Deck 7: Gender and Sexual Orientation

Question 1

Women comprise nearly _____ percent of the population.

Answer 1

51

Question 2

_____ characteristics are defined as the existing characteristics in a person right from his or her birth.

Answer 2

Innate

Question 3

According to the text, the largest minority in America is _____.

Answer 3

women

Question 4

_____ is defined as the irrational fear of homosexuals.

Question 5

The _____ and "white knight" of folklore illustrate the longstanding notion that men are the independent and women are the dependent creatures.

Question 6

_____ measure the number of people who desire employment but are out of work.

Question 7

In a(n) _____, people tend to evaluate jobs and careers in terms of the predominant gender of the workers as well as the education and skills required.

Question 8

According to the _____, a woman must be beautiful to be acceptable and attractive.

Question 9

The term "gender" refers to the meaning of being _____ or _____ in a particular society.

Question 10

The term "sex" refers to an individual's _____.

Question 11

Some in the men's movement argue that men have become _____.

Question 12

An individual's biological identity is referred to as a person's _____.

Question 13

The attitudes and behavior that are expected of men and women in a society are referred to as _____.

Question 14

The term _____ refers to the invisible barriers that limit a woman's advancement in an organization.

Question 15

According to the text, the largest minority in America is _____.

A) African American
B) Latinos
C) Irish
D) women

Question 16

An individual's biological identity as male or female is referred to as a person's _____.

A) gender
B) role
C) sex
D) orientation

Question 17

The meaning of being male or female in a particular society is called _____.

A) gender
B) role
C) sex
D) orientation

Question 18

The attitudes and behavior that are expected of men and women in a society are referred to as _____.

A) gender
B) sex
C) sexual orientation
D) gender role

Question 19

In the context of critical thinking, the _____ argues that whatever has happened to women in American society is inevitable because people are determined by their own biological makeup to behave and function in certain ways.

A) fallacy of composition
B) fallacy of authority
C) fallacy of appeal to prejudice
D) fallacy of retrospective determinism

Question 20

The "damsel in distress" and "white knight" of folklore illustrate the longstanding notion that _____.

A) women are strong independent creatures
B) women are equal to men
C) men are the independent and women are the dependent creatures
D) men and women are both independent

Question 21

Studies show that boys are _____ girls in math and science.

A) better than
B) at an equal capacity to
C) worse than
D) tutoring

Question 22

The unemployment rates for men and women in 2010 showed _____.

A) men had higher unemployment rates
B) women had higher unemployment rates
C) 2010 was an aberration for unemployment statistics
D) rates of unemployment were even

Question 23

The unemployment rate for men and women tends to suggest that _____.

A) the unemployment rate is much higher for women than it is for men
B) the rates have tended to be equal, or to be higher for men than for women
C) the rates are identical
D) the rates are several percentage points higher for men

Question 24

Farming is _____ percent employed by women.

A) 97.5
B) 73.7
C) 1.5
D) 24.2

Question 25

In a _____, people tend to evaluate jobs and careers in terms of the predominant gender of the workers as well as the education and skills required.

A) segregated labor market
B) discriminated labor market
C) sexist labor market
D) male dominated labor market

Question 26

Which of the following statements is true of the occupations that have a high proportion of women when compared to other occupations?

A) They are more likely to be managerial occupations.
B) They tend to be lower in status and lower in pay.
C) They are more desirable from the point of view of meaningful work.
D) They give the same prestige and status to both men and women.

Question 27

The term _____ refers to the invisible barriers that limit a woman's advancement in an organization.

A) "discrimination"
B) "invisible barrier"
C) "glass ceiling"
D) "male ceiling"

Question 28

_____ means that women tend to cluster in the lower levels of virtually all occupational categories and are, therefore, accorded less prestige and lower salaries than men.

A) Ritualized deprivation
B) Slower advancement
C) Gender role
D) Beauty myth

Question 29

According to the _____, a woman must be beautiful to be acceptable and attractive.

A) beauty myth
B) Venus Syndrome
C) playmate syndrome
D) media

Question 30

In an effort to attain the perfect slim body, women succumb to the condition of _____.

A) anorexia nervosa
B) cancer
C) heart disease
D) alcoholism

Question 31

Which of the following is a psychological disorder that involves repeated binge eating followed by vomiting or laxatives?

A) anorexia nervosa
B) chemophobia
C) bulimia
D) orthorexia

Question 32

The conservative Southern Baptist Convention in 1998 declared that wives should _____.

A) pursue graduate education whenever possible
B) be allowed to become ministers
C) "graciously" submit to the "servant leadership" of their husbands
D) never be allowed to work outside of the home

Question 33

_____ is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other sexual behavior that either results in punishment when the victim resists or creates a hostile environment or both.

A) Sexism
B) Sexual harassment
C) Homophobia
D) Promiscuity

Question 34

Prejudice or discrimination against someone because of his or her sex is called _____.

A) conservatism
B) ageism
C) hate crime
D) sexism

Question 35

The term "gender" refers to _____.

A) an individual's biological identity
B) the meaning of being male or female in a particular society
C) the attitudes and behavior that are expected of men and women in a society
D) all of these answers are correct

Question 36

The term "sex" refers to _____.

A) an individual's biological identity as male or female
B) the meaning of being male or female in a particular society
C) the attitudes and behavior that are expected of men and women in a society
D) all of these answers are correct

Question 37

The term "gender role" refers to _____.

A) an individual's biological identity
B) the meaning of being male or female in a particular society
C) the attitudes and behavior that are expected of men and women in a society
D) all of these answers are correct

Question 38

Which of the following is true of the social dominance orientation?

A) It includes the be­lief of superior-inferior groups.
B) It includes disrespect to established authority.
C) It considers women as positive and independent individuals.
D) It encourages women to challenge the traditional gender role.

Question 39

Some people are _____, finding gratification with both sexes and having no strong preference for either.

A) heterosexual
B) homosexual
C) bisexual
D) homophobe

Question 40

A person who has a sexual preference for persons of the opposite sex is called a _____.

A) heterosexual
B) homosexual
C) bisexual
D) homophobe

Question 41

Females who prefer other females for sexual purposes are called _____.

A) heterosexuals
B) homosexuals
C) bisexuals
D) lesbians

Question 42

The term _____ refers to intercourse defined as "unnatural," particularly used to refer to anal intercourse.

A) "prostitution"
B) "fellatio"
C) "cunnilingus"
D) "sodomy"

Question 43

Homosexuals can be victims of discrimination in the _____.

A) housing market
B) workplace
C) both of the above
D) none of these answers is correct

Question 44

Rewards and punishments designed to influence behavior are called _____.

A) sanctions
B) mores
C) norms
D) rules

Question 45

What type of people are more likely to have negative attitude toward homosexuals?

A) political conservatives
B) fundamentalist Protestants
C) people in the older age group
D) All of these answers are correct.

Question 46

Some segments of the men's movement take the position that men, not women, are the truly oppressed group today.

Question 47

Since 1990, the unemployment rates have tended to be roughly equal or to be higher for men than for women.

Question 48

For many women, having jobs outside the home means "in addition" rather than "instead of" taking care of their homes.

Question 49

The conservative Southern Baptist Convention in 1998 declared that wives should "graciously" submit to the "servant leadership" of their husbands.

Question 50

When polled, 32 percent of females agreed with the statement, "wives should "graciously" submit to the "servant leadership" of their husbands."

Question 51

The term "sex" refers to the meaning of being male or female in a particular society.

Question 52

Homosexuals and transgender people have lower rates than heterosexuals of isolation, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicide proneness.

Question 53

Homosexuals are subjected to negative sanctions that conform to the American ideology that homosexuals should not have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Question 54

It is safe to conclude that about 3 to 4 percent of American men and 2 to 3 percent of American women prefer to be exclusively homosexual.

Question 55

Most homosexuals have characteristics that are normal for the opposite sex-males are "effeminate" and females are "masculine."

Question 56

Most of the children raised in homosexual families become homosexual.

Question 57

A person who has a sexual preference only for persons of the same sex is called a heterosexual.

Question 58

Homosexuals are treated the same as heterosexuals in all job-hiring situations.

Question 59

The term "cunnilingus" refers to intercourse defined as "unnatural," particularly used to refer to anal intercourse.

Question 60

The overall well-being of children raised in a homosexual family is as high as that of children raised in heterosexual families.