Question 1

Which statement among the following concerning violence against women is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) One in five women worldwide will be a victim of rape or attempted rape in her lifetime. 
B) More women worldwide are injured as a result of beatings by spouses than by any other cause. 
C) In India in 2008, there were an estimated 8,172 deaths of women at the hands of husbands and relatives because the women brought an insufficient dowry. 
D) Between 100 million and 140 million girls and women have been subjected to "genital mutilation." 
E) Female infanticide is no longer practiced-even in the least developed world.

Question 2

Which of the following statements concerning rape is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Most women consent to being raped. 
B) Rape is a purely sexual act, not an act of violence. 
C) When a rape leaves no physical wounds, it is seldom traumatic. 
D) Most rapes go unreported. 
E) Most rapes are committed by strangers.

Question 3

How can the increase in female labor force participation over the last fifty years be explained?

Accepted Answer

A) There has been an increase in demand for clerical and service work. 
B) Many women now postpone family formation to complete their education and establish themselves in the labor force. 
C) A majority of women now work outside the home during their child-bearing years. 
D) All of the above are true. 
E) There has been no increase.

Question 4

Researchers have found that boys are responded to positively when they act in masculine ways,but when they act in feminine ways,they are either admonished or ignored.This finding provides the most support for which approach to gender?

Accepted Answer

A) the biological approach 
B) the gender socialization approach 
C) the cultural approach 
D) the social position approach 
E) the ideological approach

Question 5

Stanford University sociologist Shelley Correll and her colleagues found that:

Accepted Answer

A) mothers are less likely to be hired than non-mothers who have the same work experience and qualifications, and mothers are offered significantly lower starting pay than equally qualified non-mothers for the same job 
B) mothers are less likely to be hired than non-mothers who have the same work experience and qualifications; however, mothers are offered significantly higher starting pay than equally qualified non-mothers for the same job 
C) mothers are more likely to be hired than non-mothers who have the same work experience and qualification, and mothers are offered significantly higher starting pay than equally qualified non-mothers for the same job 
D) mothers are more likely to be hired than non-mothers who have the same work experience and qualifications; however, mothers are offered significantly lower starting pay than equally qualified non-mothers for the same job 
E) mothers were just as likely to be hired than non-mothers who have the same work experience and qualifications, and mothers are offered about the same starting pay as equally qualified non-mothers for the same job

Question 6

In the Wal-Mart class-action lawsuit filed by Betty Dukes and thousands of her fellow female Wal-Mart workers,the plaintiffs claimed:

Accepted Answer

A) that Wal-Mart had an official corporate policy that blocked women's career opportunities 
B) that each local store manager had no discretion over pay and promotions and that lack of discretion favored men 
C) that most of the store managers were sexist and mean-spirited 
D) that supervisors worked in a corporate culture that permitted bias against women to infect, perhaps subconsciously, their discretionary decision making 
E) that supervisors informally agreed to not promote women

Question 7

The Platform for Action agreed to at the 1995 United Nations Women's Conference in Beijing called on countries to:

Accepted Answer

A) give precedence to women's rights when cultural traditions conflict with women's rights 
B) give women the right to control their own reproduction and sexuality 
C) give women the right to inherit wealth and property 
D) address the issue of persistent discrimination against and violation of the rights of the girl child 
E) all of the above

Question 8

About __________ of those who are moved across borders as part of the worldwide sex trade are under age eighteen.

Accepted Answer

A) 10 percent 
B) 30 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 70 percent 
E) 90 percent

Question 9

Which country,of those listed below,has the lowest percent of women in senior management?

Accepted Answer

A) Netherlands 
B) Canada 
C) Hungary 
D) United States 
E) All of the countries listed above have the same percent of women in senior management.

Question 10

Which of the following statements concerning housework is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Women do more housework now than they did in 1976. 
B) Men do less housework now than they did in 1976. 
C) Unmarried childless men do more housework after getting married. 
D) Married men with more than three children do less housework than married childless men. 
E) Women earn less than men and therefore do most of the housework in exchange for economic support from men.

Question 11

People begin to treat children in specific ways because of their gender:

Accepted Answer

A) from the moment they are born 
B) when they begin kindergarten 
C) at the onset of puberty 
D) when they enter college 
E) when they enter the labor force

Question 12

Describe female labor force participation patterns over the last fifty years.How can this pattern be explained?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe female labor force participation patterns over...

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) the burden of poverty on women 
B) violence against women 
C) the effects of armed or other kinds of conflict on women 
D) inequality between men and women in power and decision making 
E) all of the above

Question 14

What is NOT a criticism of the functionalist approach to the family expressed by sociologist Talcott Parsons?

Accepted Answer

A) The approach ignores social tensions. 
B) Families have to be supportive to successfully socialize children. 
C) The approach promulgates a conservative view of the social world. 
D) There is nothing natural or inevitable about the allocation of tasks in society. 
E) The approach condones the subordination of women.

Question 15

A sociological perspective that emphasizes the centrality of gender in analyzing the social world and particularly the uniqueness of women is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) feminist theory 
B) liberal theory 
C) queer theory 
D) postmodern theory 
E) rational choice theory

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT an accurate assessment of rape?

Accepted Answer

A) Between consensual sex and rape lies a continuum of pressure, threat, coercion, and force. 
B) Most rapes are committed by men against women. 
C) Men and women have different perceptions regarding what constitutes forced sex. 
D) The total number of sexual assaults, attempted rapes, and rapes has decreased significantly since 2002. 
E) Rape is a purely sexual act.

Question 17

Male dominance in a society is usually referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) patriarchy 
B) matriarchy 
C) patrilocality 
D) matrilocality 
E) egalitarianism

Question 18

Why are women so often the targets of sexual violence?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why are women so often the targets...

Question 19

Which type of feminism would be most likely to reject the statement "sisterhood is universal"?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

Theories of "natural difference" are often grounded in:

Accepted Answer

A) animal behavior evidence 
B) anthropological evidence 
C) historical evidence 
D) social psychological evidence 
E) social structural evidence

Exam 9: Gender Inequality