Question 1

Which of the following positions do all schools of feminist thought share?

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.

Question 2

Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies the concept of the motherhood penalty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Joyce is a psychologist who chose not to have children to focus on her career. 
B)  Bernette is a dentist and mother of two who gets paid less than her childless counterpart. 
C)  Haley is given a heavier load at her job as a banker because she's a mother. 
D)  Simone is a mother of three who is currently in med school and working full time.

Question 3

Which of the following is an accurate statement about rape?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most rapes are committed by strangers the victim does not know. 
B)  Most rapes are committed by men against women. 
C)  Most rapes are reported, documented, and handled by the justice system. 
D)  The total number of sexual assaults, attempted rapes, and rapes has increased steadily over the past two decades.

Question 4

In two to four sentences, explain what criticisms black feminists make about the feminist movement.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

According to the textbook, in Navajo culture, the nádleehí, male-bodied people with feminine natures:

Accepted Answer

A)  are considered especially honorable. 
B)  are devalued. 
C)  cross-dress because they consider cross-dressing erotic. 
D)  were banned from Navajo society.

Question 6

How would a sociologist explain the existence of gender inequality in modern society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women generally do different kinds of work. 
B)  Women are responsible for childrearing. 
C)  Work done by men requires more skill and education. 
D)  The activities of men and women are valued differently.

Question 7

Labor advocates have noted that the workers who died in the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh were primarily women. Which sociological lens might be useful for understanding this tragedy?

Accepted Answer

A)  liberal feminism 
B)  radical feminism 
C)  Marxism 
D)  transnational feminism

Question 8

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

Question 9

According to the textbook, which answer best explains why women are so often the target of sexual violence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women rarely fight back. 
B)  Women wear revealing clothing to provoke men. 
C)  The entertainment media produces and distributes highly sexualized content that causes men to become violent. 
D)  Many men believe that they are entitled to have sexual access if they already know the woman.

Question 10

In one to two sentences, describe female labor-force participation patterns over the past fifty years. In two to three more sentences describe how this pattern can be explained.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

Variations in gender roles across cultures demonstrate that:

Accepted Answer

A)  gender roles are biologically determined. 
B)  gender roles are not biologically determined. 
C)  Western social scientists have a bias that distorts their understanding of gender roles. 
D)  gender roles are essentially the same everywhere, with only minor variations.

Question 12

John is an elementary school teacher who is encouraged by management to apply for the vacant principal position at his school. Even though there are equally qualified or more qualified female teachers, he is told he will get excellent recommendations. In this example, John is likely:

Accepted Answer

A)  hitting the glass ceiling. 
B)  riding the glass escalator. 
C)  experiencing gender typing. 
D)  benefitting from sex segregation.

Question 13

Which of the following statements concerning Afghanistan and the bacha posh, daughters transformed into sons, is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Families with only sons often experience shame and pity. 
B)  Most of the time, a bacha posh returns to womanhood when the child enters puberty. 
C)  Parents of bacha posh consider transforming their girls into boys to be cruel. 
D)  Girls are highly prized.

Question 14

How does patriarchy, or male dominance in society, take shape across the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men are favored in most societies, but the degree of patriarchy varies. 
B)  Men are favored in most societies, and patriarchy is strong throughout. 
C)  Men are not favored in most societies, but the degree of patriarchy varies. 
D)  Men are not favored in most societies, and patriarchy is weak in most countries.

Question 15

The TV show Shark Tank found that companies founded by men received an average valuation of nearly $1.7 million, while those founded by women received an average valuation of just $781,000. How do sociologists explain this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Funders have negative perceptions of women business owners. 
B)  Women are less assertive than men. 
C)  Women have less valuable ideas than men. 
D)  Women-owned businesses tend to focus on niche markets.

Question 16

Which of the following issues was addressed in the Platform for Action agreed to at the 1995 United Nations Women's Conference in Beijing?

Accepted Answer

A)  women's right to control their own reproduction and sexuality 
B)  how women can reduce the stress of the male breadwinner role 
C)  the need for government-imposed quotas for women to be equally represented in politics as men 
D)  how to discourage women from stay-at-home mothering because it slows the advancement of women

Question 17

The functionalist sociologist Talcott Parsons used the term ________ to refer to providing care and security to children and offering them emotional support.

Accepted Answer

A)  expressive role 
B)  instrumental role 
C)  gendered role 
D)  sex-segregated role

Question 18

In the United States, men generally have more status, power, and prestige than women. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  gender conformity. 
B)  matriarchy. 
C)  masculinity. 
D)  gender inequality.

Question 19

Don and Juanita, a married couple, split their housework equally. According to the functionalist sociologist Talcott Parsons, why would this behavior be considered inefficient?

Accepted Answer

A)  The family is most efficient when it operates with a clear sexual division of labor. 
B)  Don, like most men, dislikes housework. 
C)  A high-functioning family has servants to complete tasks such as housework. 
D)  Men should actually do more housework than women.

Question 20

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 prevent the use of birth control and abortion in low-income countries

Exam 9: Gender Inequality