Gender & Society

Question 1

Gender:

Answer 1

The culturally & socially constructed differences between females & males found in the meanings, beliefs, & practices associated with femininity & masculinity

Question 2

Gender Role:

Answer 2

Attitudes, behaviour, and activities that are socially defined as appropriate for each sex and are learned through the socialization process.

Question 3

Gender Identity:

Answer 3

A person’s perception of the self as female or male or other

Question 4

Sexism:

Answer 4

The subordination of one sex, usually female, based on the assumed superiority of the other sex

Question 5

Patriarchy:

Answer 5

A hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled by men

Question 6

Matriarchy:

Answer 6

A hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled by women.

Question 7

Gender Bias:

Answer 7

Behaviour that shows favouritism toward one gender over the other

Question 8

Wage Gap:

Answer 8

A term used to describe the disparity between women’s and men’s earnings

Question 9

Pay Equity:

Answer 9

The belief that wages ought to reflect the worth of a job, not the gender or race of the worker

Question 10

Feminism:

Answer 10

The belief that women and men are equal and that they should be valued equally and have equal rights