Question 1

What are the most often cited reasons for women's disproportionate participation in part-time work?

Accepted Answer

Child-rearing and other family responsibilities are often cited.Generally,women leave work for at least short periods of time to bear children,and often for longer periods to rear their children full-time.This discontinuity in employment is one of the greatest barriers faced by professional and non-professional women alike.Impressions about one's commitment to work,current earnings,lifetime earnings,opportunities for advancement,and future employability are all greatly influenced by interruptions in one's career.

Question 2

Provide three everyday examples of how socially constructed concepts of gender are reinforced in Canadian society.

Accepted Answer

Gender.Refers to the socially constructed characteristics associated with girls and boys,women and men-what we call masculinity and femininity.
Examples will vary,but they must reflect the definition of gender provided in the textbook.Students that do not use their own example will reflect ideas from Section 3 in the text,Reproducing Gender: Families,Education,and Media.

Question 3

Define "hegemonic masculinity," and provide an example from the media where hegemonic masculinity is endorsed.

Accepted Answer

Hegemonic masculinity is the normative ideal of masculinity that men are supposed to strive to achieve.
Examples will vary,but students will most likely incorporate song lyrics,television series,or refer directly to the text by using James Bond.

Question 4

To what does the phrase "chilly climate" refer?

Accepted Answer

"Chilly climate" represents women's expe

Question 5

What was Judith Butler's argument regarding gender from a post-structuralist perspective?

Accepted Answer

Butler argues that although feminists re

Question 6

Why do stay-at-home fathers feel as though they have lost a part of their masculinity,and what initiatives do they adopt to help make up for it?

Accepted Answer

Fathers feel negatively judged by their

Question 7

Identify an example of a personal student‒teacher interaction that includes gender-profiling.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary,but the answer should

Question 8

With reference to the story of the egg and the sperm,how does Emily Martin demonstrate how scientists draw on discourses of gender to explain conception?

Accepted Answer

Sperm are "aggressive" (masculine)and th

Question 9

Provide an example that demonstrates how gender is socially constructed.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.Ideas about appropriat

Question 10

What does intersectional research highlight? Give examples as support.

Accepted Answer

It highlights the simultaneous influence

Question 11

Choose a television show or movie and discuss how it either reinforces or counteracts dominant hegemonic masculinity and/or emphasized femininity.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary;however,students are e

Question 12

Explain an intersectional analysis of inequality,and describe why it is important.

Accepted Answer

It incorporates the relationship between

Question 13

How do biologists typically describe the human fertilization process,as theorized by Martin?

Accepted Answer

Biologists draw on dominant construction

Question 14

Define "emphasized femininity" and provide an example from the media where emphasized femininity is endorsed.

Accepted Answer

Emphasized femininity is based on women'

Question 15

How does the case of Olympic gold medalist Maria Patiño reveal the difficulty of strictly categorizing individuals on the basis of male and female?

Accepted Answer

Stella always lived as a woman,had femal

Exam 8: B: Gender

What are the most often cited reasons for women's disproportionate participation in part-time work?

Provide three everyday examples of how socially constructed concepts of gender are reinforced in Canadian society.

Define "hegemonic masculinity," and provide an example from the media where hegemonic masculinity is endorsed.

To what does the phrase "chilly climate" refer?

What was Judith Butler's argument regarding gender from a post-structuralist perspective?

Why do stay-at-home fathers feel as though they have lost a part of their masculinity,and what initiatives do they adopt to help make up for it?

Identify an example of a personal student‒teacher interaction that includes gender-profiling.

With reference to the story of the egg and the sperm,how does Emily Martin demonstrate how scientists draw on discourses of gender to explain conception?

Provide an example that demonstrates how gender is socially constructed.

What does intersectional research highlight? Give examples as support.

Choose a television show or movie and discuss how it either reinforces or counteracts dominant hegemonic masculinity and/or emphasized femininity.

Explain an intersectional analysis of inequality,and describe why it is important.

How do biologists typically describe the human fertilization process,as theorized by Martin?

Define "emphasized femininity" and provide an example from the media where emphasized femininity is endorsed.

How does the case of Olympic gold medalist Maria Patiño reveal the difficulty of strictly categorizing individuals on the basis of male and female?

A: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

B: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

C: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

D: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

A: Classical Social Theories

B: Classical Social Theories

C: Classical Social Theories

D: Classical Social Theories

A: Contemporary Social Theories

B: Contemporary Social Theories

C: Contemporary Social Theories

D: Contemporary Social Theories

A: Research,methodology,and Ethics

B: Research,methodology,and Ethics

C: Research,methodology,and Ethics

D: Research,methodology,and Ethics

A: Culture

B: Culture

C: Culture

D: Culture

A: Socialization and Social Interaction

B: Socialization and Social Interaction

C: Socialization and Social Interaction

D: Socialization and Social Interaction

A: Social Inequality

B: Social Inequality

C: Social Inequality

D: Social Inequality

A: Gender

C: Gender

D: Gender

A: Sexualities

B: Sexualities

C: Sexualities

D: Sexualities

A: Race and Racialization

B: Race and Racialization

C: Race and Racialization

D: Race and Racialization

A: Families

B: Families

C: Families

D: Families

A: Education

B: Education

C: Education

D: Education

A: Religion

B: Religion

C: Religion

D: Religion

A: Crime,law,and Regulation

B: Crime,law,and Regulation

C: Crime,law,and Regulation

D: Crime,law,and Regulation

A: Health,aging,and Disabilities

B: Health,aging,and Disabilities

C: Health,aging,and Disabilities

D: Health,aging,and Disabilities

A: Work and the Political Economy

B: Work and the Political Economy

C: Work and the Political Economy

D: Work and the Political Economy

A: Mass Media