Exam 2: Lenses of Gender

Two major gender lenses which have likely shaped your own ideas about gender are: (1) the existence of innate sex differences and (2) the belief that______________.

In The Science Question in Feminism, Sandra Harding (1986) argues against the pervasive Western cultural belief that science is __________.

Which of the following statements best applies to the belief that gender equality in Canada has now been achieved?

The selection criteria by which "findings" of significant sex differences are more likely than findings about similarities between the sexes to be published in science journals is known as the ___________.

Discuss the difference between correlation and causation; apply this to an example of sex and gender differences.

What is the term which refers to the pervasive organization of social life around gender differences?

What is the term for a pattern found in a sample population with a high probability of being true for the population as a whole?

On most variables, what kind of overlap is found between the sexes?

Of the statements below, which one would all strands of feminism be most likely to agree with?

Compare and contrast two of the following strands of feminism: liberal, cultural, radical or socialist. Discuss how they would each assess the current landscape of gender inequality and what is to be done in the fight for gender equality in Canada today.

According to the work of Fausto-Sterling (2000), approximately __% of human beings have significant physical differences that make their classification as male or female problematic.

Develop an essay which critically examines the relationship between social conservative politics in Canada and the "traditional family". Focus your essay upon a particular organization (such as REAL women or the former Reform Party of Canada) and consider how your chosen organization implicitly or explicitly perpetuates forms of gender inequality through policies, practices, and discourses.

In what year were Canadian women allowed into the University of Toronto's medical school?

Which of the following is true of sex-based testing? There is more________-group variation than _________- group variation.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three general criteria scientists use to judge causality?

Discuss a key component of "gender polarization". Provide an example from your social world

Jean is a cultural feminist; she is most likely to argue that:

How has science been used to keep women out of education and politics? Provide two examples of this phenomenon.

The very fact that you have an opportunity to take a course on gender means that post-secondary institutions (such as yours) __________________.

The strand of feminism that identifies both patriarchy and social class as combining to oppress women in known as _____________ feminism.