Chapter 11 Gender

Question 1

Androgynous

Answer 1

refers to a combination of feminism and masculine traits

Question 2

Cisgender

Answer 2

people whose gender identity matches their biological sex they were assigned at birth

Question 3

Cultural Feminism

Answer 3

The movement to change patriarchal values

Question 4

Doing Gender

Answer 4

the idea that people act to create and assert their gender rather than an innate quality that people are born with (people do gender in how they walk, dress etc)

Question 5

Double Bind

Answer 5

A situation in which negative consequences ensue regardless of the choice that is made

Question 6

Feminism

Answer 6

a variety of ideas, movements and organizations that have the goal to reduce gender stratification and achieve gender equality

Question 7

Gender

Answer 7

social characteristics typically associated with women or men. Gender is a social status or position in the social structure. people assume that it is the same with their biology.

Question 8

Gender Displays

Answer 8

behaviors that indicate one’s gender status to others; doing gender

Question 9

Gender fluid

Answer 9

peole who identify with more than one gender and easily shift between them

Question 10

Gender identity

Answer 10

one’s sense of being a girl/woman, boy/man or some other gender

Question 11

Genderqueer

Answer 11

an umbrella term that includes anyone whose sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression deviates from the gender binary

Question 12

Gender Socialization

Answer 12

the process of which people learn societal belifes and norms related to gender

Question 13

Gender Status

Answer 13

ones position in the social structure based on gender (girl boy)

Question 14

Glass Ceiling

Answer 14

discriminatory practices that limit opportunities for women and other minority groups to rise to higher levels in their careers or to qualify for promotions and earn higher salaries

Question 15

Glass escalator

Answer 15

an occupational setting in which the dominant group (men) enjoys a distinct advantage

Question 16

Hegemonic Masculinity

Answer 16

the privileged, dominant expression of masculinity in a society

Question 17

Homosocial reproduction

Answer 17

the tendency of elite men to select candidates for advancement who are most like themselves,

Question 18

intersex

Answer 18

people with the biological characteristics of more than one sex

Question 19

Modern Sexism

Answer 19

more subtle way of expressing prejudice towards women.

Question 20

Nonbinary

Answer 20

a gender category that describes those who reject the oppositional sex and gender categories of men/woman

Question 21

Rape culture

Answer 21

belifes, values and norms that encourage condone and minimize the rape of girls and women by boys and men

Question 22

Pink collar

Answer 22

occupations that are mostly held by women and usually low in pay and prestige

Question 23

sex

Answer 23

physical or biological characteristics such as genitalia, hormones and chromosomes that are used to classify people as female, male or intersex

Question 24

sexual scripts

Answer 24

expectations for people’s behavior in romantic or sexual situations often related to gender norms

Question 25

Transgender

Answer 25

people who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex