Exam 13: Gender Stratification

Evidence from the Israeli kibbutzim suggests that cultures have the ability to define what is masculine and feminine in various ways.

In the United States in 2011,women in the labor force working full time earned _______ to every dollar men earned.

Friedrich Engels claimed that capitalism

While playing in peer groups,girls are less likely to play the "win-lose" games favored by boys.

The concept of "glass ceiling" refers to

Which type of feminism accepts the basic organization of U.S.society,but seeks to give women the same rights and opportunities as men?

In athletics,the performance gap between male and female athletes is increasing.

The category of the U.S.population in which women do most of the housework is

A main idea of multicultural feminism is that

The Chapter argues that gender is not just a matter of difference in behavior,but also of differences in

George Murdock found that,in the case of many tasks,what one society considers "masculine" another may consider "feminine."

In the United States today,women working for income is the rule rather than the exception.

Throughout the life course,gender shapes

Sexism is the assertion that one sex is innately superior to the other.

The factor which accounts for the greatest share of the difference in the earnings of working women and men in the United States is

On average,human males are both taller and heavier than human females.

In 2011,U.S.women earned 77 cents for every one dollar earned by men.

In the United States today,about two-thirds of physicians are women.

Since very few societies have existed without patriarchy,we must conclude that it is inevitable.

Employed married women do less housework than employed married men.