Deck 7: Barbies and Monster Trucks: Socialization and Doing Gender

Question 1

Which of the following is correct about the gender binary?

A) It has been abandoned in all modern societies.
B) It is present and enforced in all societies.
C) It is based on biological fact.
D) It is ideological.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Biology is to sex as society is to:

A) gender
B) transsexuality
C) transgender
D) heteronormativity

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What do sociologists call the process by which people learn norms, role expectations and skills?

A) Networking
B) Socialization
C) Secondary socialization
D) Anticipatory socialization

Answer 3

B

Question 4

West and Zimmerman's idea of "doing gender" emphasizes the following aspect of social life:

A) structure
B) agency
C) material
D) cultural

Question 5

Which of the following is a characteristic of patriarchy?

A) Biological basis
B) Universal acceptance
C) Stability over time
D) Inequality

Question 6

Sexism is a belief system supported by the following system of social inequality:

A) matriarchy
B) patriarchy
C) matrilinearity
D) patrilinearity

Question 7

Ten-year old Tiffany's working-class parents have saved to buy her a miniature dirt bike and pay for membership at a track. Which of the following parenting strategies have her parents exhibited?

A) Gender socialization
B) Concerted cultivation
C) Symbolic indulgence
D) Consumer restraint

Question 8

Research has discovered that middle-class parents purchase toys with the intention of developing children's:

A) intelligence
B) marriage potential
C) knowledge of finances
D) cultural capital

Question 9

Research has discovered the following about poor African American girls, who only have access to white dolls:

A) they refuse to play with white dolls
B) they style the dolls' hair into African American styles
C) they grow up to accept racial inequality
D) they grow up to challenge racial inequality

Question 10

Which of the following is a factor contributing to the increasing consumption of toys in our society?

A) Low-cost production
B) Environmental awareness.
C) Children's consumer sovereignty.
D) Parental consumer sovereignty.

Question 11

The textbook shows that the quantity of mozzarella cheese eaten by Americans and the number of civil engineering doctorates awarded in the U.S. have been changing in a similar way over the past few decades. What is this relationship between mozzarella consumption and the number of doctorates called?

A) Independence
B) Interdependence
C) Correlation
D) Causation

Question 12

How do poor children gain acceptance in a group of more affluent ones?

A) By owning at least one expensive toy
B) By showing knowledge of desirable toys
C) By owning unique hand-made toys
D) By doing gender conventionally.

Question 13

Define socialization. How can you apply the structure/agency thinking frame to it?

Question 14

Define gender policing. Is this concept compatible with the essentialist view of gender? Why?

Question 15

What is the importance of toys for gender socialization?

Question 16

Summarize the main changes in gender division of toys and toy advertising in North America during the 20th century. What important lesson about gender can we learn from these changes?

Question 17

How do middle-class and working-class parents, respectively, use toy purchases in socializing their children?

Question 18

Define excess consumption. What factors contribute to excessive consumption of toys in our society?