Question 1

Hypothesize two potential benefits to androgyny for females.

Accepted Answer

Androgyny permits women to be more career-focused and driven.Additionally,it allows females to perceive options outside of traditional femininity.It supports a greater variety of career opportunities,and there is less pressure for females to fulfill stereotypical roles.

Question 2

Which of the following strategies makes women appear to be the weaker sex?

Accepted Answer

A)   showing women as more broad-shouldered than men
B)   photographing women to appear taller than men
C)   decreasing the gap in the athletic performance of women relative to men
D)   portraying husbands as taller than their wives D

Question 3

Which of the following concepts is illustrated by parents purchasing mostly pink items for their daughters (as shown in the opening photo of Chapter 5)?

Accepted Answer

A)   gender identity
B)   gender socialization
C)   gender expression
D)   sex preference B

Question 4

The ways in which parents dress their children are important because

Accepted Answer

A)   it helps to turn biological sexual identities into social gender identities.
B)   everyone wants to wear the latest styles.
C)   physical activity level helps determine the types of clothing available for children.
D)   personal expression matters more than any other element in forming gender identity.

Question 5

Describe two ways in which sex differences support the cultural expectations of women as weaker than men.

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Question 6

People in a similar social situation and of similar status with whom an individual interacts are known as

Accepted Answer

A)   family
B)   peers
C)   friends
D)   comrades

Question 7

The study in which children were asked to rate the status and pay of the fictional job of "tenic" demonstrates that

Accepted Answer

A)   females and males are viewed the same when doing the same work.
B)   gender expectations lead to more favorable evaluations of jobs associated with men.
C)   jobs for women are seen as much more difficult than jobs associated with men.
D)   inequality occurs between jobs, but not within them.

Question 8

A key goal of the organization "Pink Stinks" is to

Accepted Answer

A)   promote breast cancer awareness.
B)   decrease stereotyping of girls that focuses on being pretty, passive, and obsessed with shopping.
C)   manufacture only blue items so that boys and girls become exactly alike when they grow up.
D)   force girls to wear clothing colors other than pink.

Question 9

When researchers say that masculinity is socially constructed,they mean that

Accepted Answer

A)   men can behave in any way they wish because they are their own bosses.
B)   there are different perspectives for what it means to be a man, depending on the setting.
C)   it is only through interaction with peers that men can understand how to be men.
D)   once boys learn how to be masculine they will have no future need for advice.

Question 10

Clothing that children wear to school reinforces gendered behavior in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)   School uniforms make male and female students appear as if they have no gender differences.
B)   Teachers require male and female students to dress radically different from each other for identification purposes.
C)   When girls wear dresses they are limited in the physical activities in which they can participate.
D)   Since boys wear pants rather than dresses, they are not permitted to participate in all physical education activities.

Question 11

What is the relationship between sex and gender?

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Question 12

The term for the biological category of male and female,based on anatomy and physiology,is

Accepted Answer

A)   sex selection
B)   gender
C)   sex
D)   gender expression

Question 13

The argument that current gender differences arose over time through evolution is most consistent with which perspective on gender?

Accepted Answer

A)   symbolic interactionist
B)   masculine
C)   feminist
D)   biological

Question 14

Which of the following countries does NOT include the category of "Other" on questions about gender,thereby preventing transgendered people from being granted rights?

Accepted Answer

A)   Pakistan
B)   India
C)   United States
D)   Nepal

Question 15

What do researchers mean by interactive circles of socialization?

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Question 16

Transgender identities

Accepted Answer

A)   present a problem for societies like the United States that have a strictly two-gender system.
B)   have never been accepted in an societies.
C)   are seen as a third gender option across the United States.
D)   will likely result in a great deal of confusion for children.

Question 17

How are family roles or expectations differentiated by a child's gender?

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Question 18

Which of the following is NOT supported by religious conservatives?

Accepted Answer

A)   women having greater authority than men in the home
B)   gender equality in the workplace
C)   more support for a breadwinner-homemaker model
D)   a high value on imparting religious values to children

Question 19

Gender differences are the product of social interaction that reflects men's dominant position relative to women.This statement is most consistent with which perspective on gender?

Accepted Answer

A)   biological
B)   feminist
C)   masculine
D)   symbolic interactionist

Question 20

Support or refute the statement that men and women are opposites.

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Exam 5: Gender