Deck 11: Gender and Sexuality

Question 1

Which of these is a school's unofficial practices and structures that dominant traditional messages about gender?

A)Hidden Curriculum
B)No Child Left Behind Curriculum
C)Occupational Segregation Curriculum
D)Gender Fluid Curriculum

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to the World Economic Forum,which country is the most gender equal in the world?

A)Iceland
B)Ireland
C)the U.S.
D)Yemen

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Why do girls often outperform boys in primary and secondary school on most academic indicators?

A)Girls are smarter than boys.
B)Girls have faster cognitive development than boys.
C)Girls have been socialized to be better than boys at noncognitive skills such as following rules and doing homework.
D)Girls generally work harder than boys.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of these is an idealized vision of manhood linked to patriarchy?

A)hegemonic masculinity
B)masculinized society
C)proletarianism
D)oligarchy

Question 5

Emily likes to wear dresses,play with dolls,and paint her nails.These are examples of ways that Emily expresses which of these?

A)sex
B)gender
C)sexuality
D)intersexuality

Question 6

Zana does NOT identify with a gender.Which of these terms is most likely to describe Zana?

A)gender fluidity
B)agender
C)transgender
D)gender-conforming

Question 7

One of the first questions asked when someone is having or adopting a baby is "boy or girl?" This is because we consider sex and gender to be which of these?

A)a master status
B)hegemonic masculinity
C)socially constructed
D)insignificant

Question 8

During the 1950s,women were expected to stay at home and take care of their husband and children's needs.What is the term for this type of socially constructed femininity?

A)hegemonic femininity
B)social femininity
C)cultural femininity
D)emphasized femininity

Question 9

Recently,Target decided to stop labeling toys by gender.This is like actions in what other area of the world according to the text?

A)Ireland and the United Kingdom
B)Australia
C)China
D)Brazil

Question 10

A gender binary involves how many genders?

A)one
B)two
C)three
D)more than three

Question 11

In First Nations,two-spirit individuals are considered neither male nor female.In Afghanistan,sons are required,so some girls are treated as boys until the age of puberty.Which of the following terms is applicable to these situations?

A)gender fluidity
B)non-binary
C)gender roles
D)gender hegemony

Question 12

Levandus is biologically a male but prefers to dress in a very feminine manner and wear makeup.Levandus prefers to use the pronouns she/her/hers.Levandus would most likely identify as which of these?

A)intersexual
B)heterosexual
C)gay
D)transgender

Question 13

Lan picks out clothing that will emphasize femininity and feels that they should speak in a feminine tone of voice,allowing men to dominate the conversation.Lan has adopted a set of which of these?

A)traditional gender roles
B)genderqueer identities
C)hegemonic masculinity behaviors
D)intersexual roles

Question 14

Women have made big gains in higher education.How has this effected the pay gap between men and women?

A)Women have surpassed men in pay.
B)The pay gap between men and women remains significant.
C)The pay gap has disappeared for all women.
D)The pay gap has disappeared for White women only.

Question 15

Which of these is used to mean a dominant or idealized form?

A)heteronormative
B)hegemonic
C)hermaphroditic
D)hierarchical

Question 16

When compared to males,females are ______.

A)less likely to graduate from high school
B)more likely to receive a bachelor's degree
C)less likely to receive a bachelor's degree
D)less competent in reading and writing assessments

Question 17

Sex is based on ______ distinctions,whereas gender is based on ______ distinctions.

A)social; physical
B)cultural; biological
C)biological; social
D)social; cultural

Question 18

In 2017,what percentage of adults personally knew someone who is transgender?

A)7%
B)37%
C)57%
D)77%

Question 19

Randy is an avid multi-player online role-playing gamer.He often creates a female avatar and represents himself as female online.Which of these terms represents Randy's behavior?

A)transgender
B)gender roles
C)gender-swapping
D)gender socialization

Question 20

People who are born with ambiguous genitalia are usually referred to as which of these?

A)transgender
B)heterosexual
C)intersex
D)gay

Question 21

The public-private division applied to which of these?

A)all women
B)all men
C)only single women
D)only white middle- and upper-class women

Question 22

What percentage of the students at two- and four-year colleges today are women?

A)25%
B)46%
C)56%
D)65%

Question 23

According to the chapter text,when did "shopping for fun" originate?

A)in the 1900s,when department stores spread
B)in the 1920s,after the end of alcohol prohibition
C)in the 1950s,during post-war economic growth
D)in the 1970s,with expansion of imported goods

Question 24

According to the chapter text,which of these previously unacceptable behaviors do the 69% of people in the U.S.now report as "morally acceptable" based on a 2017 report?

A)sex between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman
B)married men or women having an affair
C)polygamy
D)dual-income marriages with no kids

Question 25

Research on women in the workplace shows that women ______ authority on the job had more diminished mental health than ______.

A)without; men with authority
B)without; women with authority
C)with; men without authority
D)with; women without authority

Question 26

Women are thought of as a multiple market.What does this mean?

A)Women have more diversity when purchasing items for themselves.
B)Women purchase much of the food but also many types of clothing.
C)Women buy not only for themselves but make purchases for other people.
D)Women tend to buy things in multiples.

Question 27

Which of these is the belief in the superiority of heterosexuality?

A)homophobia
B)heterosexism
C)sexism
D)sexual scripting

Question 28

Globally,which of these is TRUE of men's consumer habits?

A)Men and boys have similar buying patterns to women and girls.
B)Men's shopping habits vary by country.
C)Men do not shop online.
D)Unlike women,men's consumption patterns have been studied since the 1800s.

Question 29

Which of these has become a global concern related to consumption and marketing for girls in the Internet age?

A)truthful advertising
B)hypersexualization
C)self-esteem
D)ambiguous gender messaging

Question 30

Which of these is a characteristic of informed sexual consent?

A)Once consent is given it is ongoing.
B)Silence can be consent if both people agree.
C)Pressure is okay,but coercion is not.
D)Both parties demonstrate a clear and mutual understanding of what they are consenting to.

Question 31

The way that people think about and behave toward themselves and others as sexual beings is called which of these?

A)gender identity
B)sexuality
C)sexual orientation
D)gender binary

Question 32

Which social change is linked to the globalization of sexuality?

A)localized technologies
B)increasing urbanization
C)globalized religion
D)decreased mobility

Question 33

Since the Industrial Revolution,which of these has been considered the primary consumers in the household?

A)men
B)women
C)teenagers
D)infants

Question 34

Which of these was a characteristic of the cult of domesticity?

A)promiscuity
B)aggressiveness
C)piety
D)education

Question 35

Which of these is TRUE of the heterosexual double standard?

A)Men are supposed to want sex only within committed relationships while women can have sex outside of them.
B)Men are supposed to be sexual and women are not.
C)Women having sex with other women is seen as erotic while men having sex with other men is seen as deviant.
D)Men are expected to desire and seek sex from whomever while women are expected to be sexual only within committed,romantic relationships.

Question 36

How have women's consumption patterns changed as they have entered paid work?

A)They consume less.
B)They consume more.
C)They consume different types of services.
D)Their consumption patterns have remained the same.

Question 37

Jay was brutally beaten by some of the boys in his class because they thought he was gay.This is an example of which of these?

A)homophobia
B)heterosexuality
C)sexism
D)hazing

Question 38

Virginity and "coming out" are two examples of what phenomenon?

A)the differences between behaviors and attitudes.
B)the importance of norms.
C)the use of stories to provide scripts about sexuality
D)The ways that U.S.culture around sexuality has changed in the last 20 years.

Question 39

How much do women earn on average for every dollar earned by a white man based on 2017 U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics?

A)65 cents
B)75 cents
C)82 cents
D)93 cents

Question 40

How did industrialization affect gender roles?

A)It led men and women to occupy both the public and the private spheres.
B)It led to the separation of the public and the private spheres.
C)It led to a blending of the public and private spheres.

Question 41

People who are born with ambiguous genitalia are usually referred to as transgender.

Question 42

Which statement is TRUE of globalization and sexual minorities?

A)Globalization has primarily functioned to spread homophobia.
B)Globalization has primarily functioned to pull LGBTQ people to urban communities.
C)Globalization has functioned to both push and pull LGBTQ people from Global North and Global South.
D)Globalization has been overwhelmingly positive for LGBTQ people.

Question 43

Which of these is TRUE of the gendered nature of international violence?

A)Women are more likely than men to be injured in warfare.
B)Women are more likely than men to be killed in warfare.
C)Men are more likely than women to be involved in violent terrorist organizations.
D)Men are more likely than women to be displaced from their homes during times of violence.

Question 44

Which of these is TRUE of the larger global women's movement?

A)Its focus has been global,not local or regional.
B)It has decreased dramatically since the 2016 election of Donald J Trump and the rise of antifeminist movements.
C)It has a strong but short history,arising in the 1960's out of worldwide civil rights movements.
D)Its greatest triumphs have resulted in women's rights to vote globally.

Question 45

The increasing number of women who are being channeled into low-status,poorly paid manual work is referred to as which of these ______.

A)feminization of labor
B)female proletarianization
C)globalization of femininity
D)the export processing zone

Question 46

Biological sex exists on a continuum.

Question 47

Intersex is an umbrella term that encompasses a range of gendered identities,feelings,and self-determined labels.

Question 48

Even though women have made gains in higher education,women still earn far fewer degrees in the STEM disciplines.

Question 49

Transgender individuals identify with the gender roles of the sex opposite to themselves.

Question 50

Which term was exported globally in the global diffusion of sex and sexuality?

A)rape
B)pornography
C)gay
D)sexuality

Question 51

One effect of hegemonic masculinity is that men do NOT have to think about what it means to be a man.

Question 52

What term describes the increasing participation of women in the labor force?

A)contingent work increase
B)feminization of labor
C)the glass escalator
D)industrialized feminism

Question 53

Which of the following is most closely related to female proletarianization?

A)sexual fluidity
B)the feminization of poverty
C)the glass elevator
D)sex trafficking

Question 54

Worldwide,the second shift has decreased dramatically,and men and women are now putting in close to equal time on those tasks.

Question 55

Gender is a master status.

Question 56

One factor in the stalled revolution in gender equality has been attributed to the rise of video games that men tend to do instead of cleaning up after themselves.

Question 57

Unmarried men have the lowest household income.

Question 58

Emphasized femininity is focused on projecting positive images of women in society.

Question 59

The hidden curriculum is a term that refers to a school's unofficial rules by which students learn various behaviors,attitudes,and values.

Question 60

Joe is a gay male who vacations in Jamaica with the plan to hire a live-in sexual companion for a month.What is the term for Joe's vacation plan?

A)sex trafficking
B)sex tourism
C)sexual harassment
D)sex consumerism

Question 61

The feminization of immigration describes the phenomenon of increased women's immigration from the Global North to the Global South.

Question 62

The focus of the global women's rights movement has been on sexual scripts.

Question 63

Contemporary marketing and advertising is marked by gender fluidity.

Question 64

Export processing zones (EPZs)reduce poverty and unemployment and,as a result,facilitate the economic development of the host countries.

Question 65

Transgender is an umbrella term related to several gender identities.What gender identities are grouped under the term transgender? Name one risk factor for people who identify as transgender.

Question 66

What is meant by the term sexual scripts? Explain ways that sexual scripts are used and how they influence sexual identities and give one example of a sexual script.

Question 67

A change warfare in recent years has decreased the number of casualties globally that women suffer in war.

Question 68

Globally,women have entered the labor market in large numbers of countries,a phenomenon referred to as female proletarianization.

Question 69

Shawna believes that gay people are inferior to heterosexuals.Shawna's belief is called homosexism.

Question 70

Over the last few decades,most of the countries of the Global South and Eastern Europe have experienced a slow decline in sex work.

Question 71

Tram has been transported from Malaysia to the U.S.against her will and forced to serve as an escort to wealthy men.Tram is experiencing sex tourism.

Question 72

There has been a notable decrease in women's labor force participation rates worldwide,particularly in the Americas and Western Europe.

Question 73

Globally,more women are being drawn into labor-intensive and low-paying industries,such as textiles,apparel,leather products,food processing,and electronics.

Question 74

Mandatory pregnancy testing is used to control workers in multinational corporations' export processing zones (EPZs).

Question 75

Explain the terms hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity.What social consequences are related to these two gender forms?

Question 76

Sociologists believe that socialization plays a key role in determining gender differences.

Question 77

Discuss the social changes that are significant to the globalization of sexuality.Name and explain three reasons for these changes.

Question 78

Rape cultures tend to be prevalent in and around college campuses due to the presence of alcohol and drugs,the age of the population,and the ratio of men to women.

Question 79

In consumer society,sex is used to encourage consumption of all sorts of things that are NOT inherently sexual.

Question 80

One reason that sociologists are interested in the topic of sexuality is because of social changes in attitudes and behaviors around sex