Deck 8: Sex, Gender and Society

Question 1

The U.S. feminist movement began:

A) In Seneca Falls, New York
B) In the mid 1800s
C) In 1910 in Chicago
D) Both A and

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What law forbade discrimination against women in both wages and hiring practices?

A) The Women's Rights Act of 1940.
B) The Civil Rights Act of 1964
C) The Equal Pay Act of 1973
D) The Women's Liberation Act of 1969.
E) None of the above.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which theory connects important links between the subordination of women and indigenous groups and human-caused harms to the natural world?

A) Radical feminism
B) Environmental feminism
C) Liberal feminism
D) Ecofeminism

Answer 3

D

Question 4

________ was the idea that God had destined European Americans to engage in western expansion to the coast of California which forced Mexicans and Native Americans from their homelands.

A) Expansionist Doctrine
B) Western Instrumentalism
C) Manifest Destiny
D) Coastal Determinism

Question 5

Which of the following remains a major barrier to full equality today according to Farley and Flota?

A) Job promotion equity between men and women
B) Equal movement of women as men into the workforce
C) Lower overall pay for women than men.
D) Sexual harassment of women in the workplace.
E) Both c and d

Question 6

What term refers to socially learned traits that are attached to sex in society?

A) Sexual orientation
B) Gender
C) Intersexual
D) Feminism

Question 7

In recent years men without college degrees in the U.S. have been economically impacted because

A) Industrial restructuring has forced them into lower-wage jobs.
B) An increase in use of technology has forced them into lower-wage service-oriented jobs.
C) Men without college degrees have not been impacted economically.
D) Both A and

Question 8

The concentration of men and women into different occupations, even with similar education and training constitutes:

A) Gendered training
B) Occupational segregation
C) Gender shift
D) The Glass Ceiling

Question 9

Today the average woman employed full time receives what percentage of the income of her equal male counterpart?

A) 100%
B) 96%
C) 84%
D) 75%

Question 10

Which of the following is false in regard to patterns of labor-related gender discrimination?

A) In general women are promoted less often than men.
B) Within occupations women are often channeled into lower-paying career tracks.
C) Women typically receive lower wages than men in the same occupation, even with similar levels of training, education, and skills.
D) Women and men complete the same amount of household tasks, so that non-paid labor in the home has equalized.

Question 11

An employer or supervisor who threatens an employee with termination if they do not comply to a sexual request is engaging in:

A) Labor relations
B) Gender harassment
C) Sexual harassment
D) Bad behavior

Question 12

Behavior that includes repeatedly asking an employee for dates at the workplace despite that the recipient has repeatedly declined constitutes:

A) Sexual harassment
B) Gender-role socialization
C) credentialing
D) Sexual bordering

Question 13

The forces that have led to male domination of women are much the same as the forces that have led to environmental damage around the world. This most reflects which theoretical argument?

A) Indigenous caste theory
B) Ecofeminism
C) Differential Association
D) Functionalism

Question 14

Sets of expectations based on one's sex are called

A) Gender identity
B) Gender polarization
C) Gender roles
D) Gender channeling

Question 15

Being a woman has increasingly become associated with being poor in American society.

Question 16

The consequences of divorce differ sharply for men and women, according to Farley and Flota.

Question 17

It is not clear that men today are willing to fully share in household duties and chores.

Question 18

Overall occupational segregation has declined significantly in recent decades.

Question 19

A symbolic interactionist would argue that our economic system is inhibiting the move toward economic equality of the sexes.

Question 20

Occupational segregation is one cause of male-female income disparities.

Question 21

The boards of directors of large American businesses typically include equal numbers of men and women.

Question 22

Women today spend twice as many hours per week on household work than do men.

Question 23

Women do most of the household work when they are cohabitating versus men who do the least in the same arrangement.

Question 24

Despite some improvement in recent years women remain underrepresented in top positions in corporations, boards, and even political structures.

Question 25

Some gender inequality results from gender-role socialization, the process by which men and women are taught to expect and seek different and unequal roles in life.

Question 26

Women are promoted less often than men in the workplace.

Question 27

Why are American women paid so much less than American men? Identify the typical pay difference rate between both groups and discuss at least three reasons for this outcome.

Question 28

Define sexual harassment and identify its hallmark features. Provide an example of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Question 29

Define both gender and sex. What is the difference between the two?

Question 30

What is an androgynous society? Provide an example.

Question 31

How do social factors influence or shape gendered behavior? Provide an example of how this takes place.

Question 32

What is modeling? How does modeling shape self-identities and behavior, particularly in relation to gender roles?

Question 33

Define "glass ceiling". How does the glass ceiling impact well-educated, middle-class women?

Question 34

What is occupational segregation? How does occupational segregation affect men and women differently?

Question 35

Discuss how the experiences of women differ from men in the workplace and related to household duties. Identify at least three ways that women are treated differently than their male counterparts in the workforce and discuss.

Question 36

Explain how peers tend to enforce gender role conformity.

Question 37

How well represented are women in positions of power today? Provide evidence to support your argument.

Question 38

Today the average woman employed full time receives just over three-quarters of the income of her male counterpart. Explain why women continue to be paid substantially less than men in the workplace and provide evidence detailed in your text to support your argument.

Question 39

Define sexual harassment and provide two examples of sexual harassment. Why might a woman who is being sexually harassed in the workplace not report it, or not confront the individual who is engaging in harassment?

Question 40

What is a cultural lag? How can this concept help us understand gender roles today?

Question 41

Explain the statement "gender is socially constructed". What does this mean? Provide at least two examples that support this argument.

Question 42

How do men benefit from traditional gender roles? Explain the benefits to men and be detailed in your response.

Question 43

How do hiring patterns affect men and women differently?