Ch.9 – Gender Gender, Gender Roles, And | Verified Test Bank

Chapter 9: Gender Gender, Gender Roles, and Gender Identity

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Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 9 Question 1

1) Transgendered people get a lot of support and are always accepted and understood by society.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 9 Question 2

2) One’s gender identity has to be congruent with one’s biological sex.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 9 Question 3

3) Only males need to develop a gender plan because of the strict gender rules men have to conform to due to gender expectations.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 9 Question 4

4) All feminists are lesbian.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 9 Question 5

5) Males can be nurturing and can express feelings.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 6

6) Intersectionality plays an important role in explaining the influence of which of the following:

a. Religion

b. Ethnicity

c. Social Class

d. Gender roles

e. All of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 7

7) The term gender refers to

a. biological sex

b. social and cultural patterns

c. infants and adults

d. biological traits hard wired in the brain

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 8

8) Sexism is

a. negative evaluation of a person or group of people based on their sexual identity

b. unequal treatment

c. unbalanced pay

d. discriminatory

e. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 9

9) Where can institutionalized sexism take place?

a. In the workplace

b. In education

c. In politics

d. All of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 10

10) At what levels does the concept of masculinity operate?

a. One level

b. Two levels

c. Many levels

d. Does not operate at all

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 11

11) Transgendered people

a. includes children

b. may or may not go through gender reassignment surgery (GRS)

c. can be heterosexual

d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 12

12) Hegemonic masculinity is

a. the only kind of masculinity

b. idealized by a particular culture

c. supported by all cultures

d. it does not longer exist

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 13

13) One of the most important contributions of third-wave feminism is its acknowledgment that:

a. gender does not exist in isolation

b. women need to have employment to be successful

c. women and men cannot communicate concerning feminist issues

d. none of the above

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 14

14) Why is sexism towards women so important to study in the social work field?

Feedback:Sexism: involves the negative evaluation of an individual or group of individuals based merely on the individual’s or group’s membership in a particular sexual category. Both women and men are victims of sexism. Sexism is the subordination of a woman or a group of women based on the assumption of the superiority of a man or group of men based only on sex. The chauvinist view is that women actually enjoy unearned or undeserved privileges that men do not have. Institutionalized sexism is present in all spheres of society. There are many different kinds of institutionalized sexism in the workplace. Example: forcing women into jobs where they support other women in clerical jobs. The lower status of women affects them outside the workplace as well. Example: in divorce battles. It is important for social workers to consider how sexism affects their clients in terms of career choices, parenting, intimate partner violence, family life and general wellbeing.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 15

15) Is it possible to look at gender from only one angle? What aspects do we need to address when examining gender within a social work situation?

Feedback:Gender is a multilevel system; a working understanding of the intersection of gender with race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and social class is at the core of a culturally grounded approach to social work. Gender is not an isolated entity. It works in connection with all other social statuses and identities. Gender intersects with ethnicity/race, social class, sexual orientation, immigration status, age, religion, and ability status among other factors.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 9 Question 16

16) How does the transgendered community differ from the lesbian-bisexual-gay (LBG) community and what are their similarities?

Feedback:Transgendered—growing array of people whose gender identity does not fit into a simple binary system in which genitalia dictate a clear turn down one of only two roads. Society tends to see the LBG community and the transgender community as one but the LGB letters capture sexual orientation while the T reflects gender. Transgender men and women can include those who engage in same sex relationships, have sex with both males and females, prefer clothes and adornments used by people of the opposite sex, or seek a new identity as member of the biologically opposite sex through surgery. The transgender community is a leader in the LGBTQ+’s rights movement from the days of Stonewall. They have shared struggles and concerns that they address through coalitions and they have separate sexual orientation and a gender agendas.