Exam 9: Gender Stratification: Shehe Who Goes First

According to the text, teachers are most likely to reward girls for being:

A biological term that refers to ascribed genetic, anatomical, and hormonal differences between men and women is:

The gender norms are the same across all cultures.

___________________ are interested in how physical differences between men and women come to be symbols that result in different social rights and rewards.

Today, stereotypes of women in a majority of societies label feminine behaviors as proactive, assertive, and competitive.

Puja decides to make a change and cut her hair very short. To maintain her feminine look, she wears a dress, big earrings, and lots of makeup. Puja is:

Women are never privileged in micro-level interactions.

Define and describe the "superwoman syndrome." Provide examples.

Many major religious groups have added modern branches in addition to their traditional and fundamentalist groups.

Every workplace with women has a gendered configuration.

From a structural-functional perspective, each sex has a role to play in the interdependent groups and institutions of society.

Which of the following statements about gender roles is false?

Which of the following statements about gender and the mass media is false?

The term ________________ refers to "identification as someone who is challenging, questioning, or changing gender from that assigned at birth to a chosen gender."

Many men receive privileges in society that they did not request and of which they may not even be aware.

What is the difference between de jure and de facto discrimination? Provide at least one example each of de jure and de facto gender discrimination.

Mass media are major agents of socialization into gender roles.

According to the text, women's athletic programs and scholarship opportunities have now surpassed those of men.

In the United States, women are using the Internet to reinforce their private lives and men are using the Internet to engage in the public sphere.

As adults, the roles we play in various social institutions depend greatly on our sex and age.