Chapter 14

Question 1

Sexuality

Answer 1

the way people think about and behave toward themselves and others as sexual beings

Question 2

Gender

Answer 2

on what, given a person’s sex, are considered appropriate physical, behavioral, and personality characteristics

Question 3

Essentialism

Answer 3

“born that way” - the way people (genders) act is socially defined

Question 4

gender disparities are rooted in…

Answer 4

childhood

Question 5

Gender Socialization

Answer 5

if gender isn’t “essential”, we learn it through socialization growing up

Question 6

Occupational Sex Segregation

Answer 6

when women and men are distributed differently across occupations, such that some jobs are filled mostly by men and vice versa - measured on an index from 0 to 100

Question 7

Double Standard of Sexuality

Answer 7

the tendency to judge women more harshly than men for having casual sex

Question 8

Heteronormativity

Answer 8

culture and institutions send the message that heterosexuality is the norm

Question 9

Heterosexism/Homophobia

Answer 9

bias directed at a person because of their sexual orientation

Question 10

Probability Sampling

Answer 10

each person in the population is assigned a known and likely chance of being selected

Question 11

Cohabitation

Answer 11

act of living together as an unmarried couple

Question 12

Street Harassment

Answer 12

unwanted verbal sexual advances on one’s appearance