Exam 11: Sexualities and Gender Stratification

Jocelyne is a personal assistant to the CEO of a large Canadian bank.Her company completes an equal-pay study and Jocelyne receives a raise.What is the most likely reason for this?

What areas of gender relations do symbolic interactionists investigate? Summarize the main findings in each.

Kazia has worked as a junior manager for 15 years.She has watched several men younger than her get promoted over the years, despite her superior performance evaluations.What is Kazia likely experiencing?

In 1967, the Canadian gender gap in earnings was first reported.What has happened to it since then?

Fewer than 2 percent of Canadians identify as homosexual.However, 35 percent of female undergraduates and 18 percent of male undergraduates admitted having same-sex activity or desire.What does this discrepancy suggest?

Which of the following constitutes a person's sex?

Jason firmly believes that homosexuals choose their sexual orientation.Based on research, which of the following most likely describes Jason's attitude?

Bettina works at a coffee shop along with several other young men and women.She knows the men make $2.00 per hour more than any of the women and that the manager allows the men to take longer breaks.The men never have to do any of the closing-shift janitorial duties.What sociological term refers to what Bettina and the other women at the coffee shop experience?

In which of the following times and places was homosexuality most likely to be accepted?

Danielle has a three-year-old daughter and refuses to buy her a Barbie doll.She has also forbidden any of her friends and relatives from doing this.Danielle's childrearing practices can likely be attributed to a belief in which of the following theories?

What percentage of Canadian preschoolers can be accommodated by the available regulated daycare spaces?

Although Dr.John Money claimed that the sexual reassignment of baby Bruce was successful, it later appeared not to be.According to the textbook, what is the reason for failure?

Some research suggests that some violent crimes against homosexuals could result from repressed homosexual urges on the part of the aggressors.While this psychological explanation may account for some of this violence, why is it not an adequate explanation?

Every time Monica eats, she worries that she will gain weight.However, she loves food, so her solution is to eat everything and then make herself vomit afterwards.What condition does have?

What influence do adults have on gender boundary crossing among children?

Which of the following theorists would be the least likely to acknowledge that a person's gender identity may change during their lifetime?

Ten-year-old Melinda is a skilled lacrosse player.All other lacrosse players in her neighbourhood are boys.When she asks to play what is likely to be the outcome, based on the research discussed in the textbook?

Jane is a wife of a well-off farmer in seventeenth-century England.Elizabeth is a wife of a rich industrialist in nineteenth-century England.Which of them would Engels expect to experience higher levels of gender inequality?

Why do many parents socialize their sons and daughters differently? What are the social consequences of these patterns for the children later in their lives?

"Sexual assault is not about sexual gratification at all." Explain this statement.