Question 1

Which perspective argues that gender inequality is the result of male domination in all aspects of social and economic life?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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 B

Question 3

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 A

Question 4

In 2011,the ratio of women's to men's earnings among full-time,year-round workers was:

Accepted Answer

A)   52.3 percent
B)   62.4 percent
C)   72.2 percent
D)   82.2 percent

Question 5

__________ refers to physical differences of the body between males and females.

Accepted Answer

A)   Sex
B)   Gender
C)   Sexuality
D)   Genetics

Question 6

Which feminist perspective would most likely advocate for the overthrowing of the patriarchal order?

Accepted Answer

A)   liberal feminism
B)   radical feminism
C)   symbolic interactionism
D)   Parsonian functionalism

Question 7

What agency has helped develop ties among women's movements in countries around the world?

Accepted Answer

A)   the men's movement
B)   the International Roundtable of Global Corporations (IRG
C)  
C)   the United Nations Conference on Women
D)   the National Security Administration

Question 8

Which strategy would liberal feminists encourage?

Accepted Answer

A)   the abolition of marriage
B)   a revolution against capitalist economies
C)   the abolition of affirmative action policies
D)   family-friendly policies in the workplace

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of quid pro quo sexual harassment?

Accepted Answer

A)   sexual language
B)   lewd posters
C)   sexual advances that make a worker so uncomfortable that it is difficult for her to do her job
D)   when a supervisor demands sexual acts from a worker as a job condition

Question 10

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 11

How do gender,marital status,and parental status interact in time spent doing housework?

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Question 12

Male dominance in a society is usually referred to as:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

A local college adjusted the pay of its workers so that workers were paid by education and experience to remedy the gender pay gap between female-dominated and male-dominated jobs.This adjustment is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)   gender typing policies
B)   sex segregation policies
C)   comparable worth policies
D)   glass ceiling policies

Question 14

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 cultural traditions when cultural traditions conflict with women's rights
B)   adopt more gender blind policies that do not draw attention to gender as a social issue
C)   give women the right to inherit wealth and property
D)   encourage democracy in all contexts

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)   There has been an increase in the demand for blue-collar work.
B)   Many women now postpone family formation to complete their education and establish themselves in the labor force.
C)   There has been no increase.
D)   Men have reduced their labor force participation to engage in caregiving,so women have had to increase their participation to compensate.

Question 16

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 economic reductionist approach
D)   the social position approach

Question 17

Discuss Talcott Parsons's view of the family.What criticisms have been made about his analysis? What is your position?

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Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Netherlands
B)   Canada
C)   Hungary
D)   United States

Question 19

Using the !Kung of the Kalahari Desert,the bacha posh in Afghanistan,and the nádleehí in Navajo culture as support,discuss how gender can be seen as a social construction.

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Question 20

A promotion barrier that prevents a woman's upward mobility within an organization is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   a glass ceiling
B)   a glass escalator
C)   comparable worth
D)   sexual citizenship

Exam 9: Gender Inequality