Exam 1: What Is Gender and Why Should We Care About It Introducing Gender

Transgender is a term that refers to individuals who are sexually attracted to the opposite sex.

______ is a broad label that categorizes people who seek to expose, subvert and, in some cases, change culturally defined gender categories.

Analyzing the many ways in which gender is socially constructed in different societies around the world is an example of which of the following?

The terms intersex and transgender can be used interchangeably to refer to the same group of people.

The social meaning that is assigned to biological differences between males and females is known as ______.

Intersex conditions are estimated to occur at a rate of ______.

Social constructionists believe that sex and gender can change across time and across cultures.

The statement "Our experiences with gender vary based on historical time period and place, yet there are limitations to that experience based on the biological reality of male and female bodies" would align best with which theoretical perspective?

Which of the following are the two key sources of evidence that are commonly used to support the social constructionist perspective?

Gender assignment is the process of reading physical and social cues to decide whether someone is a man or a woman.

A doctor's determination that a baby is a boy or a girl based on their genitalia is a process referred to as ______.

Intersectionality refers to people who are intersex.

The existence of a third sex category among the sworn virgins of the Balkans and kathoeys of Thailand supports the claim that ______.

Drawing upon the Thomas principle, the high rates of police violence against Black people supports the claim that ______.

The practice of reading physical and social cues in order to determine whether someone is a woman or a man is known as ______.

The text refers to learning the process of "seeing gender," which in this case means ______.

Identifying someone's race as White based on the color of their skin demonstrates the concept of ______.

The text discusses a study which found that Orthodox Jewish girls have developed stronger bone mass than boys because the girls are more physically active and are not expected to spend as much time studying religious texts. This example demonstrates that ______.

People born with XX chromosomes but masculinization of genitalia have ______.

Which of the following areas of evidence supports a strong social constructionist approach?