Exam 10: Gender and Age

What was the Townsend Plan?

Briefly describe how the meaning of "old age" has changed over time in the United States.

Marketing,sales,and production positions are considered _________ that lead(s)to the top of a company.

If the chromosome set is XY the resulting sex is __________.

What is feminism?

The major theories on the origin of patriarchy point to the social consequences of human reproduction.

-Figure 10.16 "Health Care Costs for the Elderly and Disabled" shows skyrocketing costs for both Medicare (which pays health care costs for the elderly)and Medicaid (which pays health care costs for the poor). Why have both funds seen such an increase in spending?

How do theorists view the relationship between industrialization and the elderly in the United States?

Sociologically,why is gender especially significant?

In hunting and gathering as well as horticultural societies,women contributed the majority of the food supply to their groups.

Continuity theory and disengagement theory are aligned with the functionalist perspective.

Because of the high costs of Medicare and Social Security,programs that benefit children are underfunded.

The ratio of women who work for wages is evenly distributed throughout the United States.

What is the major criticism of continuity theory as an explanation of how the elderly adjust to retirement?

How does sex discrimination enter into the concept of the glass ceiling?

Because age is socially constructed,there is little unified agreement worldwide on the image and treatment of the elderly.

Gender age is the relative value that a culture places on men's and women's ages,such as gray hair on men interpreted as a sign of being mature and gray hair on women interpreted as a sign of being old.

Agatha has worked for ten years in the public relations department of a large firm. She has been promoted to several higher paying managerial positions,but never to an executive position,even though she has directed several successful projects for the firm. Her lack of promotion MOST likely illustrates ________.

What is the major criticism of disengagement theory as an explanation for the ways in which the elderly adjust to retirement?

By 2000,the median age in the United States population was approximately 35. What does this mean,and how is it calculated?