Exam 11: Stratification by Gender

The veil may be seen as a rejection of ________ prevalent in Western societies.

A conflict theorist would argue that men's work is uniformly valued,while women's work (whether unpaid labor in the home or wage labor)is devalued.

The ideology that one sex is superior to the other is known as

Gender,race,and social class are the only sources of oppression in the United States.

Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality is called

The expectation that women will be emotionally supportive is an example of

Define the term glass escalator,and discuss its significance regarding gender stratification.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote in national elections?

Worldwide,women hold about 10 percent of corporate managerial positions.

Recent research suggests that men who shave their body hair,cry in public,and have pedicures are violating gender norms.

Women everywhere suffer from second-class status.

The majority of individuals who experience sexual harassment do not report it.

Describe the process involved in the social construction of gender roles in a society.Give some examples to support your answer.

Which of the following would be an example of men traditionally "doing masculinity"?

Homophobia has almost no bearing on gender-role socialization.

The major institutions in our society are run equally by both males and females.

Explain feminism as a collective consciousness.

Which of the following is an occupation where women are overrepresented?

Which perspective suggests that men may originally have become powerful in preindustrial times because their size,physical strength,and freedom from childbearing duties allowed them to dominate women physically,but in contemporary societies these considerations are not so important?

Male nurses,male grade school teachers,and male librarians may experience some scorn in the larger society.Within the workplace itself,they