Exam 13: Inequalities of Gender

When married women enter the job market, domestic chores tend to be shared equally by both spouses.

Stratification by gender is characteristic of:

Maria used a four-letter word and her mother admonished her, "Nice girls don't talk like that!" In this instance Maria's mother is engaging in:

Working in the paid labor market has increased the leisure time of American women.

Common forms of sexual harassment that women are regularly subjected to include all of the following EXCEPT:

Objectification of women in beauty contests such as the Miss America pageant is a form of

Androcentrism is the perception that men are inherently inferior to women.

In a mark of progress, there are now some major management, professional and related fields where women earn as much as men in the U.S.

Describe the history of gender stratification beginning with preindustrial societies. How does the pattern of stratification change as societies become more complex?

The practice of female circumcision has the effect of increasing sexual desire and responsiveness in women.

In medieval Europe, the institution of chastity was indirectly designed to:

A man's work is from sun to sun; a woman's work is never done. Explain this statement in relationship to women's work and the second shift.

In efforts to raise awareness concerning violence against women, Claire Renzetti believes that women must do all of the following EXCEPT:

In the Islamic world women tend to prefer enrolling in which of the following courses?

The lens of biological essentialism rationalizes and legitimizes the other lenses of gender.

Women produce, process and market 3/5 of all the world's food but own less than 1% of all the world's property.

An example of a gendered organization is a

Biological essentialism is a lens of gender.

An ideology that justifies prejudice or discrimination based on gender is referred to as:

The perception that men are inherently superior to women is