Deck 9: Men and Masculinity

Question 1

Provide a functionalist argument for supporting the following statement: Traditional definitions of masculinity are beneficial for society. How would conflict theory view the same statement?

Answer 1

No Answer.

Question 2

Research shows that men who rape

A) are psychotic
B) have high needs for dominance and low need for nurturance
C) are socially secure and interpersonally connected with a large network of friends
D) all of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Rape

A) most often occurs between acquaintances
B) is a sexual act
C) is most often spontaneous
D) all of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Data indicate that about ____ of college men have engaged in some form of sexual aggression.

A) 10 percent
B) one-fourth
C) one-half
D) three-fourths

Question 5

Males exposed to pornography focusing on sexual violence

A) have an increased acceptance of rape myths
B) see rape victims as less worthy
C) become desensitized to sexual violence
D) all of the above

Question 6

The "rule of thumb" is

A) a belief that in a matriarchal household the woman rules the man
B) the idea of permissible wife beating
C) associated with an egalitarian household
D) when a man uses legal means to maintain control over his household

Question 7

Wife beating is more prevalent in families with

A) high incomes and education of both spouses
B) low income and unemployment
C) husbands over the age of sixty
D) interracial couples

Question 8

The leading cause of injury to women in the United States is

A) motor vehicle accidents
B) rape
C) job-related accidents
D) wife battering

Question 9

Which is the most underreported of all crimes?

A) rape
B) child abuse
C) wife battering
D) stranger assault

Question 10

Women who are at an increased risk for violence from their husbands are those who

A) threaten to leave
B) file for divorce
C) call the police
D) all of the above

Question 11

Robert Bly and the second men's movement (mythopoetic branch) is based on the belief that the root of the male dilemma is

A) the empowerment of women
B) the rising divorce rate due to women working outside the home
C) the missing relationship with fathers which turns young boys to their mothers to meet their emotional needs
D) all of the above

Question 12

Promasculinists

A) ultimately support patriarchy through gender segregation
B) emerged later in support of profeminist men
C) believe men need to be healed of their pain through nontraditional gender roles
D) blame men for the problems men face today

Question 13

Historically, which period was seen to assault the American version of masculinity and included much male self-indictment?

A) World War II
B) the Depression
C) the Reagan era
D) the Vietnam war

Question 14

Some main features of the chivalric male were self-sacrifice, courage, and honor.

Question 15

Which historical periods have served to both challenge and reinforce traditional definitions of masculinity in American culture? Document your response.

Question 16

An epidemic of suicides is sweeping the soldiers of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Question 17

List and describe the characteristics associated with modern notions of masculinity. Discuss the negative consequences of each of these for both men and women.

Question 18

The antifeminine norm suggests that girls should not express tender emotions.

Question 19

What suggestions would you offer to policy makers in support of fathers who would like to be more involved with their children? What suggestions would you offer to the wives of these men? Use research data to document your response.

Question 20

Men in the 21^st century expect their wives to be employed and expect themselves to share equally in child care and household duties with their wives.

Question 21

Explain how definitions of masculinity are associated with violence toward women. What intervention strategies would you offer for ending this violence?

Question 22

This has been referred to as the supreme guideline for defining masculinity.

A) sports
B) war
C) the workplace
D) college

Question 23

Fear and intolerance of homosexuals is called homophobia.

Question 24

What are the differences between various men's movements in the Unites States? What impact have these movements had on images of masculinity and how men relate to women?

Question 25

The male mystique is based on

A) a rigid set of expectations
B) what is psychologically healthy for men
C) what is functional for male and female relationships
D) flexible norms that allow for a great variety of role enactments

Question 26

The accepted contemporary method men use to validate their masculinity is through

A) glorifying the past life on the frontier
B) physical assaults on other men
C) identifying with media heroes
D) sports-as both participants and spectators

Question 27

The male role-ideal described by the major features of rationality, intellectual endeavors and self-exploration is referred to as the

A) epic male
B) chivalric male
C) Renaissance male
D) bourgeois male

Question 28

The male role-ideal described by the major features of success in business, status and worldly manners is referred to as the

A) epic male
B) chivalric male
C) Renaissance male
D) bourgeois male

Question 29

Which historical male role-ideal would be least linked to contemporary notions of masculinity?

A) epic male
B) spiritual male
C) chivalric male
D) bourgeois male

Question 30

Functionalism views war as

A) dysfunctional for society in general and for families in particular
B) dysfunctional because it involves conflict
C) functional for society because it works to integrate society by bringing former rivals together against a common enemy
D) all of the above

Question 31

The first young men who burned draft cards or sought asylum in Canada during the Vietnam war were seen as

A) heroes
B) epic males
C) cowards
D) spiritual

Question 32

Other than the military, ________ is the only social institution that condones violence in achieving a goal.

A) education
B) politics
C) sports
D) medicine

Question 33

In reporting school violence, the media rarely mention the fact that

A) the killers are often troubled youth
B) the killers often had ready access to guns
C) the killers had been ridiculed in school
D) the killers are boys

Question 34

The most popular insult that a boy could use to denigrate another boy is to call him a

A) nerd
B) coward
C) girl
D) baby

Question 35

____ men express the most hostility when women enter into traditionally male occupations.

A) White-collar
B) Blue-collar
C) Gay
D) Elderly

Question 36

It is argued that aggressive masculinity is latently functional

A) in socializing boys into roles needed for war
B) when it carries over into their daily lives
C) because it is associated with morality and empathy
D) all of the above

Question 37

Research shows that gay men

A) would prefer to accept feminine rather than masculine roles
B) are not interested in displaying sexual prowess or potency
C) are socialized to accept the same masculinity norms as heterosexual men
D) all of the above

Question 38

Males are given less latitude (freedom) than females experimenting with different role definitions in which SES?

A) lower
B) working
C) middle and upper
D) all of the above

Question 39

According to research on paternity leave,

A) most fathers take the leave when it is offered
B) most leaves are without pay so new fathers rarely take off work
C) co-workers and bosses encourage men to take the leave
D) all of the above

Question 40

Research on post-divorce fathers' absence concludes that it is often a way of

A) dealing with the pain of being separated from their children
B) getting the courts to reduce their child support payments
C) maintaining control over their ex-wives
D) regaining psychological independence from both their children and former wives

Question 41

The reality of grandfathering in America is associated with

A) men who are aloof and stern with their grandchildren
B) competition and power struggles between grandfathers and grandsons
C) relationships which are rewarding and emotionally satisfying
D) added tension between father and son because the son thinks his father interferes with the grandchildren

Question 42

At old age, men seek greater ____ whereas women seek greater _____.

A) freedom/dependence
B) interdependence/autonomy
C) expansion of economic roles/expansion of homemaker roles
D) expanded roles leading to aggressiveness/passivity

Question 43

For women, media images about rape

A) have served to decrease overall rape fear
B) view women as aggressive, not helpless, and able to fight back successfully
C) show that male aggression is no longer tolerated or accepted and that gender stereotypes are being altered
D) heighten rape fear and restrict women's movements