Deck 9: Gender Gender, Gender Roles, and Gender Identity

Question 1

Transgendered people get a lot of support and are always accepted and understood by society.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

One's gender identity has to be congruent with one's biological sex.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Only males need to develop a gender plan because of the strict gender rules men have to conform to due to gender expectations.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

All feminists are lesbian.

Question 5

Males can be nurturing and can express feelings.

Question 6

Intersectionality plays an important role in explaining the influence of which of the following:

A) Religion
B) Ethnicity
C) Social Class
D) Gender roles

Question 7

The term gender refers to

A) biological sex
B) social and cultural patterns
C) infants and adults
D) biological traits hard wired in the brain

Question 8

Sexism is

A) negative evaluation of a person or group of people based on their sexual identity
B) unequal treatment
C) unbalanced pay
D) discriminatory

Question 9

Where can institutionalized sexism take place?

A) In the workplace
B) In education
C) In politics
D) All of the above

Question 10

At what levels does the concept of masculinity operate?

A) One level
B) Two levels
C) Many levels
D) Does not operate at all

Question 11

Transgendered people

A) includes children
B) may or may not go through gender reassignment surgery (GRS)
C) can be heterosexual
D) all of the above

Question 12

Hegemonic masculinity is

A) the only kind of masculinity
B) idealized by a particular culture
C) supported by all cultures
D) it does not longer exist

Question 13

One of the most important contributions of third-wave feminism is its acknowledgment that:

A) gender does not exist in isolation
B) women need to have employment to be successful
C) women and men cannot communicate concerning feminist issues
D) none of the above

Question 14

Why is sexism towards women so important to study in the social work field?

Question 15

Is it possible to look at gender from only one angle? What aspects do we need to address when examining gender within a social work situation?

Question 16

How does the transgendered community differ from the lesbian-bisexual-gay (LBG) community and what are their similarities?