Exam 7: Gender Inequality

What are the three implications of the fact that gender is learned and its content is continually renewed and altered through social interaction?

According to the text, which of the following is NOT true in regards to nonstandard work?

According to the text, which of the following accounts for why women earn less than men?

Judith is a 45-year old-woman with three teenaged children and an ailing 75-year-old mother. Her days are filled with her full-time job, and chauffeuring her mom to doctor appointments and the grocery store and her kids to sports activities and social functions. Consequently, she is experiencing insomnia, chronic fatigue, and a number of other health issues. Which of the following most aptly explains Judith's situation?

Ana is a stay-at-home mother and is very embarrassed in social settings when the inevitable "What do you do?" question arises. What reason could be given to explain her distress?

According to sociologists, which of the following statements explains the fact that women in our culture, on average, have long hair, wear makeup, wear skirts, and adorn themselves with jewellery?

Which phrase describes the greater amount of time women spend doing unpaid work?

By which of the following actions do the media fail to evaluate women's political competence fairly?

After the May 2011 federal election, 25 percent of Canada's MPs (members of parliament) were women, even though women represent more than half of Canada's electorate. What are the four major explanations given in the text to account for this underrepresentation of women in Canadian politics?

A busy, profit-focused accounting firm interviews many qualified female accountants; however, senior managers favour hiring males, as they are less likely to be absent from work for things such as child-care issues. What term is best applied to this kind of hiring practice?

According to the text, which of the following factors has affected the labour force participation rate of Canadian women?

According to the text, which of the following is an important source of material well-being?

Which of the following has been the only woman to hold the office of prime minister in Canada?

Which term matches the following definition: "an internalized sense of being a man or a woman"?

What are the four major explanations of women's lower pay? Which ones do sociologists emphasize and why?

The invention of the typewriter was believed to lower the skill level required in clerical work. Discuss how our socially constructed definitions of "skill" impact women and the work women do.

The sandwich generation refers to a generation of men and women who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children.

According to the text, which of the following is NOT a criticism launched against the Employment Equity Act of 1995?

In the Correctional Service of Canada, male correctional officers make up the bulk of membership on institutional emergency response teams. However, female correctional officers still get the same compensation as males. What principle is reflected in this division of labour at the same time as overall parity in pay for the classification of correctional officers?

In 2008 women earned, on average, about 65 cents for every dollar earned by men. Henry argues that the lower wages of women is due to their lower educational attainment and the numerous labour-force interruptions due to their maternity leaves. In essence, what is Henry saying?