Deck 12: The Architecture of Inequality: Sex and Gender

Question 1

Unlike women who work in male occupations,men who work in female occupations:

A)are likely to have a female supervisor.
B)frequently experienced sexual harassment.
C)encounter no negative stereotypes.
D)are likely to be supervised by a member of their own sex.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Steve has been working as a preschool teacher for two years.He loves working with children,but his boss continually tries to interest him in the associate director position at the preschool.Although he has not been at the preschool very long,his boss thinks he is a natural leader and well-respected among his colleagues.Steve is experiencing:

A)the glass ceiling.
B)tokenism.
C)the glass escalator.
D)gender discrimination

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Tim reports that when he first meets people,they assume that he is gay because he is a nurse.His experience illustrates:

A)the stereotype that men in "female occupations" are gay.
B)that he must "look" gay.
C)the effects of the glass escalator.
D)the stereotype that men are better able than women to defuse violent situations.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What was the mission of many college-educated black middle-class women?

A)Charity work
B)Women's suffrage
C)Service to family
D)Racial uplift

Question 5

Black activists were more likely than white activists to combine marriage and activism.

Question 6

Which is NOT considered to be one of the cardinal virtues of womanhood?

A)Piety
B)Intellectual achievement
C)Purity
D)Submissiveness

Question 7

Which of the following is true of black female activists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

A)They were not concerned with problems facing black men.
B)They were less likely to combine marriage and activism than white women.
C)They were conscious that they shared a common experience of discrimination with the masses.
D)They were more likely to be single parents,compared to white women.

Question 8

Men in female-dominated occupations encounter the most mixed or negative reactions from:

A)their supervisors.
B)other men in female occupations.
C)their friends.
D)their clients.

Question 9

Which of the following was NOT a sanctioned life course for middle-class white women during the Progressive movement?

A)Marriage
B)Nursing
C)Charity work
D)Teaching

Question 10

The ability to communicate with other transgender individuals helped Rey redefine his identity.

Question 11

In antebellum literature,black women were:

A)portrayed as asexual.
B)portrayed as virtuous.
C)excluded from the category of true womanhood.
D)equal to lower-class white women in their status.

Question 12

The National League of Colored Women:

A)represented a steady movement by middle-class black women to assume more active roles in the community.
B)collapsed 20 years after its founding.
C)was the first organization of its kind.
D)remained solely focused on defense against moral attacks.

Question 13

All of the following are examples of bodily transformation except:

A)tattooing.
B)hair dyeing.
C)lobectomy.
D)breast augmentation

Question 14

In her study of men who do women's work,Williams discovered that:

A)male power and privilege is preserved and reproduced in these occupations.
B)female power and privilege is preserved and reproduced in these occupations.
C)men in female-dominated occupations experienced the "poisoned" work environment described by many women who work in male-dominated occupations.
D)men in female-dominated occupations do not enjoy their work.

Question 15

According to Shapiro,body transformation is shaped by social norms and historical context.

Question 16

In 1939,what was absent from Lawrence Michael Dillon's gender identity experience?

A)Social scripts to put his situation into language.
B)The financial means to undergo surgery.
C)A feeling of being different than his peers.
D)The desire to change his identity.

Question 17

Christine Williams's study of men who work in female-dominated occupations-for example,as nurses and librarians-revealed that:

A)men are systematically kept from power positions in female-dominated occupations
B)men suffer more from sexual harassment as nurses than if they worked as librarians
C)men are,in fact,flocking into female-dominated occupations and women will eventually benefit from men's presence,for example,by getting higher pay
D)men tend to benefit from their token status in female-dominate occupations

Question 18

Initially,black women leaders rejected the suffrage movement.

Question 19

Shapiro uses a psychological approach to discuss biomedical technologies and bodily transformation.

Question 20

The rise in steroid use among male athletes and an increase in eating disorders in males both illustrate that:

A)the metrosexual is now accepted.
B)more men are attempting to become emotionally feminine yet physically masculine.
C)the medical community is now dominating male health.
D)gendered scripts are suggest that the male body is inadequate.