Chapter 12 Terms

Question 1

expressiveness

Answer 1

concern for the maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family

Question 2

feminism

Answer 2

the belief in social, economic, and political equality for women

Question 3

gender role

Answer 3

expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females

Question 4

homophobia

Answer 4

fear of an prejudice against homosexuality

Question 5

instrumentality

Answer 5

an emphasis on tasks, a focus on more distant goals, and a concern for the external relationship between one’s family and other social institutions

Question 6

matrix of domination

Answer 6

the cumulative impact of oppression because of race and ethnicity, gender, and social class, as well as religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, and citizenship status

Question 7

multiple masculinities

Answer 7

a variety of male gender roles, including nurturing-caring and effeminate-gay roles, that men may play along with their more pervasive traditional role of dominating women

Question 8

second drift

Answer 8

the double burden – work outside the homes followed by child care and housework– that many women face and few men share equitably

Question 9

sexism

Answer 9

the ideology that one sex is superior to the other