Question 1

Why are the Stonewall riots considered a watershed moment in the LGBTQ liberation movement?

Accepted Answer

In 1968, the patrons of the Stonewall In

Question 2

How do the incomes of single fathers compare with those of single mothers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are about the same. 
B)  Single fathers make more money than single mothers in urban areas, but not in rural areas. 
C)  Single mothers with only one child make more money than single fathers, but not mothers with more children. 
D)  Single fathers make considerably more money than single mothers. 
A)  They are about the same. 
B)  Single fathers make more money than single mothers in urban areas, but not in rural areas. 
C)  Single mothers with only one child make more money than single fathers, but not mothers with more children. 
D)  Single fathers make considerably more money than single mothers.

Question 3

Men usually make more money than women because

Accepted Answer

A)  men are naturally predisposed to competition. 
B)  men have higher levels of testosterone, which gives them an edge in the business world. 
C)  employers understand that men are usually their families' breadwinners. 
D)  socially constructed categories of employment lead to larger numbers of men than women in many lucrative jobs. 
A)  men are naturally predisposed to competition. 
B)  men have higher levels of testosterone, which gives them an edge in the business world. 
C)  employers understand that men are usually their families' breadwinners. 
D)  socially constructed categories of employment lead to larger numbers of men than women in many lucrative jobs.

Question 4

In The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan wrote: Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night-she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-"Is this all?"
What larger social issue does this passage suggest Friedan was worried about?

Accepted Answer

A)  access to education and employment 
B)  suffrage 
C)  race and difference 
D)  homophobia 
A)  access to education and employment 
B)  suffrage 
C)  race and difference 
D)  homophobia

Question 5

Misogyny is the fear of or discrimination toward gay, lesbian, and bisexual people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Why don't girls, who tend to get better grades than boys, translate their advantage into material success after graduation?

Accepted Answer

A)  They tend to flaunt authority. 
B)  They are typically credited for hard work rather than intellectual ability. 
C)  They are poorly socialized. 
D)  They don't work as hard as males. 
A)  They tend to flaunt authority. 
B)  They are typically credited for hard work rather than intellectual ability. 
C)  They are poorly socialized. 
D)  They don't work as hard as males.

Question 7

Young men, ages fifteen to twenty-four, are four to five times more likely than young women to die from car accidents, homicides, and drownings. Explain this statistic in terms of gender socialization.

Accepted Answer

The need to impress other people and to

Question 8

How do functionalists and conflict theorists differ in how they approach and understand gender inequality?

Accepted Answer

The functionalist perspective sees some

Question 9

A woman feels that she always needs to act cheerful and look her best when her husband gets home from work because he has a stressful job and he needs her help to unwind. We would say this woman is

Accepted Answer

A)  living outside the gender dichotomy. 
B)  taking on the instrumental role. 
C)  taking on the expressive role. 
D)  a second-wave feminist. 
A)  living outside the gender dichotomy. 
B)  taking on the instrumental role. 
C)  taking on the expressive role. 
D)  a second-wave feminist.

Question 10

In The Mismeasure of Women, social psychologist Carol Tavris argues that there is nothing "universal and nonvarying . . . in the natures of men and women." If you agree with her, you would have to reject the concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  essentialism. 
B)  queer theory. 
C)  symbolic interactionism. 
D)  social construction. 
A)  essentialism. 
B)  queer theory. 
C)  symbolic interactionism. 
D)  social construction.

Question 11

There are many LGBTQ people who do not support same-sex marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following examples could be associated with Talcott Parsons's concept of the expressive role?

Accepted Answer

A)  a mother providing love, care, and affection to her husband and children 
B)  a father providing for his family by paying the rent and household bills 
C)  a grandmother babysitting her grandchildren while both parents work 
D)  a daughter refusing to do homework after school 
A)  a mother providing love, care, and affection to her husband and children 
B)  a father providing for his family by paying the rent and household bills 
C)  a grandmother babysitting her grandchildren while both parents work 
D)  a daughter refusing to do homework after school

Question 13

Which of the following is true regarding gendered occupations?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Pink collar jobs" are considered more desirable in a patriarchal society. 
B)  Men tend to be overrepresented in jobs that involve caretaking. 
C)  Men outnumber women in occupations with more prestige and higher salaries. 
D)  Women and men are similarly represented in occupations that require a college degree. 
A)  "Pink collar jobs" are considered more desirable in a patriarchal society. 
B)  Men tend to be overrepresented in jobs that involve caretaking. 
C)  Men outnumber women in occupations with more prestige and higher salaries. 
D)  Women and men are similarly represented in occupations that require a college degree.

Question 14

What factors contribute to what sociologists call the "feminization of poverty"?

Accepted Answer

Factors that contribute to the

Question 15

Laura is a married mother of three who works a full-time job. She drops her kids off at school every day at 7:30 A.M., arrives at the office at 8 A.M., works until 4 P.M., and then drives to pick up her kids from after-school care at 4:30 P.M. She gets home around the same time as her husband, who works a full-time job from 9 A.M. until 5 P.M. He expects that she will have dinner ready for the family by 6 P.M. From 7 to 9 P.M., Laura usually does housework and reads to the children. What sociological concept does Laura's situation exemplify?

Accepted Answer

A)  cisgenderism 
B)  feminization of poverty 
C)  heteronormativity 
D)  second shift 
A)  cisgenderism 
B)  feminization of poverty 
C)  heteronormativity 
D)  second shift

Question 16

What are some of the ways that families contribute to children learning the behaviors and expectations associated with gender?

Accepted Answer

Families contribute to children learning

Question 17

In the opening pages of The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan wrote about a problem that "lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women." What was this problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women didn't have the right to vote. 
B)  The media imposed unrealistic beauty standards upon women. 
C)  Women experienced dissatisfaction with traditional gender roles. 
D)  Employers actively discriminated against women based on their gender. 
A)  Women didn't have the right to vote. 
B)  The media imposed unrealistic beauty standards upon women. 
C)  Women experienced dissatisfaction with traditional gender roles. 
D)  Employers actively discriminated against women based on their gender.

Question 18

In the 1940s and 1950s, Alfred Kinsey surveyed Americans to find out about their sexual behavior. His findings were important because they

Accepted Answer

A)  challenged the view that Americans were either exclusively heterosexual or homosexual. 
B)  concluded that most Americans were asexual. 
C)  challenged the belief that Americans were heterosexual. 
D)  challenged the belief that sexuality can change over the course of a person's life. 
A)  challenged the view that Americans were either exclusively heterosexual or homosexual. 
B)  concluded that most Americans were asexual. 
C)  challenged the belief that Americans were heterosexual. 
D)  challenged the belief that sexuality can change over the course of a person's life.

Question 19

The sociological perspective of ________ is concerned with how gender is constructed and maintained in our everyday lives.

Accepted Answer

A)  essentialism 
B)  symbolic interactionism 
C)  conflict theory 
D)  feminism 
A)  essentialism 
B)  symbolic interactionism 
C)  conflict theory 
D)  feminism

Question 20

Give an example of one form that gender socialization can take in schools.

Accepted Answer

The forms that gender socialization can

Why are the Stonewall riots considered a watershed moment in the LGBTQ liberation movement?

How do the incomes of single fathers compare with those of single mothers?

Men usually make more money than women because

Misogyny is the fear of or discrimination toward gay, lesbian, and bisexual people.

Why don't girls, who tend to get better grades than boys, translate their advantage into material success after graduation?

Young men, ages fifteen to twenty-four, are four to five times more likely than young women to die from car accidents, homicides, and drownings. Explain this statistic in terms of gender socialization.

How do functionalists and conflict theorists differ in how they approach and understand gender inequality?

A woman feels that she always needs to act cheerful and look her best when her husband gets home from work because he has a stressful job and he needs her help to unwind. We would say this woman is

In The Mismeasure of Women, social psychologist Carol Tavris argues that there is nothing "universal and nonvarying . . . in the natures of men and women." If you agree with her, you would have to reject the concept of

There are many LGBTQ people who do not support same-sex marriage.

Which of the following examples could be associated with Talcott Parsons's concept of the expressive role?

Which of the following is true regarding gendered occupations?

What factors contribute to what sociologists call the "feminization of poverty"?

What are some of the ways that families contribute to children learning the behaviors and expectations associated with gender?

In the opening pages of The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan wrote about a problem that "lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women." What was this problem?

In the 1940s and 1950s, Alfred Kinsey surveyed Americans to find out about their sexual behavior. His findings were important because they

The sociological perspective of ________ is concerned with how gender is constructed and maintained in our everyday lives.

Give an example of one form that gender socialization can take in schools.

Sociology and the Real World

Studying Social Life: Sociology Research Methods

Culture

Socialization, Interaction, and the Self

Separate and Together: Life in Groups

Deviance

Social Class: the Structure of Inequality

Race and Ethnicity As Lived Experience

Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion

The Economy and Work

Life at Home: Families and Relationships

Leisure and Media

Health and Illness

Populations, Cities, and the Environment

Social Change

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Exam 9: Constructing Gender and Sexuality

Why are the Stonewall riots considered a watershed moment in the LGBTQ liberation movement?

How do the incomes of single fathers compare with those of single mothers?

Men usually make more money than women because

Misogyny is the fear of or discrimination toward gay, lesbian, and bisexual people.

Why don't girls, who tend to get better grades than boys, translate their advantage into material success after graduation?

Young men, ages fifteen to twenty-four, are four to five times more likely than young women to die from car accidents, homicides, and drownings. Explain this statistic in terms of gender socialization.

How do functionalists and conflict theorists differ in how they approach and understand gender inequality?

A woman feels that she always needs to act cheerful and look her best when her husband gets home from work because he has a stressful job and he needs her help to unwind. We would say this woman is

In The Mismeasure of Women, social psychologist Carol Tavris argues that there is nothing "universal and nonvarying . . . in the natures of men and women." If you agree with her, you would have to reject the concept of

There are many LGBTQ people who do not support same-sex marriage.

Which of the following examples could be associated with Talcott Parsons's concept of the expressive role?

Which of the following is true regarding gendered occupations?

What factors contribute to what sociologists call the "feminization of poverty"?

What are some of the ways that families contribute to children learning the behaviors and expectations associated with gender?

In the opening pages of The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan wrote about a problem that "lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women." What was this problem?

In the 1940s and 1950s, Alfred Kinsey surveyed Americans to find out about their sexual behavior. His findings were important because they

The sociological perspective of ________ is concerned with how gender is constructed and maintained in our everyday lives.

Give an example of one form that gender socialization can take in schools.

Sociology and the Real World

Studying Social Life: Sociology Research Methods

Culture

Socialization, Interaction, and the Self

Separate and Together: Life in Groups

Deviance

Social Class: the Structure of Inequality

Race and Ethnicity As Lived Experience

Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion

The Economy and Work

Life at Home: Families and Relationships

Leisure and Media

Health and Illness

Populations, Cities, and the Environment

Social Change

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