Ch 10: Gender

Question 1

______ in society often impacts people in terms of access to resources and also social affiliation/norms

Answer 1

differentiation

Question 2

____ - biological construct that is determined by some physical characteristic

Answer 2

sex

Question 3

______ - a social construct related to presentation of self

Answer 3

gender

Question 4

_______ - People born with indeterminate sex characteristics

Answer 4

intersex

Question 5

_____- very across cultures and across time

Answer 5

gender systems

Question 6

Within cultures human presentations of _____ vary considerably

Answer 6

gender

Question 7

_______ often center on the idea there is no social aspect to gender, there is only sex and people are sorted into tasks/roles based on their biological sex

Answer 7

biological theories

Question 8

Biological theories are sometimes called _______

Answer 8

gender essentialism

Question 9

_________: gender roles help sustain society by performing essential tasks

Answer 9

classic functionalism

Question 10

_________ - roles have evolved/somewhat decoupled from biological gender. roles have grown more equal

Answer 10

newer functionalism

Question 11

All societies have expectations for male and female _____

Answer 11

social status

Question 12

Systems of gender have traditionally favored ____

Answer 12

males

Question 13

_______ often stick around despite changes in social structure

Answer 13

gender roles

Question 14

________ is greatly influenced by gender systems

Answer 14

social interaction

Question 15

________ normally have gender scripts

Answer 15

gender systems

Question 16

_____ is used to coordinate social social interaction

Answer 16

gender

Question 17

_____ are often set by gender status

Answer 17

behavioral expectation

Question 18

Children are encouraged to perform according to _____ learned through socialization

Answer 18

social roles

Question 19

Adults continue to conform/enforce many of these _____ in interaction

Answer 19

norms

Question 20

We “__” gender by performing to status expectations

Answer 20

DO

Question 21

(T/F) It is very easy not to follow/conform to gender norms

Answer 21

False; hard

Question 22

_________ starts before you are born

Answer 22

gender socialization

Question 23

Portrayals of individuals in media can shape how we perceive the world by establishing _______

Answer 23

gender scripts

Question 24

Many television programs, popular songs and other media still constrain _______ to traditional versions

Answer 24

gender roles

Question 25

_______ exist in every society

Answer 25

systems of gender

Question 26

_____ allows us to understand how those gender systems came about or why they exist

Answer 26

sociological theory

Question 27

Gender systems exist to constrain ______

Answer 27

behaviors

Question 28

_______ is a complex measure that is normally used as a proxy measure for gender inequality overall

Answer 28

Gender wage gap

Question 29

Female on male violence does happen and it _______

Answer 29

not uncommon

Question 30

( T/F) There is a lot change in gender inequality but a lot of it is still the same

Answer 30

True