Question 1

What is the gender wage gap? How has it changed in Canada since 1992?

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Question 2

Claudia works for a company where only women are employed.She realizes that they are all underpaid,considering the numerous skills they bring to their jobs.Why is it unlikely that the equal pay for equivalent work legislation can help her and her fellow workers get their wages raised?

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A)  The legislation is nothing more than tokenism. 
B)  The policies compare men and women in similar contexts and work conditions. 
C)  Cross-industry analysis won't change gender bias in pay scale. 
D)  The owners are men and won't respect the policies.

Question 3

In the agrarian society,men are expected to plow and plant the fields while women tend to household chores such as cooking,cleaning,and childcare.What term describes this process whereby productive tasks are separated on the basis of being male or female?

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A)  gender based sexism 
B)  gendered division of labour 
C)  horizontal segregation 
D)  occupational segregation

Question 4

What are the two areas of policy development that relate to inequality in the workplace? How are they the same?

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Question 5

Even though Katrina does a completely different job than her brother Kenneth at the processing plant,their wages are the same because they are based on the level of skill,training,and responsibility that each of them needs for the job.What do we call this situation?

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A)  tokenism 
B)  employment equity 
C)  affirmative employment-wage action 
D)  equal pay for equivalent work

Question 6

Sarah Mitchell has worked for the ABC Corporation for more than 20 years.She has continuously received glowing work reviews and for the past 10 years has been the manager of the accounting department.When a new VP of finance was selected last week,ABC executives announced that John Martin,a 12-year employee from the public relations department,was given the position.Which of the following explains why didn't Sarah receive the promotion?

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A)  the effects of a lack of human capital 
B)  sexual harassment 
C)  a supply-side explanation 
D)  the use of stereotypes by ABC executives

Question 7

For his term paper,Jeremy is going to argue that female-male pay differences are a result of differences in women's and men's education,skills,training,and work experience.Which theory is Jeremy using?

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A)  sex-role socialization theory 
B)  relative resource theory 
C)  human capital theory 
D)  time availability theory

Question 8

Women who endorse the prospect of intensive motherhood often find housework and childcare to be rewarding.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

According to the text,which of the following factors has affected the labour force participation rate of Canadian women?

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A)  There is less need for manufacturing workers. 
B)  There is a rising number of out-of-wedlock single mothers. 
C)  There is a greater demand for service workers. 
D)  There is a rising rate of female fertility.

Question 10

Justine has recently graduated with a PhD in sociology and has spent the past several months looking for an academic position.She has managed to secure teaching employment in sociology classes on three different university campuses.According to the text,what is Justine's employment situation called?

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A)  nonstandard 
B)  flexible labour 
C)  standard 
D)  independent contract

Question 11

Shireen is a teacher and mother of three.When not at school,her hours are spent doing chores related to child care and housework.When asked why her husband helped out so little,Shireen would answer,"His idea of a clean house falls short of my expectations and capabilities." What theory would best explain the differences in unpaid work between Shireen and her husband?

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A)  relative resource 
B)  time availability 
C)  cultural 
D)  domestic

Question 12

In which occupation does the predominance of women exemplify horizontal segregation?

Accepted Answer

A)  blue-collar work 
B)  teaching jobs 
C)  self-employment 
D)  supervisory positions

Question 13

Jason met with his high school guidance counsellor to discuss what courses he should be taking in order to be accepted into the nursing program at university.His counsellor told him that if he wanted to go into the medical profession he should be a doctor.What term refers to the assumptions made in this statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  job segregation 
B)  gender segregation 
C)  occupational patriarchy 
D)  opportunistic patriarchy

Question 14

Madison was asked to give a demand-side explanation for why women earn less than men.Which of the following would she assert?

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A)  Women encounter workplaces that are gendered. 
B)  Women invest less time and energy in their careers. 
C)  Women choose educational paths that lead to lower paying jobs. 
D)  Women are socialized to have different work preferences.

Question 15

Can women "have it all"-a great job with good pay and status and a healthy and rewarding family life? If yes,how? If no,why not? Discuss,making connections to concepts and information outlined in the chapter.

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Question 16

The unionization rate for women now exceeds the unionization rate for men.Why?

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A)  because of the increase in unionization rates in the public sector 
B)  because of the increase in unionization rates in the private sector 
C)  because of the increase in unionization rates in the service sector 
D)  because of the increase in unionization rates in the manufacturing sector

Question 17

Why do many sociologists criticize sex-role socialization theory for explaining gender inequality in paid work?

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A)  It suggests that change is inevitable. 
B)  It is overly deterministic. 
C)  It is a demand-side explanation. 
D)  It is based on jobs that no longer exist.

Question 18

Surveys show that older people,on average,tend to be more gender-egalitarian than younger people as a result of their years of exposure to women in nontraditional roles.

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