Question 1

______________is the term for the subordination of one sex, usually female, based on the assumed superiority of the other sex.

Accepted Answer

A)   Sexism
B)   Homophobia
C)   Patriliny
D)   Sexual orientationE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

In ______________, the division of labor in paid employment is increasingly based on whether people provide or apply information or are employed in service jobs such as fast-food restaurant counter help or health care work.

Accepted Answer

A)   industrial societies
B)   postindustrial societies
C)   agricultural societies
D)   preindustrial societiesE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

According to the human capital model, women as a category earn less money than men because _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   women diminish their earning capacity when they leave the labor market to engage in childbearing and child- care activities
B)   men have control of and dominance over women and resources
C)   capitalists reap higher profits by paying women lower wages
D)   women are shut out of high-pay employment by the segregated labor marketE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 4

In regard to gender-segregated work in the United States, the text notes that______________ .

Accepted Answer

A)   jobs like secretaries that were once segregated are much less so today
B)   almost all women and half of all male workers would have to change jobs in order to eliminate gender- segregated work
C)   the only place women have gained equity with men is at the top of U.S. corporations
D)   unlike the family, the workplace tends not to be a gendered institutionE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Which of these would be the subject of a microlevel analysis of gender?

Accepted Answer

A)   the way gender is embedded in language
B)   policies for gender roles in social institutions such as the military
C)   the messages a mother or father gives to his or her child about "being a man"
D)   religious doctrine that addresses genderE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Discuss and compare the functional, conflict, and feminist perspectives on gender stratification.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Most cross-dressers are homosexual men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

______________is a person's perception of the self as female or male. Typically established between eighteen months and three years of age, it is a powerful aspect of our self-concept.

Accepted Answer

A)   Gender identity
B)   Sexual identity
C)   Gender role
D)   Body consciousnessE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Society distinguishes between males and females, yet evaluates each according to the same standards.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

______________refers to an individual's preference for emotional-sexual relationships with members of the opposite sex (heterosexuality) , the same sex (homosexuality) , or both (bisexuality) .

Accepted Answer

A)   Sexism
B)   Gender identity
C)   Sexual identification
D)   Sexual orientationE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

______________refers to the domestication of large animals as the primary means of subsistence.

Accepted Answer

A)   Agrarianism
B)   Horticulture
C)   Pastoralism
D)   IndustrializationE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing against members of the LGBT community.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The best-documented consequence of gender-segregated work is______________ .

Accepted Answer

A)   a higher rate of divorce
B)   the "second shift" of domestic work for women
C)   occupational health risks
D)   the gender pay gapE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

Eating disorders only affect women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Across cultures, girls are preferred to boys, especially when the number of children that parents can have is limited by law or economic conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of these would the subject of a macrolevel analysis of gender?

Accepted Answer

A)   how two female best friends talk to each other
B)   the messages a father gives his son about being a man
C)   how a mother discusses menstruation with her daughter
D)   how gender is embedded in languageE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Most of the world's population no longer lives in agrarian societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The ______________is the level of technology and the organization of the economy in a given society.

Accepted Answer

A)   subsistence
B)   division of labor
C)   technoeconomic base
D)   adaptive strategyE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Sex is not always clear-cut. Occasionally, a hormone imbalance before birth produces a person who is______________, in whom sexual differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete.

Accepted Answer

A)   transsexual
B)   intersexed
C)   transvestite
D)   homosexualE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

At puberty, an increased production of hormones results in the development of ______________, the physical traits (other than reproductive organs)  that identify an individual's sex.

Accepted Answer

A)   primary sex characteristics
B)   hormonal correlates
C)   secondary sex characteristics
D)   tertiary sex characteristicsE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Most of the world's population no longer lives in agrarian societies.

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______________refers to an individual's preference for emotional-sexual relationships with members of the opposite sex (heterosexuality) , the same sex (homosexuality) , or both (bisexuality) .

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______________refers to the domestication of large animals as the primary means of subsistence.

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The ______________is the level of technology and the organization of the economy in a given society.

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______________is a person's perception of the self as female or male. Typically established between eighteen months and three years of age, it is a powerful aspect of our self-concept.

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Most cross-dressers are homosexual men.

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Society distinguishes between males and females, yet evaluates each according to the same standards.

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Sex is not always clear-cut. Occasionally, a hormone imbalance before birth produces a person who is______________, in whom sexual differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete.

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Discuss and compare the functional, conflict, and feminist perspectives on gender stratification.

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Which of these would be the subject of a microlevel analysis of gender?

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In regard to gender-segregated work in the United States, the text notes that______________ .

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In ______________, the division of labor in paid employment is increasingly based on whether people provide or apply information or are employed in service jobs such as fast-food restaurant counter help or health care work.

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