Question 1

Male rejection of hyper-masculinity and female rejection of passivity are examples of:

Accepted Answer

A) Individual actions 
B) Gender constructs 
C) Gender stereotypes 
D) Individual agency

Question 2

Changes in which sector of the economy have contributed to the increase of women in paid employment?

Accepted Answer

A) The training sector 
B) The labour market 
C) The community sector 
D) Households

Question 3

What are the ways in which gender ideology affects women's economic lives?

Accepted Answer

A) Low wages and unpaid work 
B) Employment opportunities 
C) Flexibility in hours 
D) Long periods of unemployment

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT one of the three interlinked reasons why changes in gender behaviour and identities occur?

Accepted Answer

A) Social pressure 
B) Technological innovation 
C) Economic change 
D) Individual agency

Question 5

Select the example which INCORRECTLY describes gender identity and sexuality:

Accepted Answer

A) You're either born gay or not,because sexual orientation is largely immutable,as married men's practice of only having sex with women reveals 
B) Performativity refers to how we act out our gender and sexuality in everyday life 
C) Drag queens and kings offer examples of how and why sociologists argue identity is part of gender,not sex 
D) Homophobia provides evidence that male heterosexuality is inextricably bound up with power

Exam 4: The Uses of Gender

Male rejection of hyper-masculinity and female rejection of passivity are examples of:

Changes in which sector of the economy have contributed to the increase of women in paid employment?

What are the ways in which gender ideology affects women's economic lives?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three interlinked reasons why changes in gender behaviour and identities occur?

Select the example which INCORRECTLY describes gender identity and sexuality: