gender, sex, sexuality Flashcards

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The United States prides itself on being the land of the “free,”

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but it is rather restrictive when it comes to its citizens’ general attitudes about sex compared to other industrialized nations.

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Which woman was believed to have “heaved a brick through the rose-colored picture window of the American bungalow” by writing her book for the second wave of the women’s movement?

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Betty Friedan

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________ focuses on mismatches between anatomical sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, not just division into male/female or homosexual/hetereosexual. By so labelling their discipline, scholars reject the effects of labeling; instead, they embraced the term and reclaimed it for their own purposes.

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Queer theory

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Adherence to masculine and feminine gender roles continues in occupational tendencies later in life because

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occupational roles are examples of typical U.S. male and female behavior, derived from our culture’s traditions.

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Which of the following is a way in which heterosexism is displayed in a casual, daily interaction?

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wives ckub

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Which primary sociological viewpoint does feminism align with in explaining gender roles?

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standpoint theory

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