Question 1

Which of the following statements about foraging societies is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  In foraging societies, women organize their childbearing and childrearing within and around their work of gathering food. 
B)  In foraging societies, women organize their work of gathering food within and around their main tasks of bearing and rearing children. 
C)  How women in these societies organize their work and raise children depends on how they feel about these jobs. 
D)  Foraging societies are closer to nature and more primitive than other societies, so bearing children and child rearing naturally take precedence over other forms of labor. 
A)  In foraging societies, women organize their childbearing and childrearing within and around their work of gathering food. 
B)  In foraging societies, women organize their work of gathering food within and around their main tasks of bearing and rearing children. 
C)  How women in these societies organize their work and raise children depends on how they feel about these jobs. 
D)  Foraging societies are closer to nature and more primitive than other societies, so bearing children and child rearing naturally take precedence over other forms of labor. A

Question 2

Which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humans, through agriculture, first domesticated plants about 40,000 years ago. 
B)  The sexual division of labor among food-foraging groups is notoriously unequal. 
C)  An egalitarian division of labor is the supposed ideal of today's American middle class. 
D)  The family wage ideology encourages women to seek wage employment. 
A)  Humans, through agriculture, first domesticated plants about 40,000 years ago. 
B)  The sexual division of labor among food-foraging groups is notoriously unequal. 
C)  An egalitarian division of labor is the supposed ideal of today's American middle class. 
D)  The family wage ideology encourages women to seek wage employment. C

Question 3

The "family wage ideology" has strong influence in structuring wages in the Western world. Define family wage ideology and discuss why it has a detrimental effect on women.

Accepted Answer

The "family wage ideology" refers to the belief that a man should be paid a wage that is sufficient to support his entire family, including a wife and children, without the need for the wife to work outside the home. This ideology has had a strong influence in structuring wages in the Western world, leading to the establishment of wage systems that prioritize the needs of male breadwinners over those of women.

The family wage ideology has a detrimental effect on women for several reasons. Firstly, it reinforces traditional gender roles and perpetuates the idea that women should prioritize caregiving and homemaking over pursuing their own careers and financial independence. This can limit women's opportunities for economic empowerment and professional advancement.

Additionally, the family wage ideology contributes to gender wage gaps by undervaluing women's labor and skills. When employers assume that men are the primary breadwinners and women are secondary earners, they may justify paying women lower wages, regardless of their qualifications and contributions to the workforce.

Furthermore, the family wage ideology can also lead to discrimination against women in hiring and promotion decisions. Employers may be less likely to invest in training and promoting women if they believe that their primary role is to support their husbands' careers rather than to build their own.

Overall, the family wage ideology reinforces gender inequality in the workplace and perpetuates systemic barriers that hinder women's economic and professional advancement. It is essential to challenge and dismantle this ideology in order to create more equitable and inclusive wage systems that value and support the contributions of all workers, regardless of gender.

Question 4

Why has little evidence of women's work been found in the archaeological record? Give three examples of items women manufactured in ancient times. For each, assess the value of the item to society at large and why such an item would or would not survive to make it into the archaeological record.

Accepted Answer

The lack of evidence of women's work in

Question 5

Work that is valued for its contribution to the marketplace can be said to have ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  use value 
B)  exchange value 
C)  reciprocal value 
D)  gendered value 
A)  use value 
B)  exchange value 
C)  reciprocal value 
D)  gendered value

Question 6

The sexual division of labor _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  defines some jobs as "men's work" and others as "women's work" 
B)  occurs when women trade sexual favors for help with subsistence work 
C)  was the cause of the Neolithic Revolution 
D)  is a type of relativism 
A)  defines some jobs as "men's work" and others as "women's work" 
B)  occurs when women trade sexual favors for help with subsistence work 
C)  was the cause of the Neolithic Revolution 
D)  is a type of relativism

Question 7

Which of the following societies would most likely afford women high status?

Accepted Answer

A)  a patrilineal society in which men control economic resources and women stay at home with the children 
B)  a society in which women control economic resources through matrilineal inheritance 
C)  an industrial society in which women as well as men earn wages 
D)  a society in which women produce large numbers of children who contribute to agricultural production 
A)  a patrilineal society in which men control economic resources and women stay at home with the children 
B)  a society in which women control economic resources through matrilineal inheritance 
C)  an industrial society in which women as well as men earn wages 
D)  a society in which women produce large numbers of children who contribute to agricultural production

Question 8

Today, the women of Grey Rock Harbor _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  have taken over the formerly male-dominated fishing industry 
B)  are frustrated by the difficulty of finding single men to marry 
C)  have more economic freedom than a generation ago 
D)  bear many children, because they are peasants 
A)  have taken over the formerly male-dominated fishing industry 
B)  are frustrated by the difficulty of finding single men to marry 
C)  have more economic freedom than a generation ago 
D)  bear many children, because they are peasants

Question 9

Women who make cloth ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  come from all classes and walks of life 
B)  are represented in ancient art 
C)  tell stories and record history through their designs 
D)  all of the above 
A)  come from all classes and walks of life 
B)  are represented in ancient art 
C)  tell stories and record history through their designs 
D)  all of the above

Question 10

Which of the following best describes the family wage ideology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men earn a higher wage than women because they have a wife and children to support. 
B)  Men and women both contribute equally to the family economy. 
C)  Children should support their parents after they are grown and have established their own households. 
D)  Women should receive a higher wage than men because they are the primary caregivers for their children. 
A)  Men earn a higher wage than women because they have a wife and children to support. 
B)  Men and women both contribute equally to the family economy. 
C)  Children should support their parents after they are grown and have established their own households. 
D)  Women should receive a higher wage than men because they are the primary caregivers for their children.

Question 11

What was the result of Lenin's decree that women should be paid the same as men?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women gained full equality under Communism. 
B)  Men and women began to share domestic tasks so that each would have time to earn a wage. 
C)  Women continued to perform domestic work without pay in addition to working for wages outside of the home. 
D)  Men reacted to this idea with a backlash that prohibited women from the workplace for decades to come. 
A)  Women gained full equality under Communism. 
B)  Men and women began to share domestic tasks so that each would have time to earn a wage. 
C)  Women continued to perform domestic work without pay in addition to working for wages outside of the home. 
D)  Men reacted to this idea with a backlash that prohibited women from the workplace for decades to come.

Question 12

In the Kalahari, what form of women's work is considered the equivalent of men's work of procuring meat?

Accepted Answer

A)  hunting small animals 
B)  growing staple crops 
C)  gathering foods 
D)  bearing children 
A)  hunting small animals 
B)  growing staple crops 
C)  gathering foods 
D)  bearing children

Question 13

"Sexual division of labor" refers to the assignment of survival tasks of the society according to gender. This means that _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the work of men and women does not overlap 
B)  the work of men and women may overlap somewhat 
C)  the work of men and women looks roughly the same 
D)  any of the above-depending on the society that does the assigning 
A)  the work of men and women does not overlap 
B)  the work of men and women may overlap somewhat 
C)  the work of men and women looks roughly the same 
D)  any of the above-depending on the society that does the assigning

Question 14

Agricultural production _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  allows women and men to share in the work of food production 
B)  uses animals or machines, which increases time for relaxation 
C)  led to the rise of settled village life 
D)  all of the above 
A)  allows women and men to share in the work of food production 
B)  uses animals or machines, which increases time for relaxation 
C)  led to the rise of settled village life 
D)  all of the above

Question 15

What are the four broad categories of work discussed in Chapter 1? Discuss two "jobs" found in the United States in terms of which categories they fit into (they may overlap more than one category).

Accepted Answer

The four broad categories of work discus

Question 16

The horticultural pattern where men clear the fields and women cultivate the crops is generally associated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  high status for women 
B)  high rates of female fertility 
C)  men's exploitation of women's labor 
D)  increased rates of warfare 
A)  high status for women 
B)  high rates of female fertility 
C)  men's exploitation of women's labor 
D)  increased rates of warfare

Question 17

Tools made and used primarily by women have been essential to human history. Which of the following statements about women's tools is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women probably pioneered the use of containers for food, wood, and their offspring. 
B)  Plants such as jute, willow, hemp, and flax can be used to make baskets, nets, and fences. 
C)  It is hard to find archaeological evidence of what past women produced. 
D)  Newer, stone tools men learned to make eventually replaced women's tools. 
A)  Women probably pioneered the use of containers for food, wood, and their offspring. 
B)  Plants such as jute, willow, hemp, and flax can be used to make baskets, nets, and fences. 
C)  It is hard to find archaeological evidence of what past women produced. 
D)  Newer, stone tools men learned to make eventually replaced women's tools.

Question 18

In Grey Rock Harbour, Newfoundland, the collapse of the fishing industry led to a change in the sexual division of labor. Describe this change.

Accepted Answer

The collapse of the fishing industry in

Question 19

Of the following, which contributes to the decline in women's status associated with the rise of agricultural societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  failure to adhere to the virginity complex 
B)  increasing social stratification and the development of a class society 
C)  participation in field labor alongside men 
D)  horticulture and the second shift 
A)  failure to adhere to the virginity complex 
B)  increasing social stratification and the development of a class society 
C)  participation in field labor alongside men 
D)  horticulture and the second shift

Question 20

Imagine your friend has suggested that what housewives do around the home is not "real work." Using your knowledge of Chapter 1, how would you respond?

Accepted Answer

I would respond by explaining that the w

Which of the following statements about foraging societies is true?

Which of the following statements is correct?

The "family wage ideology" has strong influence in structuring wages in the Western world. Define family wage ideology and discuss why it has a detrimental effect on women.

Why has little evidence of women's work been found in the archaeological record? Give three examples of items women manufactured in ancient times. For each, assess the value of the item to society at large and why such an item would or would not survive to make it into the archaeological record.

Work that is valued for its contribution to the marketplace can be said to have ________.

The sexual division of labor _____________.

Which of the following societies would most likely afford women high status?

Today, the women of Grey Rock Harbor _________.

Women who make cloth ________.

Which of the following best describes the family wage ideology?

What was the result of Lenin's decree that women should be paid the same as men?

In the Kalahari, what form of women's work is considered the equivalent of men's work of procuring meat?

"Sexual division of labor" refers to the assignment of survival tasks of the society according to gender. This means that _________.

Agricultural production _________.

What are the four broad categories of work discussed in Chapter 1? Discuss two "jobs" found in the United States in terms of which categories they fit into (they may overlap more than one category).

The horticultural pattern where men clear the fields and women cultivate the crops is generally associated with which of the following?

Tools made and used primarily by women have been essential to human history. Which of the following statements about women's tools is false?

In Grey Rock Harbour, Newfoundland, the collapse of the fishing industry led to a change in the sexual division of labor. Describe this change.

Of the following, which contributes to the decline in women's status associated with the rise of agricultural societies?

Imagine your friend has suggested that what housewives do around the home is not "real work." Using your knowledge of Chapter 1, how would you respond?

Introduction

Love and the Work of Culture

Blood and Milk: Biocultural Markers in the Lives of Women

Patterns of Partnering From Romance to Resistance

Everyday Power: Womens Agency, Authority, and Influence

A Two-Bodied World

A Third Sex

Lifes Lesions

Who Owns Her Body

Invisible Workers

Filters

Exam 2: Whats for Dinner Honey Work and Gender

Which of the following statements about foraging societies is true?

Which of the following statements is correct?

The "family wage ideology" has strong influence in structuring wages in the Western world. Define family wage ideology and discuss why it has a detrimental effect on women.

Why has little evidence of women's work been found in the archaeological record? Give three examples of items women manufactured in ancient times. For each, assess the value of the item to society at large and why such an item would or would not survive to make it into the archaeological record.

Work that is valued for its contribution to the marketplace can be said to have ________.

The sexual division of labor _____________.

Which of the following societies would most likely afford women high status?

Today, the women of Grey Rock Harbor _________.

Women who make cloth ________.

Which of the following best describes the family wage ideology?

What was the result of Lenin's decree that women should be paid the same as men?

In the Kalahari, what form of women's work is considered the equivalent of men's work of procuring meat?

"Sexual division of labor" refers to the assignment of survival tasks of the society according to gender. This means that _________.

Agricultural production _________.

What are the four broad categories of work discussed in Chapter 1? Discuss two "jobs" found in the United States in terms of which categories they fit into (they may overlap more than one category).

The horticultural pattern where men clear the fields and women cultivate the crops is generally associated with which of the following?

Tools made and used primarily by women have been essential to human history. Which of the following statements about women's tools is false?

In Grey Rock Harbour, Newfoundland, the collapse of the fishing industry led to a change in the sexual division of labor. Describe this change.

Of the following, which contributes to the decline in women's status associated with the rise of agricultural societies?

Imagine your friend has suggested that what housewives do around the home is not "real work." Using your knowledge of Chapter 1, how would you respond?

Introduction

Love and the Work of Culture

Blood and Milk: Biocultural Markers in the Lives of Women

Patterns of Partnering From Romance to Resistance

Everyday Power: Womens Agency, Authority, and Influence

A Two-Bodied World

A Third Sex

Lifes Lesions

Who Owns Her Body

Invisible Workers

Filters