Deck 7: Gender Relations

Question 1

________ feminism has as its goal the abolition of male supremacy.

Answer 1

Radical

Question 2

The gender wage gap is not significant among professionals with above average ________ skills.

Answer 2

mathematical

Question 3

There is growing concern today in the educational system that boys are lagging further behind girls in ________ skills.

A) literacy
B) art
C) mathematical
D) photographic
E) athletic

Answer 3

A

Question 4

________ is to view a person as an object, usually a sex object.

Question 5

________ is a social construct based, in part, on definitions of masculinity and femininity and consisting of norms and expectations that encourage people to behave in a sex-appropriate manner.

Question 6

________, a feminist scholar, said that all research on gender differences should be context-specific, encourage cross-cultural extensions, look for similarities as well as differences, examine variation within as well as between groups, and go beyond gender as a category per se to see it as one of many bases of inequality.

A) Freud
B) Steinem
C) Greer
D) Trudeau
E) Rosenfeld

Question 7

Insofar as he focused primarily on economic forces in society, it is not surprising that gender inequality was not an issue for ________.

Question 8

________ feminism argues that gender inequality can be remedied by giving women greater opportunities.

Question 9

Gender ________ is the perception of oneself as male or female.

Question 10

Canadian courts have ruled that the combining of sexual activity and ________ is pornographic by its very nature, demeaning and degrading and thus illegal.

Question 11

________ is a system in which the traits associated with men are valued more than those associated with women.

Question 12

________ do not see the gendered division of labour as a natural outcome of the need to reproduce, and are especially critical of extensions of this position that generalize a female dependency and a male dominance.

Question 13

Currently, in Canada, ________ imbalances in post-secondary education are well documented.

Question 14

In Canada today, ________ imbalances in post-secondary education are well documented.

A) hormone
B) social
C) economical
D) gender
E) verbal

Question 15

A person's sex is a ________ trait characterized by the XX chromosomes and estrogen for a female and the XY chromosomes and testosterone for a male.

A) social
B) biological
C) gender
D) stratification
E) interactive

Question 16

A person's sex is a ________ trait, characterized by the XX chromosomes and estrogen for a female, and the XY chromosomes and testosterone for a male.

Question 17

The gender wage gap is not significant among professionals with above-average ________ skills.

A) literacy
B) art
C) mathematical
D) photographic
E) athletic

Question 18

________, a feminist scholar, said that all research on gender differences should be context-specific, encourage cross-cultural extensions, look for similarities, examine variations and go beyond gender as a category per se to see it as one of many bases of inequality.

Question 19

The gendered order is a ________ concept that refers not to individuals but to social structure.

Question 20

The ________ position maintains that gender is just another of the social conventions, such as family and law, that maintain order and promote social stability.

Question 21

________ ________ do not see the gendered division of labour as a natural outcome of the need to reproduce, and are especially critical of extensions of this position that generalize a female dependency and a male dominance.

A) Symbolic interactionists
B) Structural functionalists
C) Marxist fundamentalists
D) Gender neutralists
E) Social activists

Question 22

Learning masculine and feminine gender roles occurs early in the socialization process and the specific content of that learning varies across ________ and over time.

A) cultures
B) identity
C) age
D) biological differences
E) time

Question 23

________ is a common term for a cross-dresser and is applied more often to males than females.

A) bisexual
B) interactionist
C) transvestite
D) transgendered
E) transformer

Question 24

Radical feminism has one goal, the abolition of ________.

A) capitalism
B) Marxism
C) male supremacy
D) Liberal feminism
E) George Bush

Question 25

Define the term "convergence" and discuss in terms of the gendered wage gap in Canada.

Question 26

Three specific areas of gender difference examined in Chapter 7 are: ________, ________, and ________ ________.

A) objectification, gratification and body image
B) stratification, genderization, and body image
C) labour, abuse, and body image
D) justification, modification, and body image
E) stratification, violence, socialization

Question 27

Gender ________ is the perception of oneself as a male or a female.

A) Order
B) Specification
C) Interaction
D) Clarification
E) Identity

Question 28

How have modern socialists attempted to unite Marx and later feminist thought?

Question 29

Insofar as he focused primarily on economic forces in society, it is not surprising that gender inequality was not an issue for ________.

A) Weber
B) Goffman
C) Simmel
D) Marx
E) Johnson

Question 30

Compared with French, the ________ language is relatively gender-neutral.

A) Spanish
B) Italian
C) Portuguese
D) English
E) Hindi

Question 31

The gendered ________ is a macro-level concept and refers not to individuals but to social structure.

A) order
B) specification
C) interaction
D) clarification
E) identity

Question 32

Define the terms "sex" and "gender" and using examples, illustrate the differences between the two.

Question 33

Would you expect that most of the authors of your textbook chapters are male or female? Why?

Question 34

Using examples, compare and contrast the basic tenets liberal, socialist, and radical feminisms

Question 35

Functional imperatives for men imply that men have access to the ________ ________ of paid labour and perform the instrumental tasks needed for survival.

A) social structure
B) gender specification
C) conflict perspective
D) public realm
E) private realm

Question 36

________ ________ is concerned with legislation for pay equity and free universal day care.

A) Liberal feminism
B) Socialist feminism
C) Radical feminism
D) Canadian feminism
E) George Bush

Question 37

In ________ society, men known as berdaches dressed and worked as women.

A) Zuni
B) Navaho
C) Hopi
D) Pueblo
E) Lakota

Question 38

In the traditional argument, women are relegated to the ________ ________ of the home, providing unpaid domestic labour and being responsible for the expressive tasks like nurturing and providing emotional support.

A) domestic realm
B) conjugal realm
C) public realm
D) private realm
E) economic realm

Question 39

________ ________ contends capitalism leads to patriarchy and the relegation of women to isolated homes and domestic labour that is always undervalued.

A) Liberal feminism
B) Socialist feminism
C) Radical feminism
D) Canadian feminism
E) George Bush

Question 40

________ is a system in which the traits associated with men are more valued than those associated with women.

A) Patriarchy
B) Liberalism
C) Marxism
D) Feminism
E) Androgyny.

Question 41

The gendered order is a macro-concept and refers not to individuals but to social structure.

Question 42

Liberal feminism contends capitalism leads to patriarchy and the relegation of women to isolated homes and domestic labour that is always undervalued.

Question 43

Insofar as he focused primarily on economic forces in society, it is not surprising that gender inequality was not an issue for Marx.

Question 44

The gender gap is closing with respect to aspects like pay, job tenure, and household responsibilities. This is referred to as submission.

Question 45

Patriarchy is a system where the traits of males and females are valued equally.

Question 46

Gender identity is the perception of oneself as either male or female and developed probably by age two.

Question 47

How do issues related to "measurement" frequently complicate assessments of how men and women experience violence?

Question 48

Anorexia is a serious illness involving overeating and then purging through the use of laxative and emetics.

Question 49

Socialist feminism argues that gender inequality can be remedied by giving women greater opportunities.

Question 50

Symbolic Interactionists maintain that gender is just another of the social conventions, such as family and law, that maintain order and promote social stability.

Question 51

A person's gender is a biological trait characterized by the XX chromosomes and estrogen for a female and the XY chromosomes and testosterone for a male.

Question 52

Both the greater tendency for women to avoid certain types of paid work and to feel greater responsibility for the unpaid work of the home are part of what can be referred to as the gendered division of labour.

Question 53

Objectification is a social construct based, in part, on definitions of masculinity and femininity and consisting of norms and expectations that encourage people to behave in a sex-appropriate manner.

Question 54

Functionalists do not see the gendered division of labour as a natural outcome of the need to reproduce, and are especially critical of extensions of this position that generalize a female dependency and a male dominance.

Question 55

Radical feminism has one goal, the abolition of male supremacy, and two connected focuses: biological reproduction and paid labour.

Question 56

The gender wage gap is not significant among professionals with above-average mathematical skills.