Test Bank Answers Examining Gender Inequalities Chapter 4

Test Bank

Chapter 4: Examining Gender Inequalities

Multiple Choice

1. Which concept is described as a social construction that we learn through socialization within a specific culture?

a. gender

b. sex

c. binary

d. intersectionality

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Which concept is described as the dominant belief system about how gender should be organized and practiced?

a. gender binary

b. gender ideology

c. gender socialization

d. gender policing

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. How is gender ideology related to the gender binary?

a. Gender ideology is cultural while gender binary has to do with the marginalized identities.

b. Gender binary refers to marginalized identities within a cultural gender ideology that is promoted by the dominant government.

c. In the United States and many other cultures, an ideology has been constructed that is gender binary, only two categories of people.

d. In many cultures, the social understanding of gender or gender binary underlies the gender ideology as something that we innately are.

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Anita identifies as a woman, and she was born with two X chromosomes. Due to this, Anita is considered ______.

a. agender

b. transgendered

c. non-binary

d. cis-gendered

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Amber dresses her new baby in pink. She also encourages her baby to express her feelings whatever they may be. Amber has given her baby a ragdoll to hold onto for comfort as well. This illustrates that Amber is already teaching her child to be feminine through ______.

a. gender socialization

b. gender binary

c. gender ideology

d. gender policing

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. Connor is eight years old. He is a sensitive young boy and cries when he is in distress. Classmates tell him that “boys don’t cry” and that he needs to be tough. Connor is experiencing gender oppression at the ______ level.

a. individual

b. interactional

c. institutional

d. domination

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Where Does Gender Inequality Happen?

Difficulty Level: Hard

7. Which concept is described as a form of organization, in which men have higher status than women, providing the foundation for gender inequality?

a. gender policing

b. objectification of women

c. patriarchal culture

d. pornification of culture

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. How does male-dominated differ from male-centered?

a. Male-dominated means that the activities of men are emphasized and prioritized, while male-centered is the positive qualities of a culture are male.

b. Male-dominated is the positive qualities of a culture seen as male, while male-centered when most all authority positions are held by men.

c. Male dominated is when most all authority positions are held by men, while male-centered recognizes the positive qualities of a culture as male.

d. Male-dominated is when most all authority positions are held by men, while male-centered emphasizes and prioritizes male activities.

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Alyssa wants to go into politics when she graduates college. She is currently serving in the National Guard and has volunteered on various political campaigns. She takes note that her superiors in the National Guard are all male. She also notices that all the campaigns on which she has worked, and most all political office holders are overwhelmingly male. Alyssa has observed ______ in the culture.

a. male-dominance

b. male-centeredness

c. male-identification

d. hypermasculinity

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. Tyler plays on his school’s football team. He is also a dedicated fan for both the local college team and professional football team. He also enjoys other sports and follows basketball, soccer, and baseball year round. He notices that there are women’s teams in these sports as well, but doesn’t see the same emphasis put on attending and following those teams. Tyler has noted that the culture is ______.

a. male-dominated

b. male-centered

c. male-identified

d. hypermasculine

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Hard

11. Anna and Miguel have been friends since grade school. Anna wants to go into business and so she has adopted many personality traits that she thinks will help her such as competitiveness, strength, and bravery. These traits are valued in the overall culture. Miguel would like to become a nurse to help others but his traits of compassion and nurturing are not seen as good characteristics to have if you are male. He is often teased due to these characteristics. This is an example of a ______ culture.

a. male-dominated

b. hypermasculine

c. male-identified

d. male-centered

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Hard

12. Which term is used to explain how men experience advantages in pay, promotion, and support when entering into female dominated professions?

a. gender policing

b. gender wage gap

c. glass ceiling

d. glass escalator

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: The Glass Escalator

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Which concept describes the institutional barriers within a workplace hierarchy that prevent women from advancement?

a. glass ceiling

b. glass escalator

c. gender wage gap

d. gender policing

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: The Glass Ceiling

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. A researcher interested in studying the difference between incomes of men and women would be focused on the ______.

a. glass ceiling

b. gender wage gap

c. motherhood penalty

d. glass escalator

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Defining the Gender Wage Gap

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. How is becoming a working parent related to the gender wage gap?

a. Working mothers find that they are in line for more promotions and better pay.

b. Working mothers experience a loss in wages known as the motherhood penalty.

c. Working fathers find that they are allotted more time off than mothers for a new child.

d. Working fathers experience a loss in wages known as the fatherhood penalty.

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: The Glass Ceiling

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Maria is promoted to a supervisory position in her company. She is generally regarded as being aggressive and therefore not liked very much. The other supervisors in the company are just as aggressive as Maria. In fact, they are usually more aggressive with clients than she tends to be. The way that the others see Maria and the other supervisors is an example of ______.

a. gender wage gap

b. gender binary

c. gender bias

d. gender discrimination

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: Employer Preference and Discrimination

Difficulty Level: Hard

17. The executives at Harris Advertising include 10 men and 2 women. Many times, the men get together and attend sporting events to network and discuss what they are working on. The two women executives are generally overlooked without invitations to these networking events. It is assumed that they would not enjoy the sporting events, and therefore there is no effort made to include them. This is an example of ______.

a. gender wage gap

b. gender binary

c. gender bias

d. gender discrimination

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: Employer Preference and Discrimination

Difficulty Level: Hard

18. Kate works in finance and is one of only a handful of women in her office. She is repeatedly exposed to offensive remarks and “jokes” about women in general. Many times, the “jokes” and remarks are not just offensive but sexual in nature. Kate is experiencing ______.

a. sexual harassment

b. homosocial reproduction

c. gender culture

d. motherhood penalty

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: Sexual Harassment and Hostile Work Environments

Difficulty Level: Hard

19. Which concept is described as social norms, practices, and social institutions condoning men’s objectification of and access to women’s bodies?

a. sexual violence

b. rape culture

c. sexual harassment

d. gender policing

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Rape and Sexual Violence

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Which concept is described as unwanted comments, gestures, and actions forced on a stranger in a public place without their consent and is directed at them because of their sex, gender, gender expression, or sexual orientation?

a. rape culture

b. gender policing

c. street harassment

d. objectification of women

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Street Harassment

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. Which conclusion could be drawn from a society that includes sex-selective abortions of female fetuses?

a. The culture suffers from a large gender wage gap.

b. The culture allows increased objectification of women.

c. The culture is most likely violent.

d. The culture is most likely patriarchal.

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Men’s Violence Against Women

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Priya lives in a society where she is not allowed to go to school or leave her house alone because she is female. She must always be vigilant as her society allows “honor killings” if she is perceived as committing anything against the law. Priya’s lives in a ______.

a. patriarchal culture

b. matrix of domination

c. hookup culture

d. feminine culture

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Men’s Violence Against Women

Difficulty Level: Hard

23. Rosa takes the subway to work every day. She has a few blocks to walk in order to get to her subway stop. As she walks past the roadwork being done in her neighborhood, she receives whistles and verbal taunts about the way that she looks. Rosa finds this very uncomfortable as she continues on her way to the subway. Rosa is experiencing ______.

a. rape culture

b. street harassment

c. homosocial reproduction

d. digital abuse

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Street Harassment

Difficulty Level: Hard

24. Olivia is a member of a gaming community. She is particularly skilled at computer technology and gaming in particular. Sometimes, Olivia finds herself the victim of sexual comments and trolling in the discussion rooms or even the game itself. Olivia is experiencing ______.

a. street harassment

b. gender-based activism

c. cyber harassment

d. gender non-conformity

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Cyber Harassment and Digital Abuse

Difficulty Level: Hard

25. Which concept is described as the enforcement of culturally accepted gender norms?

a. gender binary

b. gender ideology

c. gender non-conformity

d. gender policing

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How Does Gender Inequality Affect Boys and Men?

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Men are ______ times more likely to die than women in work related incidents.

a. two

b. three

c. four

d. five

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Work-Related Injuries and Death

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. What societal conclusion can be inferred from the fact that more men suffer chronic health problems than women?

a. The stigma of vulnerability underlies men’s reluctance to seek help.

b. Sexual objectification underlies men’s inability to seek help.

c. Gender socialization teaches men to be more vulnerable leading to higher chronic diseases.

d. Men tend to be more vulnerable and express it due to gender ideology.

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Suicide and Other Health Issues: The Stigma of Vulnerability and Victimization

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Jamal is always being told that a “real man” does not cry. When he does express his emotions, his friends call him derogatory names. They also tell him to “man-up.” The language that Jamal’s friends use is an example of ______.

a. homosocial reproduction

b. gender policing

c. body-shaming

d. gender binary

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: How Does Gender Inequality Affect Boys and Men?

Difficulty Level: Hard

29. Jeremy has been feeling very sad and listless lately. He knows that he should tell someone but does not want to be labeled in a negative way. He decides to just keep going on in silence and hope that he will feel better soon. Jeremy is suffering from ______.

a. gender-based activism

b. cyber harassment

c. the stigma of vulnerability

d. gender discrimination

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Suicide and Other Health Issues: The Stigma of Vulnerability and Victimization

Difficulty Level: Hard

30. Lionel’s partner has just had a new baby. They are overjoyed at being new parents. Fortunately for Lionel, his company offers paternity leave so that he can be home with his new family. Lionel, while wanting to take the full 4 weeks, only takes one week of leave to be with his new child. Lionel fears ______.

a. a promotion if he takes the full leave

b. the stigma of victimization by taking the full leave

c. the matrix of domination with the full leave

d. a social backlash if he takes the full leave

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family Engagement

Difficulty Level: Hard

31. Which concept is described as portraying women merely as objects of sexual desire for heterosexual male viewers?

a. objectification of women

b. pornification of culture

c. rape culture

d. gender policing

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sexual Objectification of Women in the Media and Pornification of Culture

Difficulty Level: Easy

32. What is the relationship between pornography and rape?

a. Pornography causes rape culture leading to more women being assaulted.

b. Pornography leads to negative attitudes towards women contributing to rape culture.

c. Pornography leads to a promotion of attitudes about women lessening instances of rape.

d. Pornography leads to a lessening of objectification of women contributing to lower sexual assaults.

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Sexual Objectification of Women in Media and Pornification of Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. Ricky is a 30-year-old male who plays many violent video games and has several weapons at his disposal. He has been suffering from depression lately due to the breakup and rejection of his longtime girlfriend. His girlfriend had reported Ricky to the police for domestic violence. Ricky’s video games and weapons make him at risk for becoming a shooter, but the history of domestic violence and breakup are further evidence of the ______ putting him risk.

a. objectification of women

b. rape culture

c. gendered nature of the violence

d. pornification of culture

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Mass Shootings as a Gendered Social Problem

Difficulty Level: Hard

34. A local store is trying to a new pitch to sell more of their ice cream. They are using images of women’s lips heavily covered in wet lipstick on the ice cream. There is no facial image, just the lips and product they are selling. This would be an example of ______.

a. street harassment

b. gender socialization

c. sexual harassment

d. pornification of culture

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sexual Objectification of Women in Media and Pornification of Culture

Difficulty Level: Hard

35. Josh has been playing explicit video games. His games include stealing cars and shooting at police. All the women in Josh’s video games are exotic dancers or prostitutes. This video game illustrates the ______.

a. pornification of culture

b. street harassment of culture

c. glass escalator

d. homosocial reproduction

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sexual Objectification of Women in Media and Pornification of Culture

Difficulty Level: Hard

36. Katherine’s school has enacted a new dress code. The rules state that skirts and shorts need to be a certain length and no sleeveless tops can be worn. The rules have even gone so far as to specifically state that all bra straps must be covered by shirts. The reasoning given for the bra strap rule is that these straps are a distraction to other students. Katherine knows that they mean “male” students. She feels that this is a form of ______.

a. homosocial reproduction

b. body-shaming

c. hypermasculinity

d. motherhood penalty

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Regulating and Policing Women’s Bodies

Difficulty Level: Hard

37. Which concept is described as daily acts of resistance that propel society forward in new and equitable ways?

a. gender culture

b. matrix of domination

c. gender-based activism

d. hypermasculinity

Learning Objective: 4.7: What are some current efforts to address gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender-Based Movements and Social Change

Difficulty Level: Easy

38. What evidence can be found for social policy change in the wage gap?

a. The Ban Bossy campaign

b. #MeToo movement

c. Title IX

d. Lilly Ledbetter Act

Learning Objective: 4.7: What are some current efforts to address gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Gender-Based Movements and Social Change

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. Kayla is a college sophomore. She runs track for her school. Lately, she has noticed that the men on the track team have more tutors, larger locker rooms, and even a sauna available to them. The women on the track team do not have these advantages. Kayla decides to go talk to someone on her campus about this issue. She chooses to go to the ______.

a. Title IX office

b. Lily Ledbetter office

c. Culture Reframed office

d. LGBTQ Center

Learning Objective: 4.7: What are some current efforts to address gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Gender-Based Movements and Social Change

Difficulty Level: Hard

40. Julia has recently broken up with her partner. Even though it seemed like an amicable split, she has noticed that he has been following her on campus. He has started constantly texting her to see where she is. She has even found him waiting outside of her classes as she leaves. All of this behavior has begun to scare Julia. She decides to report him for stalking. Julia knows that she has recourse for this behavior because of the ______.

a. Equal Pay Act

b. Violence Against Women Act

c. Lily Ledbetter Act

d. Title IX Act

Learning Objective: 4.7: What are some current efforts to address gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Gender-Based Movements and Social Change

Difficulty Level: Hard

True/False

1. Before 1920, women had the right to vote in most states.

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How Does a Social Constructionist Approach Examine Gender Inequality?

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Sex and gender represent the same concept.

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Gender socialization is taught through families, sports, media, education, and religion among other avenues.

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Gender inequality happens on many different levels.

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Where does Gender Inequality Happen?

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. An example of patriarchal culture is when men hold almost all the positions of authority.

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. A male-centered culture emphasizes the activities of men.

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Culture undervalues traits such as strength, bravery, and aggression in a male-identified culture.

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. “Mankind” and “freshman” are gender neutral terms.

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. The number of women who have a college degree has more than tripled from 1970 to 2017.

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Contemporary Gender Inequality in the Workplace

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Highest paid occupations have the lowest wage gaps between men and women while the lowest paid occupations have the highest wage gaps.

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Defining the Gender Wage Gap

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. The way that culture constructs the labor market by gender is a fixed entity.

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: Occupational Segregation

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. All people can experience gender discrimination.

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: Employer Preference and Discrimination

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. The glass escalator effect has intersectional dimensions beyond gender.

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: The Glass Escalator

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Individual socialization of gender does not influence choice of careers.

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: Gender Socialization

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. It is estimated that one in three women worldwide will experience sexual or physical violence.

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Men’s Violence Against Women

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. The majority of rape victims know the perpetrator.

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Rape and Sexual Violence

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. The “hookup culture” has led to less sexual aggression on college campuses.

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexual Assault on College Campuses

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Digital abuse takes place within the confines of intimate partner violence and not other forums.

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cyber Harassment and Digital Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Boys and men do not suffer from gender inequalities.

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How Does Gender Inequality Affect Boys and Men?

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Men outnumber women in the top ten jobs considered the riskiest with high work-related fatalities.

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Work-Related Injuries and Death

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Vulnerability is seen as weakness in males socialized in the dominant narrative of manhood.

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Suicide and Other Health Issues: The Stigma of Vulnerability and Victimization

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Higher rates of gender equality are associated with marital discord and weakening economies.

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Engagement

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Almost all mass shooters are men or boys.

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Mass Shootings as a Gendered Social Problem

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. Acts of mass violence are tied to our culture’s construction of masculinity and manhood.

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mass Shootings as a Gendered Social Problem

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Sexual objectification of women in advertising is the same among all cultures.

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexual Objectification of Women in the Media and Pornification of Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. School dress codes prevent against body-shaming.

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Regulating and Policing Women’s Bodies

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Men are important allies in the fight for gender equality.

Learning Objective: 4.7: What are some current efforts to address gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender-Based Movements and Social Change

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Daily acts of resistance, such as breastfeeding at work, aid in pushing us forward to more equitable ways of living.

Learning Objective: 4.7: What are some current efforts to address gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender-Based Movements and Social Change

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. Gender based activism takes place only at the policy level of government.

Learning Objective: 4.7: What are some current efforts to address gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender-Based Movements and Social Change

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Men’s involvement in gender-based activism has decreased since the mid-2000s.

Learning Objective: 4.7: What are some current efforts to address gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender-Based Movements and Social Change

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. What evidence would you use to categorize gender as a social construct?

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. What are some of the different agents of the socialization of gender?

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. How is intersectionality related to the social construct of gender?

Learning Objective: 4.1: How does the social constructionist approach examine gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Social Construction of Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What are the different signs that lead to the identification of a patriarchal culture?

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. What inference can you make as to the understanding that the wage gap is smaller between Hispanic and Black men and women than between White and Asian men and women?

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Defining the Gender Wage Gap

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. How is parenthood related to the gender wage gap?

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: The Glass Ceiling

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. What are the risk factors for sexual assault on college campuses?

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Sexual Assault on College Campuses

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. How would you classify the term “man-up?”

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: How Does Gender Inequality Affect Boys and Men?

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. How is the sexual objectification of women related to mental health?

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Sexual Objectification of Women in the Media and Pornification of Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. What evidence can you find that gender-based activism has become intersectional?

Learning Objective: 4.7: What are some current efforts to address gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Gender-Based Movements and Social Change

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. How is male-centered different from male-identified in patriarchal culture?

Learning Objective: 4.2: What are the underlying roots of contemporary gender inequality?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Roots of Contemporary Gender Inequality: Identifying Patriarchal Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Arjun argues that men and women are paid equally. He insists that the gender pay gap exists due to the career choices that women make. How would you explain the gender pay gap to Arjun, with the help of sociology?

Learning Objective: 4.3: What are some forms of gender inequality in the workplace?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Explaining the Wage Gap: Occupational Segregation

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. How is digital abuse related to patriarchal societies?

Learning Objective: 4.4: How does violence against women relate to patriarchal societies?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Cyber Harassment and Digital Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What is the relationship between vulnerability, men, and gender inequality?

Learning Objective: 4.5: How does gender inequality impact boys and men?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Suicide and Other Health Issues: The Stigma of Vulnerability and Victimization

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. What are the patterns that have emerged in mass shooters, and how is that related to our cultural construction?

Learning Objective: 4.6: What are some current social problems that have gendered features?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Mass Shootings as a Gendered Social Problem

Difficulty Level: Hard