dominated occupations,they are encouraged to advance on the glass escalator. 
C)  When men enter female-dominated occupations,they often become victims of sexual harassment. 
D)  When women enter male-dominated occupations,they often become victims of sexual harassment. 
A)  When women enter male-dominated occupations,they may hit a glass ceiling. 
B)  When men enter female-dominated occupations,they are encouraged to advance on the glass escalator. 
C)  When men enter female-dominated occupations,they often become victims of sexual harassment. 
D)  When women enter male-dominated occupations,they often become victims of sexual harassment.

Question 16

Which of the following situations provides an example of how the social categories of gender influence the biology of sex?

Accepted Answer

A)  parents who refuse to let their three-year-old son paint his fingernails 
B)  how people react differently to two women who hold hands in public versus two men who hold hands in public 
C)  the decision to perform sex reassignment surgery on a male infant born with a micropenis (e.g.,a phallus measuring less than 2 centimeters in length)and raise the baby as a female 
D)  how a one-sex model of human bodies dominated thinking among ancient Greeks,but a two-sex model dominates current Western biological thought 
A)  parents who refuse to let their three-year-old son paint his fingernails 
B)  how people react differently to two women who hold hands in public versus two men who hold hands in public 
C)  the decision to perform sex reassignment surgery on a male infant born with a micropenis (e.g.,a phallus measuring less than 2 centimeters in length)and raise the baby as a female 
D)  how a one-sex model of human bodies dominated thinking among ancient Greeks,but a two-sex model dominates current Western biological thought

Question 17

Angie writes a college paper about the origins of patriarchy.Following Gayle Rubin's theory closely,she argues that:

Accepted Answer

A)  trading women as property gave men certain rights over their female kin. 
B)  sex role theory places women in a subordinate position. 
C)  girls develop subordinate psychologies due to their relationships with their mothers. 
D)  testosterone makes men more dominant. 
A)  trading women as property gave men certain rights over their female kin. 
B)  sex role theory places women in a subordinate position. 
C)  girls develop subordinate psychologies due to their relationships with their mothers. 
D)  testosterone makes men more dominant.

Question 18

Why does hegemonic masculinity often seem invisible? Why do men who fit with hegemonic masculinity sometimes see themselves as under attack by feminists? In your opinion,will tensions between hegemonic masculinity and feminism reduce over time,or become more intense? Why?

Accepted Answer

Hegemonic masculinity is so dominant tha

Question 19

When examining the woman question,why is it important to include the intersection of sexual orientation,race,class,nationality,ability,and other factors? Choose two of these factors and offer an example (real-world or hypothetical)of how they matter in a woman's daily experience.

Accepted Answer

As Patricia Hill Collins points out,"wom

Question 20

Alfred Kinsey's 1948 study,Sexual Behavior in the Human Male,is important because:

Accepted Answer

A)  it viewed sexuality as falling on a continuum,thus challenging the psychiatric claim of homosexuality as abnormal. 
B)  it viewed the sexual behavior of men as more deviant than what was initially thought,lending support to the psychiatric diagnosis of homosexuality as perverse. 
C)  sexual topics became taboo for the first time in history. 
D)  it increased funding to researchers interested in studying the sexual practices of other deviant subcultures. 
A)  it viewed sexuality as falling on a continuum,thus challenging the psychiatric claim of homosexuality as abnormal. 
B)  it viewed the sexual behavior of men as more deviant than what was initially thought,lending support to the psychiatric diagnosis of homosexuality as perverse. 
C)  sexual topics became taboo for the first time in history. 
D)  it increased funding to researchers interested in studying the sexual practices of other deviant subcultures.

In his book The History of Sexuality (1978),Michel Foucault contends that the classification of homosexuality as a kind of deviance was a result of:

Which of the following would be considered a positive trait or characteristic for a man within today's hegemonic masculinity?

By looking at anthropological findings in tribal societies,sociologists can see fluidity in gender,which helps us see that the boundaries within our own system of gender:

Which of the following examples calls into question the two firm categories of sex and gender that dominate our thinking?

Anthropologist Michelle Rosaldo believed women were usually lower in the stratification system because of their identification with:

What is "the woman question"? Explain the woman question from a functional perspective and a feminist perspective.What are some limitations of these perspectives?

A man who commits a homosexual act within prison:

Which of the following aligns with the arguments of black feminism?

Which of the following is one main reason why a Navajo person would identify as nadle? The person:

Bob and Sue paint their baby's room pink as soon as they find out they are having a girl.They are beginning to provide the baby with what?

Many people believe sex to be an either/or situation (either male or female),but sociologists believe these pure categories are:

Feminist psychoanalyst Nancy Chodorow believes that if men share mothering with women,then:

For the Sambia,taking in semen of older men by performing fellatio is the only way to:

Anthropologist Don Kulick (1998)conducted an ethnography of the transgender prostitutes in Brazil,known as travesti.Which of the following did he find to be true?

It is argued in your text that gender structures social relationships by giving men the advantage in society.As a result,which of the following is LEAST likely to happen?

Which of the following situations provides an example of how the social categories of gender influence the biology of sex?

Angie writes a college paper about the origins of patriarchy.Following Gayle Rubin's theory closely,she argues that:

Why does hegemonic masculinity often seem invisible? Why do men who fit with hegemonic masculinity sometimes see themselves as under attack by feminists? In your opinion,will tensions between hegemonic masculinity and feminism reduce over time,or become more intense? Why?

When examining the woman question,why is it important to include the intersection of sexual orientation,race,class,nationality,ability,and other factors? Choose two of these factors and offer an example (real-world or hypothetical)of how they matter in a woman's daily experience.

Alfred Kinsey's 1948 study,Sexual Behavior in the Human Male,is important because:

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Exam 8: Gender

In his book The History of Sexuality (1978),Michel Foucault contends that the classification of homosexuality as a kind of deviance was a result of:

Which of the following would be considered a positive trait or characteristic for a man within today's hegemonic masculinity?

By looking at anthropological findings in tribal societies,sociologists can see fluidity in gender,which helps us see that the boundaries within our own system of gender:

Which of the following examples calls into question the two firm categories of sex and gender that dominate our thinking?

Anthropologist Michelle Rosaldo believed women were usually lower in the stratification system because of their identification with:

What is "the woman question"? Explain the woman question from a functional perspective and a feminist perspective.What are some limitations of these perspectives?

A man who commits a homosexual act within prison:

Which of the following aligns with the arguments of black feminism?

Which of the following is one main reason why a Navajo person would identify as nadle? The person:

Bob and Sue paint their baby's room pink as soon as they find out they are having a girl.They are beginning to provide the baby with what?

Many people believe sex to be an either/or situation (either male or female),but sociologists believe these pure categories are:

Feminist psychoanalyst Nancy Chodorow believes that if men share mothering with women,then:

For the Sambia,taking in semen of older men by performing fellatio is the only way to:

Anthropologist Don Kulick (1998)conducted an ethnography of the transgender prostitutes in Brazil,known as travesti.Which of the following did he find to be true?

It is argued in your text that gender structures social relationships by giving men the advantage in society.As a result,which of the following is LEAST likely to happen?

Which of the following situations provides an example of how the social categories of gender influence the biology of sex?

Angie writes a college paper about the origins of patriarchy.Following Gayle Rubin's theory closely,she argues that:

Why does hegemonic masculinity often seem invisible? Why do men who fit with hegemonic masculinity sometimes see themselves as under attack by feminists? In your opinion,will tensions between hegemonic masculinity and feminism reduce over time,or become more intense? Why?

When examining the woman question,why is it important to include the intersection of sexual orientation,race,class,nationality,ability,and other factors? Choose two of these factors and offer an example (real-world or hypothetical)of how they matter in a woman's daily experience.

Alfred Kinsey's 1948 study,Sexual Behavior in the Human Male,is important because:

The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction

Methods

Culture and Media

Socialization and the Construction of Reality

Groups and Networks

Social Control and Deviance

Stratification

Race

Poverty

Health and Society

Family

Education

Capitalism and the Economy

Authority and the State

Religion

Science,the Environment,and Society

Collective Action,Social Movements,and Social Change

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