Quiz three Flashcards
According to the lens of biological essentialism, which of the assumptions is made?
A. woman are naturally better caregivers than man
B. women and men are born with different strengths and weaknesses
C. sexual inequality is natural and meant to be
D. all of the above
E. only A and B
D. all of the above
Which of the following statements is consistent with the “doing gender” perspective?
A. gender is “loacted” in the interactions between people
B. gender is an internal trait people are born with
C. the sex categories of male or female are biological facts and gender is rooted in our genetics
D. all of the above
A. gender is “loacted” in the interactions between people
According to the doing gender prespective, a man who start crying is usually categorized as a female.
True or False
False
Which of the following is true about integrative theories about gender?
A. they often see gender working at different levels and in different ways.
B. they acknowledge the ways that gender “overlaps” with other statuses like race and class
C. They help to bridge the gap between micro and macro perspectives on gender
D. all of the above
D. all the above
Which of the following summarizes Steinem’s main point in the essay about men and menstruation?
A. men should have more sympathy for menstruating women
B. If men menstruate women would be no more sympathetic to them than men are now to women
C. if men were to menstruate they’d just it as more evidence that they are better than women.
D.if men we to menstruate and women didn’t men would be embarrassed and try to hide it
C. all of the above
C. if men were to menstruate they’d just it as more evidence that they are better than women.
Sex role Theory
A. gender race, class and sexual orientation interact with each other to affect any individuals experience
B. Institutions are structured in ways that influence opportunities and roles based on sex
C. developed out of the functional perspective and the concept of social roles
D. Focus on accountability and performance of gender
E. We have expectations for others because of their sex and we tend to behave in ways consistent with gendered expectations of those around us
C. developed out of the functional perspective and the concept of social roles
Intersectional Feminist Theory
A. gender race, class and sexual orientation interact with each other to affect any individuals experience
B. Institutions are structured in ways that influence opportunities and roles based on sex
C. developed out of the functional perspective and the concept of social roles
D. Focus on accountability and performance of gender
E. We have expectations for others because of their sex and we tend to behave in ways consistent with gendered expectations of those around us
A. gender race, class and sexual orientation interact with each other to affect any individuals experience
doing gender
A. gender race, class and sexual orientation interact with each other to affect any individuals experience
B. Institutions are structured in ways that influence opportunities and roles based on sex
C. developed out of the functional perspective and the concept of social roles
D. Focus on accountability and performance of gender
E. We have expectations for others because of their sex and we tend to behave in ways consistent with gendered expectations of those around us
D. Focus on accountability and performance of gender
gendered organization
A. gender race, class and sexual orientation interact with each other to affect any individuals experience
B. Institutions are structured in ways that influence opportunities and roles based on sex
C. developed out of the functional perspective and the concept of social roles
D. Focus on accountability and performance of gender
E. We have expectations for others because of their sex and we tend to behave in ways consistent with gendered expectations of those around us
B. Institutions are structured in ways that influence opportunities and roles based on sex
Status Characteristics Theory
A. gender race, class and sexual orientation interact with each other to affect any individuals experience
B. Institutions are structured in ways that influence opportunities and roles based on sex
C. developed out of the functional perspective and the concept of social roles
D. Focus on accountability and performance of gender
E. We have expectations for others because of their sex and we tend to behave in ways consistent with gendered expectations of those around us
E. We have expectations for others because of their sex and we tend to behave in ways consistent with gendered expectations of those around us
Individual approaches to gender, or individual explanations of how gender works, include which of the following assumptions?
A. gender only exists in interactions between people
B. gender is something internal to people
C. gender is constructed by the social organizations to which individuals belong
D. none of the above
B. gender is something internal to people
Which of the following is the purpose of “breaching” experiments?
A. To challenge sexist stereotypes
B. to assess the level of gender inequality in culture
C. to encourage a more equitable distribution of resources based on class, sex, and race
D. to reveal the hidden “taken-for granted” rules of social interaction
D. to reveal the hidden “taken-for granted” rules of social interaction
Which of the following is true about sex role theory?
A. it has been criticized for justifying the status quo of gender inequality
B. it stems from the idea of a social role and says that there are certain expectations that are attached to each sex caegory
C. it would be included in the individual approach to explaining gender
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
