Deck 11: Gender

Question 1

The founding fathers of sociology used the term men to describe:

A) Humanity
B) Those biologically born male
C) Those who identify as male
D) Adult males

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Ann Oakley argues that gender is:

A) A social construct
B) A cultural construct
C) A social and cultural construct
D) Determined by biological sex

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The first wave of feminism concerned:

A) The fight for equal social rights
B) Highlighting the lived experiences of non-white women
C) The fight for legal rights and suffrage
D) Global inequalities based on sex

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The second wave of feminism was particularly active between:

A) 1960s-1980s
B) 1940s-1960s
C) 1980s-2000s
D) 1920s-1940s

Question 5

Which branch of feminism discusses how women's labour is exploited within capitalist economies?

A) Capital feminism
B) Marxist feminism
C) Labour feminism
D) Functionalist feminism

Question 6

The term sexgender argues that:

A) Gender and sex are intertwined concepts
B) Sex has a greater influence than gender
C) Sex and gender are different names for the same concept
D) Gender has a greater influence than sex

Question 7

The term patriarchy refers to:

A) Men wanting to rule over women
B) Men being seen as physically stronger than women
C) A social system which particularly prioritizes women over men
D) A social system which particularly prioritizes men over women

Question 8

Feminist qualitative methods center on:

A) Studying women
B) Statistics demonstrating the high levels of abuse against women
C) People's subjective experiences of gendered inequalities
D) Objective social facts on gendered inequalities

Question 9

What is the theoretical base used to explore how different power and social systems connect to each other?

A) Social connections
B) Intersectionality
C) Bridging theory
D) Overlap theory

Question 10

Sexuality refers to:

A) The gender you identify as
B) The biological sex you were born with
C) A person's sexual partners
D) The gender of the people to whom a person is sexually attracted