Quiz 4 Flashcards
True or False:
The two prominent explanations of poverty are 1) blame the victim; 2) blame the system.
True
Multiple choice:
The invisible benefits granted to men in the labour market, especially white heterosexual men who embody hegemonic masculinity is called
glass elevator.
glass escalator.
glass ceiling
revolving door.
Glass escalator
Multiple Choice
By poverty we mean:
not being a house owner.
not owning a car.
lack of cultural capital.
the state of lacking sufficient material resources to live a life that is considered normal or comfortable in society
the state of lacking sufficient material resources to live a life that is considered normal or comfortable in society.
Multiple Choice:
Gender is considered to be the widespread social belief that insists that
a) gender is not a binary and there are no natural differences between men and women.
b) An ideology that is entirely socially constructed and not harmful to everyone.
c) An ideology that is not entirely socially constructed and not harmful to everyone.
d) A) gender is binary and there are “natural” differences between men and women.
A) gender is binary and there are “natural” differences between men and women.
Multiple choice
Meritocracy is a
A) a system of rewards based on having connections.
b) a system of rewards based purely on demonstrated ability.
c) a system of rewards-based financial means
d) a system of rewards not based on demonstrated ability.
system of rewards based purely on demonstrated ability
Multiple Choice:
The gendered wage gap is
a) the same as the lack of access to child care.
b) the difference in pay for the same work over the same amount of time, as the difference in labour force opportunities that are caused by gender bias, gendered expectations of women’s labour at home, and lack of access to child care.
c) the equality of pay.
d) the equal amount of money that is earned by different genders.
The equality of pay
Multiple Choice:
Which of the following is used when referring to a system in which every individual is connected to a large network of relatives?
a) Clan system
b) Class system
c) Tribalism
d) Cast system
Clan system
Multiple Choice:
In Marx’s theory, the proletariat is
a) the one who holds production power.
b) the working class who must sell their labour for wages.
c) the one who owns some of the means of production.
d) the one who owns most of the means of production.
the working class who must sell their labour for wages
True or false:
Most of the elites in Canada were born into their wealth and continue to pass it down generationally.
True
Multiple Choice:
Sexual orientation refers to
a) a person’s identity as it relates to the religious group they are attracted to
b) a person’s identity as it relates to the ethnicity they are attracted to.
c) a person’s identity as it relates to the gender(s) they are attracted to.
d) a person’s identity as it relates to the race they are attracted to.
a person’s identity as it relates to the gender(s) they are attracted to.
Multiple Choice:
The double burden of work and housework experienced by women is termed as
a) third shift.
b) First Shift
c) Second shift.
d) fourth shift.
second shift
Multiple Choice
The term “intersectionality” refers to
a) the interrelationships among various systems of discrimination and disadvantage as they apply to an individual or group, resulting in unique experiences of inequality based on the individual or group’s overlapping circumstances such as race, class, gender, and ability.
b) the interrelationships among various systems of equality.
c) the interrelationships of race and gender.
d) the relationships among social groups.
the interrelationships among various systems of discrimination and disadvantage as they apply to an individual or group, resulting in unique experiences of inequality based on the individual or group’s overlapping circumstances such as race, class, gender, and ability.
Multiple Choice:
Stratification system is
a) a system that ensures equality for all.
b) a system of inequality that integrates class, status, and domination with other forms of differentiation, such as gender, race, ethnicity, ability, religion, and sexual orientation.
c) a system of inequality only based on ethnicity
d) a governmental system.
c, such as gender, race, ethnicity, ability, religion, and sexual orientation.
Multiple Choice:
The cultural system in which men hold power and authority is called
a) none of the above
b) patriarchy.
c) matriarchy.
d) hierarchy.
patriarchy
Multiple Choice:
Socio-economic status is
a) a method that ranks people based on wealth alone.
b) a statistical method.
c) is a method of ranking people that combines measures of wealth, authority, and prestige.
d) a method that does not rank people that combines measures of wealth, authority (or power), and prestige.
Multiple Choice:
Pink ghetto employment refers to
a) employment areas dominated by men, characterized by higher pay.
b) it’s just a type of job.
c) employment areas characterized by lower average wages and more precarious work
d) employment areas dominated by women, characterized by lower average wages, and more precarious work.
Employment areas dominated by women, characterized by lower average wages, and more precarious work.
Multiple Choice:
A hierarchical system of categorization based on gender is called
a) cast stratification.
b) gender stratification
c) gender segregation.
d) class stratification.
gender stratification
Multiple Choice:
The matrix of domination is the ways in which
a) race intersects with class.
b) race, sexuality, and class intersect with gender, making inequality unique for each individual based on their circumstances.
c) sexuality intersects with class.
d) race and sexuality intersect with class.
race, sexuality, and class intersect with gender, making inequality unique for each individual based on their circumstances.
Multiple Choice:
According to Karl Marx when the working class mistakenly identifies with the capitalist class they suffer from
a) false consciousness.
b) no consciousness.
c) true consciousness.
d) amnesia.
false consciousness
Multiple Choice:
The invisible barriers to advancement that women face in the labour market is called
a) revolving door.
b) revolving elevator.
c) glass escalator.
d) glass ceiling.
glass ceiling
Multiple Choice:
In Marxism, the term bourgeoisie refers to
a) the group of people who own the means of production.
b) the group of people with no means of production.
c) the group of people with little control over the means of production.
d) the group of people who work as general labour.
the group of people who own the means of production
Multiple Choice:
Davis-Moore hypothesis is
a) the belief that inequality is a functional and essential part of society.
b) the belief that equality is a functional and essential part of society.
c) the belief that inequality is not a functional and essential part of society.
d) none of the above.
the belief that inequality is a functional and essential part of society
True or False:
Matrix of domination is the ways that race, sexuality, and class intersect with gender, making inequality not just more pronounced but unique for each individual based on their circumstances.
true
True or false:
Pink ghetto employment areas are dominated by men.
false
Multiple Choice:
The term that is used by some Indigenous Peoples to describe people within their communities who fulfill one of many traditional non-conforming roles that transgress the hegemonic gender binary is called
a) two-spirit.
b) femininity.
c) multi-spirit.
d) transgender
two-spirit
