Exam 11: Sex,gender,and Sexuality

Gender identity is a person's perception of the self as a female or male.

Sociologist Talcott Parsons stated that in contemporary industrialized societies,the wife assumes the______________of providing affection and emotional support for the family.

According to the Secretary of State______________(2011),governments and business leaders should view investing in women as a strategy for job creation and economic growth.

Explain the process of gender socialization and identify specific ways in which parents contribute to the process.

A(n)______________person is someone whose sexual differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete.They tend to have some combination of male and female genitalia.

The functionalist perspective on gender stratification stresses that

Affirmative action programs in the United States were never meant to work for women.

Becky notes the importance of gender-role socialization and suggests that changes need to be made in what children learn from their families,teachers,and the media about appropriate masculine and feminine attitudes and behavior.Becky is advocating principles that follow the perspective.

Building on the civil rights and feminist movements of the late 1960s and the early 1970s,some contemporary black feminists have focused on the cultural experiences of African American women.A central assumption of this analysis is that race,class,and gender are forces that simultaneously oppress African American women.

Which of the following would NOT be an example of a secondary sex characteristic in women?

______________ in the United States created a gap between the nonpaid work performed by women at home and the paid work that increasingly was performed by men and unmarried girls.

Sociologist Virginia Cyrus explains,"Under______________,men are seen as 'natural' heads of the households,presidential candidates,corporate executives,college presidents,etc.Women,on the other hand,are men's subordinates,playing such supportive roles as housewife,mother,nurse,and secretary."

Occupational segregation contributes to the______________-the disparity between women's and men's earnings.

Women are severely underrepresented at the top of U.S.corporations.Less than______________of the executive jobs at Fortune 500 companies are held by women,and only fifteen women are the CEO of such a company.

According to conflict analysts,women's roles as nurturers and caregivers are even more pronounced in contemporary industrialized societies.While the husband performs the expressive tasks,the wife assumes the instrumental tasks.This division of labor ensures that important societal tasks will be fulfilled.

All of the following statements regarding gender socialization by parents are true EXCEPT that:

The social significance of gender stereotypes can be illustrated in a variety of ways through eating disorders.With______________,a person binges by consuming large quantities of food and then purges the food by induced vomiting,excessive exercise,laxatives,or fasting.

Describe the microlevel relationship between gender,gender role,gender identity,and body consciousness.Contrast this with a macrolevel analysis of gender (including gendered institutions and a gender belief system).

Discuss the feminist perspective on gender stratification.

Some people may be genetically of one sex but have a gender identity of the other.This is true for a______________person - an individual whose gender identity does match the person's assigned sex.