Unit 7 Readings

Question 1

Reasons women experience more adverse social determinants of health than men

Answer 1

• More responsibility re: childcare and housework

Question 2

women’s earnings compared to men’s

Answer 2

87% of the wage of men

Question 3

Is the wage gap present over fulltime work?

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

Is the wage gap present for university educated women?

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

Which province has the largest wage gap?

Answer 5

Alberta

Question 6

Which province that the smallest wage gap?

Answer 6

PEI

Question 7

Canada’s OECD ranking

Answer 7

23rd out of 27

Question 8

Provisions of benefits and more generous is which kind of working environment…

Answer 8

Unionized ones

Question 9

Does the discrepency in lifespan between men and women (men=79, women=84) mean that women experience superior health?

Answer 9

No, despite living longer women do not experience superior health throughout their life

Question 10

Women are more prone to_____ and _____

Answer 10

Long- term disability and chronic disease

Question 11

Men are more prone to ____ and _____

Answer 11

homelessness and severe substance use disorders

Question 12

Is the suicide rate higher in men or women?

Answer 12

Men, 4x higher than women

Question 13

95% of Canada’s incarcerated population are

Answer 13

men

Question 14

Men’s health is influenced negatively by ….

Answer 14

• unhealthy constructs of masculinity

Question 15

Gay, lesbian, and trans people experience….

Answer 15

discrimination that leads to stress and adverse health effects

Question 16

True/False: the health of both genders (I would say all genders) are shpaed by the distribution of social and economic resources

Answer 16

TRUE

Question 17

Policy implication 1

Answer 17

Improving and enforcing pay equity

Question 18

Policy implication 2

Answer 18

Reducing the most extreme forms of poverty

Question 19

Policy implication 3

Answer 19

Providing a national affordable high-quality

Question 20

Policy Implication 4

Answer 20

Improving access to employment insurance

Question 21

Policy implication 5

Answer 21

Creating policies that make it easier for

Question 22

d) Masculinity and femininity in isolation

Answer 22

b) Socially-constructed characteristics of women and men

Question 23

d) Individual preferences

Answer 23

b) Economic and political relationships

Question 24

d) 2.5%

Answer 24

b) 7.6%

Question 25

d) By minimizing the impact of masculinity on health

Answer 25

b) By reducing health-seeking behavior

Question 26

d) Villagers’ health is solely determined by their individual choices

Answer 26

c) Gender is dynamic and intersects with various social determinants

Question 27

d) By focusing solely on women’s health

Answer 27

c) By mainstreaming gender with concrete actions