Gender Stratification She/He—Who | Test Bank + Answers Ch.9 - Final Test Bank | Our Social World Condensed 6e by Ballantine by Jeanne H. Ballantine. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 9: Gender Stratification: She/He—Who Goes First?
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The biological term that refers to ascribed genetic, anatomical, and hormonal differences between men and women is ______.
a. gender
b. sex
c. sexuality
d. sexual orientation
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex and Sexuality
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. About 1 in 1,500 babies are born with ambiguous genitalia, and are otherwise known as ______.
a. transgender
b. intersex
c. agender
d. multisex
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex and Sexuality
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. In 2017, ______ became the first state to allow residents to attain a new birth certificate in a non-binary gender designation.
a. Illinois
b. California
c. Nevada
d. Florida
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex and Sexuality
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. The term ______ refers to someone who is challenging, questioning, or changing gender from that assigned at birth to a chosen gender.
a. intersex
b. bigender
c. transgender
d. transvestite
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex and Sexuality
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. ______ refers to culturally shaped meanings both of sexual acts and of how we experience our own bodies—especially in relation to the bodies of others.
a. Gender
b. Sexuality
c. Sex
d. Sexual orientation
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex and Sexuality
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. The socially constructed meanings associated with being male and female and how individuals construct their identity within these constraints is referred to as ______.
a. sex
b. gender
c. sex status
d. sexuality
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Which of the following is TRUE of gender roles?
a. Gender roles are socially constructed.
b. Gender roles are not related to sex-determined statuses.
c. Gender roles are independent of time and social context.
d. Gender roles are consistent throughout the world.
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gender
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. A young boy was ridiculed by his peers for wearing a skirt to school. The boy was sanctioned for violating ______.
a. gender stratification
b. gender discrimination
c. gender roles
d. gender socialization
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Gender
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Which of the following is TRUE of the way men and women tend to use language?
a. Men view tag questions as an invitation to collaborate.
b. Women often end sentences with tag questions.
c. Women prefer more discussion of objects and impersonal topics.
d. Men use more words related to psychological and social processes.
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: The Micro Level
Difficulty Level: Hard
10. Ethan is partaking in the religious ritual of a bar mitzvah. This event is considered to be a ______ at the meso-level of society.
a. rite of passage
b. resocialization ritual
c. passage ritual
d. rite of socialization
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: The Meso Level
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. When we consider the national and global level, we witness ______ inequity between the sexes separate from any form of personal prejudice or animosity towards women.
a. individualized
b. institutionalized
c. ritualized
d. socialized
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: The Macro Level
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Which of the following countries has the lowest percentage of women in the national parliament or congress?
a. Denmark
b. Norway
c. the United States
d. Rwanda
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex, Sexuality, and Gender: The Macro Level
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. The process by which people learn the cultural norms, attitudes, and behaviors appropriate to their gender is ______.
a. gender role behavior
b. sex role development
c. gender identification
d. gender role socialization
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Socialization: Micro- to Meso-Level Analyses
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. Which of the following is TRUE of gender socialization in infancy in the United States?
a. Learning how to carry out gender roles begins later in childhood.
b. For as long as the United States has existed as a nation, pink has been considered a feminine color and blue has been considered a masculine color.
c. Because gender stereotypes have declined in recent years, they have little effect on the way we handle and treat male and female infants.
d. Prior to the 20th century, girls and boys were dressed in frilly dresses from infancy until they were about six.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Infancy
Difficulty Level: Hard
15. Which of the following is TRUE of gender socialization in childhood?
a. Girls receive more encouragement than girls to be independent and exploratory.
b. Fathers tend to use more language related to achievement with sons.
c. More pressure is put on girls to behave in “gender-appropriate ways, with an emphasis on achievement, autonomy, and aggression.
d. Fathers tend to use more language associated with feelings with sons.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Infancy
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Which of the following statements about naming is TRUE?
a. Girls are more often given strong, hard names that end in consonants.
b. Boys are often given masculinized versions of girls’ names.
c. A common name for males may, for a time, be given to either sex, then preferred for girls.
d. Boys are more likely to given names with vowel endings.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Childhood
Difficulty Level: Hard
17. Females presented in books, video games, television shows tend to show women in stereotypical roles. Which of the following is a common portrayal?
a. women as sexually alluring
b. women as rescuers
c. women in managerial roles
d. women as supportive of each other
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Corporations
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. Which of the following is TRUE of video games?
a. When women have spoken out about the stereotypical portrayal, their criticisms have generally been well received by men in the gaming world.
b. More girls play video games alone than boys.
c. Teen boys are more likely to play role-playing games than teen girls.
d. For teen girls, video games become key elements in friendships.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Mass Media
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding raises and promotions?
a. Men are 10% more likely than women to ask for a raise or promotion.
b. Women are more likely than men to be granted a raise or promotion when requested.
c. Women are 30% more likely than men to be told they are “bossy” or “aggressive” when asking for a raise or promotion.
d. More female managers than male managers deny women raises and promotions.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Mass Media
Difficulty Level: Hard
20. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding children and dieting?
a. Teenage girls are more likely to use steroids to help achieve their desired body weight.
b. Adolescent boys are more prone to dieting, bingeing, and purging.
c. Nearly 80% of 17-year-old girls have issues with their bodies.
d. About 25% of 10-year-olds have dieted.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Mass Media
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. One key reason boys’ educational attainment has fallen behind girls in general relates to ______.
a. differences in ability
b. differences in career goals
c. how tests are written
d. how boys and girls spend their time
Learning Objective: 9.2 Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Educational Systems
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972 mandates equal ______.
a. opportunity for participation in school-sponsored programs
b. per-student spending across all 50 states
c. opportunity in hiring decisions
d. encouragement in math and science education
Learning Objective: 9.2 Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Inequality, Sports, and Leadership Development in Schools
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. The three monotheistic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—are traditionally ______.
a. matriarchal
b. patriarchal
c. egalitarian
d. gender neutral
Learning Objective: 9.2 Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Religious Organizations
Difficulty Level: Easy
24. Social processes that limit the progress of women and other minorities from reaching the highest levels of corporate and public responsibility are known as the ______.
a. glass ceiling
b. glass floor
c. glass escalator
d. glass elevator
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Stratification: Meso- to Macro-Level Processes
Difficulty Level: Easy
25. Which of the following is TRUE of the gender wage gap?
a. It no longer exists.
b. It only exists in certain male-dominated occupations.
c. There is a larger pay gap in traditionally female occupations.
d. Women now earn, on average, 80 cents for every dollar earned by men.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gender Stratification: Meso- and Macro-Level Processes
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. Which of the following sociological concepts refers to societal forces that move men up the job ladder to the higher echelons, especially in traditionally female occupations?
a. glass escalator
b. glass floor
c. glass elevator
d. glass ceiling
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Stratification: Meso- to Macro-Level Processes
Difficulty Level: Easy
27. According to The Economist, which of the following countries has among the best conditions for working women?
a. Turkey
b. Finland
c. Japan
d. the United States
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Women and Men at Work: Gendered Organizations
Difficulty Level: Hard
28. If women are paid less than men, despite the same levels of education, they are less likely to have access to the best health care or to be able to afford a down payment for a house, unless they are married. This is an example of ______.
a. prejudice
b. scapegoating
c. past-in-present discrimination
d. side-effect discrimination
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutionalized Gender Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. Although newer literature tends to reflect expansion in the roles of males and females, the classic books that fill libraries portray stricter gender roles, perpetuating gender inequality. This is an example of which of the following?
a. prejudice
b. scapegoating
c. past-in-present discrimination
d. side-effect discrimination
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Institutionalized Gender Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. The idea that gender is socially constructed is a central tenet of which of the following theories?
a. feminist theory
b. conflict theory
c. structural-functional theory
d. symbolic interaction theory
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Theory: Micro-Level Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium
31. According to symbolic interactionists, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Humans passively adopt cultural notions about gender.
b. When children are in ambiguous situations, they rarely define their sex as the most relevant trait.
c. Humans do gender.
d. Notions of proper gender behavior are intrinsically related to a person’s sex.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Theory: Micro-Level Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium
32. The idea that each sex plays a complementary role to ensure the survival and efficiency of society is a central tenet of which of the following theories?
a. conflict theory
b. feminist theory
c. symbolic interaction theory
d. structural-functional theory
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Structural-Functional Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
33. The understanding that men maintain control over institutions and resources by keeping women in traditional gender roles is characteristic of ______.
a. conflict theory
b. symbolic interaction theory
c. structural-functional theory
d. rational choice theory
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. Feminist theories argue that Marx and Engels failed to consider which of the following variables in women’s oppression?
a. inheritance traditions
b. power struggles
c. capitalism
d. patriarchy
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Feminist Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
35. Racism and sexism can reinforce each other and lead to what is referred to as the double ______ of women of color.
a. subjugation
b. consciousness
c. marginalization
d. awareness
Learning Objective: 9.4: Illustrate the relationship between minority status and gender and sexual orientation.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Intersection of Class, Race, and Gender
Difficulty Level: Medium
36. ______ is an assumption that every person is heterosexual, legitimizing heterosexuality as the only normal lifestyle and marginalizing persons who do not identify as heterosexual.
a. Homophobia
b. Heterosexism
c. Heterophobia
d. Xenophobia
Learning Objective: 9.4: Illustrate the relationship between minority status and gender and sexual orientation.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender, Sexuality, and Minority Status
Difficulty Level: Easy
37. Which of the following is TRUE of homophobia?
a. It is the assumption that every person is heterosexual.
b. It operates at all levels of society: micro, meso, and macro.
c. It is highly correlated with and perhaps a cause of people holding contemporary notions of gender and gender roles.
d. The term was coined by a psychologist who noticed the intense hatred of gay people is due to a personality disorder or illness.
Learning Objective: 9.4: Illustrate the relationship between minority status and gender and sexual orientation.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender, Sexuality, and Minority Status
Difficulty Level: Hard
38. Which of the following is TRUE regarding attitudes about same-sex relationships in the United States?
a. Generation X is most supportive of same-sex marriage.
b. A higher percentage of White evangelical Protestants support same-sex marriage than mainline Protestants.
c. All states must honor same sex marriages.
d. Most states prohibit employers from firing workers based on their sexual identity.
Learning Objective: 9.5: Discuss costs and consequences of gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender, Sexuality, and Minority Status
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. According to a study by The Centers for Disease Control and the University of Georgia, ______ in males has been correlated with anxiety, guilt, neuroses, and poor health outcomes.
a. high masculinity
b. less rigid masculine expectations
c. open-mindedness
d. assertiveness
Learning Objective: 9.5: Discuss costs and consequences of gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender, Sexuality, and Minority Status
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. Social divisiveness—us versus-them thinking based on sex—can create which of the following?
a. social solidarity
b. alienation
c. cohesion
d. relativism
Learning Objective: 9.5: Discuss costs and consequences of gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender, Sexuality, and Minority Status
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. An individual’s sex is socially constructed.
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sex and Sexuality
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Persons with ambiguous genitalia are known as bisexual.
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex and Sexuality
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Sexuality is biologically determined.
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sex and Sexuality
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Gender is socially constructed.
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gender
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Gender roles are consistent across all cultures.
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gender
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. The nation with the highest percentage of women in the national parliament or congress is Rwanda.
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sex, Sexuality, and Gender: The Macro Level
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Gender stereotypes in the United States are more rigid than in the past.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gender Socialization: Micro- to Meso-Level Analyses
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Girls receive more encouragement than boys to be independent and exploratory.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Childhood
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. While both boys and girls play video games, gaming tends to become a key element in establishing and maintaining friendships for girls.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Mass Media
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. In societies where math is considered gender neutral, the achievement of girls in the subject is on par with the achievement of boys.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Educational Systems
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Title IX is a law that ensures equality for women in the workplace.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Inequality, Sports, and Leadership Development in Schools
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. The glass ceiling refers to processes that limit the progress of women and other minorities from reaching the highest job or status positions.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Stratification: Meso-and Macro-Level Processes
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. The participation of women in the workforce in the United States is the highest it has ever been.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Women and Men at Work: Gendered Organizations
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Cross-national comparisons indicate that Germany, the United States, and Australia have the best conditions for working women.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Women and Men at Work: Gendered Organizations
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Sexual harassment training in the workplace tends to be effective.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Women and Men at Work: Gendered Organizations
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. The most effective strategy to combat sexual harassment in the workplace is to promote more women, thereby institutionalizing gender equity.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Women and Men at Work: Gendered Organizations
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. When men and women have identical levels of experience and training, the gender pay gap disappears.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutionalized Gender Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. Confusion over proper masculine and feminine roles can create anxiety and even anomie.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Theory: Micro-Level Analysis
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. A sociologist is studying the way that female football players construct their gender identities. The sociologist is most likely using structural-functional theory as a theoretical framework.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Theory: Micro-Level Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. We “do gender” when we attempt to analyze the gender socialization process.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Theory: Micro-Level Analysis
Difficulty Level: Easy
21. According to the structural-functional perspective, each sex has a role to play in the interdependent groups and institutions of society.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Structural-Functional Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Expressive roles are more expected in the private sphere while instrumental roles are more expected in the public sphere.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Structural-Functional Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. Conflict theorists view gender relations through the lens of human agency.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Structural-Functional Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. Homophobia is a micro-level concept.
Learning Objective: 9.4: Illustrate the relationship between minority status and gender and sexual orientation.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Minority Status
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. Men are less likely to seek help when they have an eating disorder, which can lead to serious health problems, including death.
Learning Objective: 9.5: Discuss costs and consequences of gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Results of Gender Role Expectations
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. Define the term sexuality. Is sexuality biological or socially constructed? Explain.
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sex and Sexuality
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Describe the difference between gender and sex.
Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gender
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Compare and contrast how boys and girls are trained to express aggression.
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Meso-Level Agents of Gender Socialization
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Name one meso-level agent of socialization that teaches children about normalized gender roles. How does this agent socialize children into masculine or feminine roles?
Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Meso-Level Agents of Gender Socialization
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. In 1999, the participation of women in the workforce reached 74%. Today it is 5% lower. Why has it declined over the past 20 years?
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Women and Men at Work: Gendered Organizations
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. What should be done to reduce sexual harassment in the workplace?
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Difficulty Level: Comprehension
7. What is side-effect gender discrimination? Provide an example.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Institutionalized Gender Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. What is past-in-present gender discrimination? Provide an example
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Institutionalized Gender Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. What do sociologists mean by doing gender? Describe an instance in which you or a close friend did gender.
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Theory: Micro-Level Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. How did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels explain gender stratification?
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. How do most feminist theorists respond to the work of Marx and Engels?
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Feminist Theory
Difficulty Level: Hard
12. Why do some feminist theorists look at the interaction of class, race, and gender?
Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Interaction of Class, Race, and Gender
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Compare and contrast homophobia and heterosexism. Provide examples.
Learning Objective: 9.4: Illustrate the relationship between minority status and gender and sexual orientation.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Gender, Sexuality, and Minority Status
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Discuss the public acceptance of LGBTQIA Americans over the years in the United States. What factors have contributed the shifting status of LGBTQIA individuals?
Learning Objective: 9.4: Illustrate the relationship between minority status and gender and sexual orientation.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Gender, Sexuality, and Minority Status
Difficulty Level: Hard
15. What are some societal costs of gender role expectations? Provide at least two examples.
Learning Objective: 9.5: Discuss the costs and consequences of gender stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Societal Costs: Meso- and Macro- Level Implications
Difficulty Level: Hard
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