Men & Women Across the Lifespan

Question 1

What is genetic sex to do with?

Answer 1

Chromosomes

Question 2

What is anatomical sex to do with?

Answer 2

Internal and external genitals

Question 3

What is sexual identity?

Answer 3

One’s identity as male or female

Question 4

What is gender?

Answer 4

The social meaning attached to being male or female

Question 5

What is gender identity?

Answer 5

The sense of being male or female

Question 6

What is a gender role?

Answer 6

The expectation of how males and females should behave

Question 7

Who invented sex selection?

Answer 7

Ericsson

Question 8

Is it illegal to choose the sex of your baby?

Answer 8

Yes, unless there is a medical reason for it

Question 9

In the developed world what sex baby is more requested?

Answer 9

Girl

Question 10

How much more likely are parents of girls to divorce than boys?

Answer 10

5%

Question 11

Unmarried couples are more likely to split if they have…

Answer 11

…a girl

Question 12

What is the difference between a girl foetus and a boy foetus?

Answer 12

Girl foetuses are hardier than boy foetuses and are more likely to survive a stressful relationship

Question 13

What are some sex differences between girls and boys at an early age?

Answer 13

• Girls spend more time working & boys spend more time playing
• Girls have better verbal abilities compared to boys that have better spatial abilities
• Girls pay greater attention to faces, boys pay more attention to mechanical movements

Question 14

Who was given more freedom, boys or girls?

Answer 14

• Boys could use the car more, girls had more curfews

- Boys at more freedom outside the home at an earlier age

Question 15

What is daughter-guarding in reference to early literature?

Answer 15

• Its function was to enhance the status of the daughter

- Daughters had restricted movements, had to take chaperones, threatened men who came to visit

Question 16

What is the difference between parental upset in sexual activity in girls & boys?

Answer 16

They were 1.07 more upset to learn that the girls were sexually active.
(Sons - 0.48, Daughters -1.65)

Question 17

What control % did parents have over their sons curfew?

Answer 17

34%

Question 18

What control % did parents have over their daughters curfew?

Answer 18

60%

Question 19

In regards to approving of a child’s partner how did mothers compare their sons & daughters?

Answer 19

They felt it slightly more (8 - 8.3) importance to approve of their daughters partners

Question 20

In regards to approving of a child’s partner how did fathers compare their sons & daughters?

Answer 20

They felt approving their daughters partner (7.8) was much more important than their sons (6.3)

Question 21

How do men and women’s IQ scores differ?

Answer 21

Although they are the same average, men have the very best and the very worst

Question 22

Which sex is better at spatial rotation on average?

Answer 22

Men

Question 23

Which sex is better at reading facial expressions on average?

Answer 23

Women

Question 24

Which sex is more ‘indirectly’ aggressive?

Answer 24

Women - aggressive by ostracising people, gossiping and spreading rumours

Question 25

Which sex takes more risks?

Answer 25

Men - but the difference between that of women is small

Question 26

Explain a risk taking activity men are much more like to take than women, and how much more likely are they to take the risk.

Answer 26

• Driving
• Games of skill
• 66%

Question 27

What are some sex differences between men and women’s sexuality?

Answer 27

• Men report more sexual partners and are more desired
• Men hold more sexually permissive attitudes
• Men have more paraphilias

Question 28

What do women prefer in their mates?

Answer 28

Resources and social status

Question 29

What do men prefer in their mates?

Answer 29

Attractive physical features, e.g. youth and health

Question 30

What are the top 2 desired traits for partners between men and women?

Answer 30

• Kindess and understanding

- Intelligence

Question 31

How many cultures were studied to find the most desired traits for partners for men and women?

Answer 31

37

Question 32

Why do women prefer resources to be a trait of the partner?

Answer 32

• They are typically excluded from power and access to resources

Question 33

How many types of feminism are there?

Answer 33

3

Question 34

What is Equity Feminism?

Answer 34

Equal rights for men and women

Question 35

What is Gender Feminism?

Answer 35

Counteracting gender based discrimination and patriarchic social structures

Question 36

What is Difference Feminism?

Answer 36

These are genuine differences between the sexes and those differences need not at all be considered ‘equal’

Question 37

Who live longer, women or men?

Answer 37

Women and they are healthier

Question 38

Roughly how many men are there for every 100 women?

Answer 38

236

Question 39

Why do women have some power?

Answer 39

They are in scare supply

Question 40

What do financially successfully women seek even more than unfinancially successful women?

Answer 40

High-earning men

Question 41

What do men who earn little & a lot have in common?

Answer 41

They have no greater preference for a women with economic resources

Question 42

What do men strive to do?

Answer 42

Control resources and to exclude other men from resources to try and fulfil women mating presences