Module 6: Gender and Sexuality

Question 1

Transgender

Answer 1

Gender identity and expression are different from assigned at birth

Question 2

Non-binary

Answer 2

Gender identity and expression are not exclusively masculine or feminine

Question 3

Cisgender

Answer 3

Gender is in line with sex assigned at birth

Question 4

Gender

Answer 4

Socially constructed characteristics of women and men, such as norms, roles, and relationships of and between groups of women and men

Question 5

Socialization

Answer 5

Ongoing social process whereby we learn social norms

Question 6

Gender norms

Answer 6

Social definitions of behavior that society assigns to particular sex categories

Question 7

Social construction of gender

Answer 7

Process whereby meanings of gender are created through social interaction and social norms

Question 8

Doing gender

Answer 8

Our activity that produces gender, in interaction with others and with consideration of what is thought to be appropriate for our gender category

Question 9

Gender binary

Answer 9

System that allows only two gender categories

Question 10

Androgynous

Answer 10

Incorporating both fem and masc characteristics

Question 11

Intersectionality

Answer 11

Social theory that examines how social relations are inextricably linked

Question 12

Ethnocultural

Answer 12

Cultural influences of the ethnic groups to which we belong that affect our behavior

Question 13

Gender inequality

Answer 13

Unequal treatment and perceptions of individuals or groups based on gender

Question 14

Feminism

Answer 14

Movements that advocate for equality for all sexes and genders

Question 15

Glass ceiling

Answer 15

Metaphor for barriers women face in the workplace that prevent them from reaching higher positions

Question 16

Androcentrism

Answer 16

Centering the lives and experiences of men in our worldview and practices

Question 17

Motherhood penalty

Answer 17

Systematic disadvantages in wages, benefits, and other career factors that are associated with motherhood

Question 18

Fatherhood bonus

Answer 18

Benefits in wages and perceived competence that fathers experiences in the workplace

Question 19

Hypersexual

Answer 19

Depicted as extreme in sexual appearance or desire

Question 20

Jezebel caricature

Answer 20

Stereotypical image that portrays Black women as extremely sexualized

Question 21

Brute caricature

Answer 21

Stereotypical image that portrays Black men as savage sexual predators, especially of White women

Question 22

Puberty

Answer 22

Process of becoming sexually mature

Question 23

Social control

Answer 23

The way we enforce normative behaviors through social interactions, values and worldviews, and laws

Question 24

Medicalized

Answer 24

When society understands a problem in medical terms - what is happening with sexuality now (alcoholism, pregnancy, ADHD, even baldness)

Question 25

Phallocentrism

Answer 25

A worldview that centers the phallus in sexual acts and society more broadly

Question 26

Phallus

Answer 26

symbolic ideal of the penis

Question 27

abstinence-only sex education

Answer 27

students taught that abstinence is expected of them

Question 28

comprehensive sex education

Answer 28

stresses importance of waiting while offering information about how contraception works so students can avoid unwanted pregnancies and STIs

Question 29

colonialism

Answer 29

one country politically and economically controls the people and resources of another

Question 30

puberty

Answer 30

a biological event that is the process of becoming a sexually mature individual

Question 31

social control

Answer 31

the way we enforce normative behaviors through social interactions, values and worldviews, and laws - the social and cultural institutions exert this over sexuality

Question 32

Sex vs. gender

Answer 32

Sex: different biological and physiological characteristics of males and females, such as reproductive organs, chromosomes, and hormones

Gender: socially-constructed characteristics of women and men, such as norms, roles, and relationships of and between women and men

Question 33

Nature vs Nurture

Answer 33

Much of what we are taught to view as “natural” or biological is in fact a matter of dress, demeanor and internalized codes of behavior

Question 34

Judith Butler: performing gender

Answer 34

Gender isn’t something we “are” but it is something we ‘do’

Question 35

Measures of gender-based violence

Answer 35

Child marriages
Discriminatory socia norms (women who agree that husband is justified to use violence in certain situations)
Women’s perceptions of safety (% agreement that it is safe to walk at night outside)
Number of female victims of intentional homicide

Question 36

Cultural beliefs and violence

Answer 36

Male crime is ‘doing masculinity’

Question 37

Social construction of gender

Answer 37

Social norms impede gender equality