Deck 12: Gender and Sexualities

Question 1

What does the term 'everyday sexism' describe?

A) Public outrage related to men's behaviour
B) Public acceptance of harassment and violence against women
C) Cultural beliefs that naturalise and idealise gender binaries of female passivity and male domination
D) Sexual harassment and assault by men in powerful positions exposed by the #MeToo movement

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which statement best describes the term 'nonbinary'?

A) Gender identities that are not exclusively feminine or masculine
B) Sex is biological and gender is socially constructed
C) Describes how gender conforms to your sex
D) None of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Why is the body's role in the dynamics of inequality significant?

A) It demonstrates that men are stronger than women
B) It identifies race and class differences
C) Women's reproductive capacity has been used to justify social inequalities
D) It 'explains' social organisation, inequality and human behaviour

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which statement best represents the themes of second-wave feminism?

A) Women's right to vote
B) The construction of femininity, the role of women and gender inequality
C) Gender pay gaps
D) Domestic violence, body image, and romanticisation of femininity

Question 5

Which of the following is a definition of the 'patriarchal dividend'?

A) Male domination of women in society
B) The dominance of heterosexist cultural norms that privilege male behaviour
C) The economic and social advantages men gain over women
D) The institutional structures that produce gender inequality

Question 6

Which of the following terms refers to the way that institutional structures and individual identities intersect to produce the social arrangements that mean one gender can dominate another, politically, socially, and economically?

A) Sexism
B) Gender order
C) Hegemonic masculinity
D) Gender socialisation

Question 7

What are some of the aspects of hegemonic masculinity?

A) Whiteness
B) Heterosexuality
C) Rationality and independence
D) All of the above

Question 8

Gendered inequalities are particularly evident in Australia's full-time wage gap. According to 2017 data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, what is the gap?

A) 20 per cent higher wages for men
B) 15 per cent lower wages for women
C) 10 per cent difference between men's and women's wages
D) 10 per cent lower wages for women

Question 9

Which statement best represents a definition of the concept of 'performativity'?

A) The way gender is performed and produced through everyday actions
B) The performance of masculinity and femininity
C) Refers to sexual orientation, desire and sexual practice
D) The act of heterosexual dominance of one gender over another