Exam 9: Gender Stratification: Shehewho Goes First

Zari is a successful lawyer who has a 5-year-old daughter. Since her daughter entered school, Zari's career has suffered. Zari was recently demoted because the school nurse, Melissa, demands that Zari pick up her daughter from school when she is ill, and Zari's boss expects her to never leave work. The nurse refuses to call Zari's husband because "a sick girl needs her mama." Zari is experiencing ______.

According to the text, the nation with the highest percentage of women in the national parliament or congress is Denmark.

Which of the following statements about gender roles is false?

Title IX is a law that ensures equality for women in the workplace.

Discuss what gender messages may be transmitted by the toys that girls and boys play with as they are growing up. Give two specific examples.

What is institutionalized gender discrimination? Provide two examples. How does institutionalized gender discrimination relate to heterosexism?

What is doing gender? Name and explain one instance in which you or a close friend did gender.

The socially constructed meanings associated with males and females are called ______.

Women are considered a minority group.

Discuss the public acceptance of lesbians and gays over the years in the United States. Has it increased or decreased? To what factors can you attribute this?

Mass media are major agents of socialization into gender roles.

About 2% of babies are born with "anomalies of sex chromosomes, internal procreative organs, and external genitalia in a variety of combinations" and are otherwise known as ______.

Describe how side-effect discrimination has affected women. Include concrete examples in your answer.

The fact that the only female in a boardroom is almost always expected to make coffee, even if she is a high-level executive, is a form of institutionalized gender discrimination.

Which of the following statements is true?

Compare and contrast how issues relating to sex, gender, and sexuality are present at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of the social world. Provide examples.

A biological term that refers to ascribed genetic, anatomical, and hormonal differences between men and women is ______.

According to most sociologists, gender roles are all of the following EXCEPT:

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 $40,000 down payment for a house, unless they are married. This is an example of ______.

In the United States, women are using the Internet to reinforce their private lives, and men are using the Internet to engage in the public sphere.