Question 1

What group of women is facing the greatest risk of sexual assault?

Accepted Answer

A)  working women 
B)  religious women 
C)  women college students 
D)  white women 
A)  working women 
B)  religious women 
C)  women college students 
D)  white women

Question 2

On average, how much more do men weigh than women?

Accepted Answer

A)  5 percent 
B)  15 percent 
C)  25 percent 
D)  30 percent 
A)  5 percent 
B)  15 percent 
C)  25 percent 
D)  30 percent

Question 3

What does Carla Freeman's research on women's participation in the industrialized labor force in Barbados indicate?

Accepted Answer

A)  that women are victims of an exploitative work environment 
B)  that women cannot resist male dominance once they enter the global economy 
C)  that women are not simply victims in the practices of flexible accumulation 
D)  that the exploitation of women increased as women asserted a different status 
A)  that women are victims of an exploitative work environment 
B)  that women cannot resist male dominance once they enter the global economy 
C)  that women are not simply victims in the practices of flexible accumulation 
D)  that the exploitation of women increased as women asserted a different status

Question 4

Which of the following is/are considered a secondary sexual characteristic?

Accepted Answer

A)  genitalia 
B)  testes 
C)  pitch of voice 
D)  ovaries 
A)  genitalia 
B)  testes 
C)  pitch of voice 
D)  ovaries

Question 5

Discuss how the anthropological understanding of the status of individuals of alternate genders in Native American cultures has changed. After defining the terms berdache and Two-Spirit, explain how scholars' and activists' views of the status and roles of individuals in these alternate genders have changed.

Accepted Answer

Students should demonstrate their knowle

Question 6

Through the 1960s, Western medicine has attempted to "manage" children born with ambiguous genitalia. This has primarily consisted of what treatment regimen?

Accepted Answer

A)  performing surgery once the child is old enough to make his or her own decision 
B)  cognitive behavioral therapy 
C)  parental decision support 
D)  genital reconstruction surgery and hormone therapy 
A)  performing surgery once the child is old enough to make his or her own decision 
B)  cognitive behavioral therapy 
C)  parental decision support 
D)  genital reconstruction surgery and hormone therapy

Question 7

What does anthropologist Matthew Gutmann's research in Mexico indicate?

Accepted Answer

A)  All men strive to be "macho." 
B)  Women only want to be with men who embrace machismo. 
C)  The traits of machismo are found only in the upper classes. 
D)  Masculine identity is in flux and negotiable. 
A)  All men strive to be "macho." 
B)  Women only want to be with men who embrace machismo. 
C)  The traits of machismo are found only in the upper classes. 
D)  Masculine identity is in flux and negotiable.

Question 8

The notion of appropriate male behavior in Mexico is changing, in part because more women are entering the paid workforce. Thinking like an anthropologist, consider how you would structure your fieldwork to explore this phenomenon. Be scientific and explain whether your research will be qualitative or quantitative and why, how you will prepare, what your hypothesis will be, and what strategies you will use.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary widely, but all succes

Question 9

An anthropologist observes a young man holding a door open for a woman entering a building. From the perspective of someone studying gender, how can this be interpreted?

Accepted Answer

A)  as a form of gender performance 
B)  as a type of gender dysphoria 
C)  as a form of gender ideology 
D)  as an example of gender stratification 
A)  as a form of gender performance 
B)  as a type of gender dysphoria 
C)  as a form of gender ideology 
D)  as an example of gender stratification

Question 10

On what does Emily Martin's analysis of the "fairy tale" of the egg and the sperm as presented in U.S. textbooks primarily focus?

Accepted Answer

A)  how scientific language can reflect and promote the idea that differences in male and female behavior are natural. 
B)  the idea that "female" eggs aggressively pursue more "passive" male sperm until conception occurs 
C)  the ways in which gender roles are natural and supported by real biological differences 
D)  how stereotypical male and female behavior is portrayed as a cultural construction by biologists 
A)  how scientific language can reflect and promote the idea that differences in male and female behavior are natural. 
B)  the idea that "female" eggs aggressively pursue more "passive" male sperm until conception occurs 
C)  the ways in which gender roles are natural and supported by real biological differences 
D)  how stereotypical male and female behavior is portrayed as a cultural construction by biologists

Question 11

According to the text, increased participation in the global economy means that many women can do what?

Accepted Answer

A)  They can transform the normative expectations of motherhood. 
B)  They can be easily exploited in a global capitalist market. 
C)  They can transform the nature of their interaction between the local and the global. 
D)  Women can easily learn to assert their agency and become industrial leaders. 
A)  They can transform the normative expectations of motherhood. 
B)  They can be easily exploited in a global capitalist market. 
C)  They can transform the nature of their interaction between the local and the global. 
D)  Women can easily learn to assert their agency and become industrial leaders.

Question 12

The process of becoming "male" or "female" begins during childhood and youth. Provide two specific examples of ways that parents start this process by "doing gender." Provide two specific examples of ways that participating in sports reflects personality traits (e.g., gentleness versus competitiveness) commonly associated with women and men in the United States. How is this tied to the constructions of masculinity inherent in the "fag discourse" in U.S. high schools?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Students should discu

Question 13

A United Nations survey recently found that young women ages fifteen to twenty-five are being infected with HIV/AIDS three times faster than men in the same age group. What does this statistic suggest about the Sustainable Development Goal of achieving gender equality?

Accepted Answer

A)  that the goal was achieved in 2016 
B)  that this goal is in fact far from complete 
C)  that this goal is completely unrealistic because of sexual dimorphism 
D)  that this effort has skewed gender inequality the other way, and now men must be empowered 
A)  that the goal was achieved in 2016 
B)  that this goal is in fact far from complete 
C)  that this goal is completely unrealistic because of sexual dimorphism 
D)  that this effort has skewed gender inequality the other way, and now men must be empowered

Question 14

What are we talking about when we refer to observable physical and biological differences between the male and female human reproduction systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  gender 
B)  sex 
C)  chromosomes 
D)  gender ideology 
A)  gender 
B)  sex 
C)  chromosomes 
D)  gender ideology

Question 15

What do we call the process through which a sense of gender becomes normative and seems natural to us?

Accepted Answer

A)  gender performance 
B)  gender stratification 
C)  cultural construction of gender 
D)  gender hierarchy 
A)  gender performance 
B)  gender stratification 
C)  cultural construction of gender 
D)  gender hierarchy

Question 16

The behaviors encouraged in sports-where boys are rewarded for competitiveness and girls are often encouraged to play nicely-reflect what aspect of a larger cultural framework?

Accepted Answer

A)  the construction and maintenance of gender roles in a society 
B)  the manner in which gender roles reverse during adolescence and later become normalized 
C)  the way in which sexual dimorphism is a natural part of our society 
D)  the importance of sport in the American cultural imagination 
A)  the construction and maintenance of gender roles in a society 
B)  the manner in which gender roles reverse during adolescence and later become normalized 
C)  the way in which sexual dimorphism is a natural part of our society 
D)  the importance of sport in the American cultural imagination

Question 17

Evaluate the merits of the "man the hunter, woman the gatherer" debate. What are two of the specific cultural debates used to support the notion that there is a biological basis for the behaviors reported in this model? Provide two examples from the text that do not support the biological argument in favor of a gendered division of labor in foraging societies. Conclude by discussing the accuracy of the evolutionary model for understanding the idealized model of the sexual division of labor.

Accepted Answer

Students should explain that the debate

Question 18

How might we refer to an individual who dresses and identifies as a woman but was designated male at birth due to biological characteristics?

Accepted Answer

A)  hijra 
B)  mentally ill 
C)  hermaphrodite 
D)  transgender 
A)  hijra 
B)  mentally ill 
C)  hermaphrodite 
D)  transgender

Question 19

According to Pei-chia Lan, how do Filipino and Indonesian women assert new gender status roles?

Accepted Answer

A)  They send remittances to their families, providing a major source of support. 
B)  They consume transnational domestic labor. 
C)  They date women as well as men. 
D)  They go to college at higher rates than Filipino and Indonesian men. 
A)  They send remittances to their families, providing a major source of support. 
B)  They consume transnational domestic labor. 
C)  They date women as well as men. 
D)  They go to college at higher rates than Filipino and Indonesian men.

Question 20

In India, what are individuals who are identified as "neither man nor woman" called?

Accepted Answer

A)  berdache 
B)  hijras 
C)  Two-Spirits 
D)  transgender 
A)  berdache 
B)  hijras 
C)  Two-Spirits 
D)  transgender

What group of women is facing the greatest risk of sexual assault?

On average, how much more do men weigh than women?

What does Carla Freeman's research on women's participation in the industrialized labor force in Barbados indicate?

Which of the following is/are considered a secondary sexual characteristic?

Through the 1960s, Western medicine has attempted to "manage" children born with ambiguous genitalia. This has primarily consisted of what treatment regimen?

What does anthropologist Matthew Gutmann's research in Mexico indicate?

An anthropologist observes a young man holding a door open for a woman entering a building. From the perspective of someone studying gender, how can this be interpreted?

On what does Emily Martin's analysis of the "fairy tale" of the egg and the sperm as presented in U.S. textbooks primarily focus?

According to the text, increased participation in the global economy means that many women can do what?

A United Nations survey recently found that young women ages fifteen to twenty-five are being infected with HIV/AIDS three times faster than men in the same age group. What does this statistic suggest about the Sustainable Development Goal of achieving gender equality?

What are we talking about when we refer to observable physical and biological differences between the male and female human reproduction systems?

What do we call the process through which a sense of gender becomes normative and seems natural to us?

The behaviors encouraged in sports-where boys are rewarded for competitiveness and girls are often encouraged to play nicely-reflect what aspect of a larger cultural framework?

How might we refer to an individual who dresses and identifies as a woman but was designated male at birth due to biological characteristics?

According to Pei-chia Lan, how do Filipino and Indonesian women assert new gender status roles?

In India, what are individuals who are identified as "neither man nor woman" called?

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Exam 8: Gender

What group of women is facing the greatest risk of sexual assault?

On average, how much more do men weigh than women?

What does Carla Freeman's research on women's participation in the industrialized labor force in Barbados indicate?

Which of the following is/are considered a secondary sexual characteristic?

Through the 1960s, Western medicine has attempted to "manage" children born with ambiguous genitalia. This has primarily consisted of what treatment regimen?

What does anthropologist Matthew Gutmann's research in Mexico indicate?

An anthropologist observes a young man holding a door open for a woman entering a building. From the perspective of someone studying gender, how can this be interpreted?

On what does Emily Martin's analysis of the "fairy tale" of the egg and the sperm as presented in U.S. textbooks primarily focus?

According to the text, increased participation in the global economy means that many women can do what?

A United Nations survey recently found that young women ages fifteen to twenty-five are being infected with HIV/AIDS three times faster than men in the same age group. What does this statistic suggest about the Sustainable Development Goal of achieving gender equality?

What are we talking about when we refer to observable physical and biological differences between the male and female human reproduction systems?

What do we call the process through which a sense of gender becomes normative and seems natural to us?

The behaviors encouraged in sports-where boys are rewarded for competitiveness and girls are often encouraged to play nicely-reflect what aspect of a larger cultural framework?

How might we refer to an individual who dresses and identifies as a woman but was designated male at birth due to biological characteristics?

According to Pei-chia Lan, how do Filipino and Indonesian women assert new gender status roles?

In India, what are individuals who are identified as "neither man nor woman" called?

Anthropology in a Global Age

Culture

Fieldwork and Ethnography

Language

Human Origins

Race and Racism

Ethnicity and Nationalism

Sexuality

Kinship, Family, and Marriage

Class and Inequality

The Global Economy

Migration

Politics and Power

Religion

Health, Illness, and the Body

Art and Media

Filters