Ch. 9 - Gender

Question 1

Marked differences in male and female biology, beyond breasts and genitals

Answer 1

Sexual dimorphism

Question 2

Cultural construction of whether one is female, male, or something else

Answer 2

Gender

Question 3

Tasks and activities that a culture assigns to each sex

Answer 3

Gender roles

Question 4

Oversimplified, strongly held views about the characteristics of males and females

Answer 4

Gender stereotypes

Question 5

Unequal distribution of social resources between men and women

Answer 5

Gender stratification

Question 6

Work at home versus more valued work outside the home

Answer 6

Domestic-public dichotomy

Question 7

Descent traced through women only

Answer 7

Matrilineal descent

Question 8

Male supremacy based on patrilineality, patrilocality, and warfare

Answer 8

Patrilineal-patrilocal complex

Question 9

Descent traced through men only

Answer 9

Patrilineal descent

Question 10

Political system ruled by men

Answer 10

Patriarchy

Question 11

Pertaining to a group of biological conditions reflecting a discrepancy between external and internal genitals

Answer 11

Intersex

Question 12

Gender identity that is socially constructed and performed by individuals whose gender identity contradicts their biological sex at birth and the gender identity assigned to them in infancy

Answer 12

Transgender

Question 13

Person’s identification by self and others as male, female, or something else

Answer 13

Gender identity

Question 14

Sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex, same sex, or both sexes

Answer 14

Sexual orientation