Question 1

What is the goal of the United Nations Conference on Women?

Accepted Answer

A) to promote the traditional role of women in bearing children, raising them, and ensuring the domestic tranquility of the home 
B) to ensure women's equal access to economic resources, including vocational training and markets 
C) to ensure that no country interferes with the gender role definitions of another 
D) to catapult women into government leadership positions 
E) to prevent the use of birth control and abortion in low-income countries 
A) to promote the traditional role of women in bearing children, raising them, and ensuring the domestic tranquility of the home 
B) to ensure women's equal access to economic resources, including vocational training and markets 
C) to ensure that no country interferes with the gender role definitions of another 
D) to catapult women into government leadership positions 
E) to prevent the use of birth control and abortion in low-income countries

Question 2

Theorists who believe in the social construction of gender:

Accepted Answer

A) argue that only gender is socially constructed; sex is clearly biological 
B) argue that both gender and sex are socially constructed 
C) argue that neither gender nor sex is socially constructed 
D) accept that there are some gender differences that are biological 
E) agree with those who argue that sex is largely biologically determined 
A) argue that only gender is socially constructed; sex is clearly biological 
B) argue that both gender and sex are socially constructed 
C) argue that neither gender nor sex is socially constructed 
D) accept that there are some gender differences that are biological 
E) agree with those who argue that sex is largely biologically determined

Question 3

The functionalist sociologist Talcott Parsons referred to being the breadwinner in the family as filling the:

Accepted Answer

A) expressive role 
B) instrumental role 
C) gendered role 
D) sex segregated role 
E) anomic role 
A) expressive role 
B) instrumental role 
C) gendered role 
D) sex segregated role 
E) anomic role

Question 4

Why does gender inequality exist?

Accepted Answer

A) because men and women generally do different kinds of work 
B) because women are responsible for child rearing 
C) because men hunt 
D) because men engage in military activities 
E) because the activities of men and women are valued differently 
A) because men and women generally do different kinds of work 
B) because women are responsible for child rearing 
C) because men hunt 
D) because men engage in military activities 
E) because the activities of men and women are valued differently

Question 5

Variations in gender roles across cultures demonstrate that:

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A) gender roles are biologically determined 
B) gender roles are culturally determined 
C) Western social scientists have a bias that distorts their understanding of gender roles 
D) there is no such thing as gender roles 
E) gender roles are essentially the same everywhere, with only minor variations 
A) gender roles are biologically determined 
B) gender roles are culturally determined 
C) Western social scientists have a bias that distorts their understanding of gender roles 
D) there is no such thing as gender roles 
E) gender roles are essentially the same everywhere, with only minor variations

Question 6

In which country,of those listed below,is the difference in the hours worked each day by men and women,including housework and childcare,the lowest?

Accepted Answer

A) Mexico 
B) Italy 
C) India 
D) United States 
E) All of the countries listed above have the same difference. 
A) Mexico 
B) Italy 
C) India 
D) United States 
E) All of the countries listed above have the same difference.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true concerning the !Kung of the Kalahari Desert?

Accepted Answer

A) !Kung men are aggressive. 
B) !Kung women are aggressive. 
C) !Kung women hunt. 
D) !Kung men provide the majority of the food. 
E) !Kung men engage in childcare. 
A) !Kung men are aggressive. 
B) !Kung women are aggressive. 
C) !Kung women hunt. 
D) !Kung men provide the majority of the food. 
E) !Kung men engage in childcare.

Question 8

In Navajo culture,the nádleehí,male-bodied people with feminine natures:

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A) are considered especially honorable 
B) are devalued 
C) cross-dress because they consider cross-dressing erotic 
D) do not actually exist; it is simply a myth 
E) were banned from Navajo society 
A) are considered especially honorable 
B) are devalued 
C) cross-dress because they consider cross-dressing erotic 
D) do not actually exist; it is simply a myth 
E) were banned from Navajo society

Question 9

Which of the following positions is shared by all schools of feminist thought?

Accepted Answer

A) Women have an unequal position in society. 
B) Gender has little influence on social life. 
C) Gender inequality can never be eradicated. 
D) Gender inequality is a social construction. 
E) The roots of gender inequality are in biology. 
A) Women have an unequal position in society. 
B) Gender has little influence on social life. 
C) Gender inequality can never be eradicated. 
D) Gender inequality is a social construction. 
E) The roots of gender inequality are in biology.

Question 10

Comparable worth policies would be a strategy most likely to be supported by which type of feminism?

Accepted Answer

A) liberal feminism 
B) radical feminism 
C) black feminism 
D) Parsonian functionalism 
E) Marxism 
A) liberal feminism 
B) radical feminism 
C) black feminism 
D) Parsonian functionalism 
E) Marxism

Question 11

What are comparable worth policies? What are some reasons why comparable worth policies are not widely adopted?

Accepted Answer

To answer this question,the student shou

Question 12

Why are women so often the targets of sexual violence?

Accepted Answer

A) because women frustrate men by sexually teasing them and then not having sex with them 
B) the revealing clothing women wear these days 
C) the highly sexualized content in entertainment media 
D) because men believe that they are entitled to have sexual access if they already know the women 
E) because women rarely fight back 
A) because women frustrate men by sexually teasing them and then not having sex with them 
B) the revealing clothing women wear these days 
C) the highly sexualized content in entertainment media 
D) because men believe that they are entitled to have sexual access if they already know the women 
E) because women rarely fight back

Question 13

Joe hangs out with men who discuss women as if they were sexual objects.This makes him insensitive to the difference between consensual and nonconsensual sex.Which concept best explains this situation?

Accepted Answer

A) "rape culture" 
B) rape awareness 
C) gender inequality 
D) sex segregation 
E) the biology of sex 
A) "rape culture" 
B) rape awareness 
C) gender inequality 
D) sex segregation 
E) the biology of sex

Question 14

Female politicians are more likely to be:

Accepted Answer

A) members of the Republican party rather than the Democratic party 
B) involved in local politics rather than national politics 
C) in the U.S.Senate than male politicians 
D) in the U.S.House of Representatives than male politicians 
E) none of the above; there is no gender difference in politics 
A) members of the Republican party rather than the Democratic party 
B) involved in local politics rather than national politics 
C) in the U.S.Senate than male politicians 
D) in the U.S.House of Representatives than male politicians 
E) none of the above; there is no gender difference in politics

Question 15

Compare liberal feminism with radical feminism.Which perspective best explains gender inequality today? Which perspective provides the best solutions?

Accepted Answer

Unlike radical feminists,liberal feminis

What is the goal of the United Nations Conference on Women?

Theorists who believe in the social construction of gender:

The functionalist sociologist Talcott Parsons referred to being the breadwinner in the family as filling the:

Why does gender inequality exist?

Variations in gender roles across cultures demonstrate that:

In which country,of those listed below,is the difference in the hours worked each day by men and women,including housework and childcare,the lowest?

Which of the following statements is true concerning the !Kung of the Kalahari Desert?

In Navajo culture,the nádleehí,male-bodied people with feminine natures:

Which of the following positions is shared by all schools of feminist thought?

Comparable worth policies would be a strategy most likely to be supported by which type of feminism?

What are comparable worth policies? What are some reasons why comparable worth policies are not widely adopted?

Why are women so often the targets of sexual violence?

Joe hangs out with men who discuss women as if they were sexual objects.This makes him insensitive to the difference between consensual and nonconsensual sex.Which concept best explains this situation?

Female politicians are more likely to be:

Compare liberal feminism with radical feminism.Which perspective best explains gender inequality today? Which perspective provides the best solutions?

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Exam 9: Gender Inequality

What is the goal of the United Nations Conference on Women?

Theorists who believe in the social construction of gender:

The functionalist sociologist Talcott Parsons referred to being the breadwinner in the family as filling the:

Why does gender inequality exist?

Variations in gender roles across cultures demonstrate that:

In which country,of those listed below,is the difference in the hours worked each day by men and women,including housework and childcare,the lowest?

Which of the following statements is true concerning the !Kung of the Kalahari Desert?

In Navajo culture,the nádleehí,male-bodied people with feminine natures:

Which of the following positions is shared by all schools of feminist thought?

Comparable worth policies would be a strategy most likely to be supported by which type of feminism?

What are comparable worth policies? What are some reasons why comparable worth policies are not widely adopted?

Why are women so often the targets of sexual violence?

Joe hangs out with men who discuss women as if they were sexual objects.This makes him insensitive to the difference between consensual and nonconsensual sex.Which concept best explains this situation?

Female politicians are more likely to be:

Compare liberal feminism with radical feminism.Which perspective best explains gender inequality today? Which perspective provides the best solutions?

Sociology: Theory and Method

Culture and Society

Socialization, the Life Course, and Aging

Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

Groups, Networks, and Organizations

Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Stratification, Class, and Inequality

Global Inequality

Ethnicity and Race

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education and Religion

Politics and Economic Life

The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality

Urbanization, Population, and the Environment

Globalization in a Changing World

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