CH 9- Gender

Question 1

Male or female refers to someone’s _______, as where man or woman refers to _______.

Answer 1

sex; gender

Question 2

Sex role theory falls under which theoretical tradition?

Answer 2

Structural Functionalism

Question 3

The glass ceiling applies to _______, while the glass escalator applies to _______.

Answer 3

women; men

Question 4

Categories based on physical differences in primary and secondary sex characteristics.

Answer 4

sex

Question 5

Social position and collection of characteristics, divided into masculine and feminine, that we symbolically connect to sex.

Answer 5

gender

Question 6

Various components of relational intimacy, including desire, behavior, orientation, and identity.

Answer 6

sexuality

Question 7

when women engage in femininity to balance their masculinity.

Answer 7

Feminine Apologetic

Question 8

leaving women needing to do masculinity to compete.

Answer 8

Androcentrism

Question 9

When cultural expectations contradict, making success impossible.

Answer 9

Double Bind

Question 10

Cultural landscape that presents sexual behavior as dangerous, immoral, and destructive.

• Asserts that sex is only acceptable in certain contexts.
• Sexuality and related social concerns treated with
  disproportionate weight.
• Creates a hierarchy of sexual behaviors that supports other
  systems of oppression.
  Theories of Sexuality

Answer 10

sex negativity