Gender and Privilege Issues Ch10 Test Bank Answers

Chapter 10. Gender, Sexism, Heterosexism, and Privilege Across Cultures

1. ________refers to physical markers that are typically used to define humans as male or female.

a. Sex

b. Gender

c. Gender role

d. Gender identity

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Defining Gender-Related Concepts

Question type: MC

2. ________ of the sports coverage on national television and local news programs is focused on women’s sports.

a. 3% to 8%

b. 9% to 12%

c. 13% to 18%

d. 19% to 24%

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Race and Gender

Question type: MC

3. Many parents tend to have _______ expectations for their sons than for their daughters in math, science, computers, and sports.

a. Lower

b. Higher

c. Poorer

d. Worse

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Class and Gender

Question type: MC

4. _________ stems from beliefs and behaviors that privilege men over women.

a. Classism

b. Heterosexism

c. Sexism

d. Feminism

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Sexual Orientation and Gender

Question type: MC

5. Health care challenges faced by transgender people include all of the following EXCEPT

a. Privacy concerns

b. Stigma

c. Knowledgeable providers

d. Health insurance coverage

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Transphobia and Cisgender Privilege

Question type: MC

6. Positive consequences for male privilege include the following, EXCEPT

a. Social benefits

b. Economic benefits

c. Political benefits

d. Emotional expressive benefits

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: MC

7. Mankowski and Maton (2010) found that men who tended to strongly endorse or were more conflicted about gender expectations generally scored ________ on measures of well-being.

a. Lower

b. Higher

c. Above average

d. Exceptionally high

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: MC

8. ________ is a learned behavior and social construct influenced by gender role, personality traits, attitudes, values, and the relative power that society assigns in a specific culture.

a. Sex

b. Gender

c. Gender function

d. Gender identity

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Defining Gender-Related Concepts

Question type: MC

9. The fact that a man can travel cross-country alone with less fear of being sexually assaulted than a female traveler would face is an example of

a. Male privilege

b. Sexism

c. Gender function

d. Female role

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: MC

10 Privilege is _____ .

a. Earned

b. Unearned

c. A right

d. Deserved

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: MC

11. Men are typically hired and trained for positions that are

a. Low paying

b. Service oriented

c. Managerial

d. Temporary

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Class and Gender

Question type: MC

12. The expectation that men or women are more appropriate for certain jobs is an example of

a. Gender bias.

b. Gender privilege

c. Gender roles

d. Gender positions

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Class and Gender

Question type: MC

13. The retail industry has traditionally hired individuals for particular positions based on

a. Talent

b. Gender

c. Budget

d. Nationality

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Class and Gender

Question type: MC

14. ___________ is one’s perception of one’s own gender.

a. Sexual orientation

b. Gender role

c. Gender function

d. Gender identity

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Defining Gender-Related Concepts

Question type: MC

15 Privilege is encountered and experienced at the ______ level, but it is maintained and facilitated at the _______ level.

a. Community; personal

b. State; Federal

c. Individual; institutional

d. Institutional; individual

Cognitive domain: Analysis

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: MC

16. ___________ occurs when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to rather than because of anything they’ve done or failed to do.

a. Privilege

b. Equality

c. Freedom

d. Justice

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: MC

17. ___________ can occur when institutional policies facilitate the unequal distribution of benefits across groups or the restriction of opportunities for members of a target group.

a. Institutional failure

b. Social justice

c. Institutional privilege

d. Institutional discrimination

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Race and Gender

Question type: MC

18. As of 2014, how many states still had no laws preventing employers from discriminating against employees or potential employees in hiring and firing decisions based on gender identity and gender expression?

a. 20

b. 26

c. 32

d. 37

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Transphobia and Cisgender Privilege

Question type: MC

19. ________ refers to the combination of multiple minority statuses that may exacerbate an individual’s feelings of oppression.

a. “Double blind”

b. “Double phobia”

c. “Double jeopardy”

d. “Double ism”

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: MC

20. _________ is everything that a person says and does to indicate to others or to the self the degree that one is either male or female or androgynous.

a. Sexual orientation

b. Gender role

c. Gender function

d. Gender identity

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Defining Gender-Related Concepts

Question type: MC

21. Individuals who have no specific membership in privileged or oppressed groups are immune to the effects of oppression.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: TF

22. Men and women tend to be socialized differently in the world.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: TF

23. African American women in athletics have been negatively portrayed as both hyper-sexualized and less feminine.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Race and Gender

Question type: TF

24. Transgender is an umbrella term often used to refer to people who experience their gender identities as being different in some way from the sexes they were assigned at birth.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Defining Gender-Related Concepts

Question type: TF

25. Traditional notions of sex and gender promote the belief that gender is determined culturally.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Expanding Beyond a Binary Framework

Question type: TF

26. Discrimination and prejudice are major contributing factors to gender-variant and transgender people’s experience of psychological distress and other negative life outcomes.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Expanding Beyond a Binary Framework

Question type: TF

27. Gender privilege can NEVER be invisible to those who benefit from it.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: TF

28. Benevolent sexism occurs when men perform tasks “for” women without seeking their consent.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Sexual Orientation and Gender

Question type: TF

29. Female privilege is a power structure that exists across most cultures and multicultural populations.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: TF

30. Males do NOT differ among themselves in their access to the power afforded through male privilege.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Sexism and Male Privilege

Question type: TF

31. Define the term transphobia.

a. Transphobia is defined as societal discrimination and stigma of individuals who do not conform to traditional norms of sex and gender

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Transphobia and Cisgender Privilege

Question type: SA

32. Define the term classism.

a. Classism is the assignment of individual qualities of value and worth based on social class and the systematic oppression of subordinated groups by the dominant groups

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Class and Gender

Question type: SA

33. Discuss the term benevolent sexism.

a. Benevolent sexism often takes the form of helping women with certain activities, such as carrying items or holding doors open. The rationale behind such acts is the belief that women are “pure” and “dependent”; therefore, women should conform to the feminine characteristics of purity and goodness. Benevolent sexism occurs when men perform tasks “for” women without seeking their consent. Underlying these actions is the assumption that women either need or desire assistance from men in performing certain tasks. Benevolent sexism perpetuates the stereotype that women are in need of male protection.

Cognitive domain: Analysis

Answer location: Sexual Orientation and Gender

Question type: ESS