Deck 8: A: Gender

Question 1

Education acts as the great equalizer between boys and girls,and women and men.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Our understanding of biology and biological "discoveries" is socially shaped.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Sex and gender can be used interchangeably.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Gender refers to a determination of male or female on the basis of a set of socially agreed-upon biological criteria.

Question 5

Transsexual is an umbrella term for a range of people who do not fit into normative constructions of sex and gender.

Question 6

Emphasized femininity is the most prevalent form of femininity.

Question 7

Over the past 10 years,gender depictions in the media pose significant and influential challenges to normative constructions of gender.

Question 8

According to research conducted by exchange theorists,women decrease their housework as their earnings increase,to the point where both spouses contribute equally.

Question 9

As theorized by Martin,unlike their counterparts 20 years ago,contemporary biologists are highly critical of the use of gender stereotypes in their accounts of the human fertilization process.

Question 10

Wealthier countries are generally more equitable than are poorer countries when it comes to gender.

Question 11

Female body builders are still expected to conform to traditional notions of femininity.

Question 12

The changes in the structure of the labour market have resulted in a substantial decrease in part-time work.

Question 13

Hegemony can be described as consensual dominance.

Question 14

A person who is transgender is someone who has undergone sex reassignment.

Question 15

Almost across the globe,that which is associated with masculinity and men is more highly valued than that which is associated with femininity and women.