Question 1

Men are more likely to take part in ______ while women are more likely to take part in ______.

Accepted Answer

Globally, men are more likely to participate in formal paid labor markets, while women are more often engaged in informal labor, which includes unpaid family work and other non-formal employment activities.

Question 2

A person who is self-employed and hires no employees to work for them is best described as a(n) ______.

Accepted Answer

An own-account worker is an individual who operates their own economic enterprise or engages in a profession or trade on their own account, without employing any other workers. This term best describes a self-employed person who hires no employees.

Question 3

Indira helps her husband to shear the sheep and regularly cleans the pen, but she receives no pay in return for her labor. Her husband receives all the money from shearing and selling the sheep. Indira is an example of what type of worker?

Accepted Answer

Indira is an example of a contributing family worker, which refers to individuals who work in a family business or farm without direct pay. They contribute labor to the family's economic activities but do not receive a separate wage for their work.

Question 4

What might explain the lower participation of women in the global workforce than of men?

Accepted Answer

The lower participation of women in the global workforce can be attributed to societal and economic structures that often do not recognize or undervalue the labor women contribute, especially in informal sectors or unpaid work such as caregiving and household tasks. This perspective acknowledges the significant amount of work women do that is not accounted for in traditional economic measures.

Question 5

_______ is an exaggerated form of masculinity where men engage in drugs, alcohol, and sexual carousing to demonstrate independence from both the control of their wives and the establishment.

Accepted Answer

Compensatory masculinity refers to behaviors men may engage in to assert their masculinity in ways that compensate for perceived or actual loss of status or power, often through actions that are socially disruptive or harmful, such as substance abuse or promiscuity. This is seen as a way to demonstrate independence from societal or familial expectations.

Question 6

The construction of masculinity often means that men link their jobs with their ______.

Accepted Answer

The construction of masculinity often means that men link their jobs with their identity. This is because men are often socialized to believe that their job is a reflection of their worth as a man.

Question 7

Their enactment of ______ allows higher class men to define themselves in contradiction to the behaviors of working-class men.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Their enactment of ______ allows higher class...

Question 8

A coherent set of values, beliefs, and practices that reaffirms distinctions from the majority culture and mitigates the effects of oppression is known as: :

Accepted Answer

Oppositional culture refers to a set of values, beliefs, and practices adopted by a group that is in opposition to the dominant or majority culture, particularly as a response to oppression or marginalization. This concept helps explain how marginalized groups may create and maintain distinct cultural identities as a form of resistance against the dominant culture's values and norms.

Question 9

Anderson argues that for today's young African American men, ______ is no longer part of the definition of masculinity.

Accepted Answer

Anderson argues that work is no longer part of the definition of masculinity for today's young African American men, reflecting a shift in societal norms and economic realities.

Question 10

From colleagues in the workplace, men receive a status ______ from being one of the few men working in a predominantly female occupation.

Accepted Answer

Men often receive a status increase when they work in predominantly female occupations, a phenomenon sometimes referred to as the "glass escalator" effect, where men in female-dominated careers often experience accelerated career advancement.

Question 11

The invisible pressure that men face to move upward in their professions is known as the:

Accepted Answer

The term "glass escalator" refers to the advantage men often experience in professions dominated by women, where they are promoted more quickly and easily than their female counterparts, reflecting an invisible boost in their careers.

Question 12

Male social workers, nurses, librarians, and elementary teachers are often tracked toward administrative jobs regardless of their actual interest in administration. This phenomenon is known as_____________.

Accepted Answer

The glass escalator refers to the advantage men often experience in predominantly female occupations, where they are fast-tracked towards administrative or higher-level positions more so than their female counterparts, regardless of their interest or experience in such roles.

Question 13

The concentration of women and men into different jobs, occupations, and firms is known as____.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The concentration of women and men into...

Question 14

As a given job is restructured to reduce autonomy, decrease pay, and simplify the required skillset, it will typically see a(n) _______ in male employees and a(n) ______ in female employees.

Accepted Answer

Jobs that are restructured to reduce autonomy, decrease pay, and simplify the required skillset often become less attractive to male employees, leading to a decline in their numbers. Conversely, these positions might become more accessible or appealing to female employees, potentially leading to an increase in their numbers, depending on various socio-economic factors and gender norms.

Question 15

Protective labor legislation argued that women could not work ______ because it would lead to detrimental effects on their health and hinder their ability to perform crucial household duties.

Accepted Answer

Protective labor legislation often limited the number of hours women could work, arguing that long hours would harm their health and interfere with their domestic responsibilities.

Question 16

The process by which elementary school teaching transitioned from being the profession of men to one most often associated with women, is known as______.

Accepted Answer

Resegregation refers to the process where a profession or field becomes dominated by a different demographic group, in this case, the transition of teaching from being male-dominated to female-dominated.

Question 17

When lower paid "women's" jobs are separated from better paid "men's" jobs within an occupation, job, or firm through the use of informal gender typing, this is known as_____.

Accepted Answer

Ghettoization refers to the process where lower-paid "women's" jobs are distinguished from better-paid "men's" jobs within an occupation, job, or firm through informal gender typing. This term captures the segregation and marginalization aspects of such employment practices.

Question 18

The occupations of typesetter and composer transitioned from 30% female in 1970 to 72% by 1989. This shift is an example of which process?

Accepted Answer

The answer of The occupations of typesetter and composer transitioned...

Question 19

Because working-class men are not perceived as having careers and because their lower earnings given them less status as providers within the household, Pyke argued that working-class families_______.

Accepted Answer

Working-class families rely on rigidly gendered divisions of labor because working-class men are not perceived as having careers and because their lower earnings given them less status as providers within the household.

Question 20

The fact that women earn about 77 cents per male dollar earned is known as_________.

Accepted Answer

The term "the gender wage gap" refers to the average difference in earnings between women and men. The figure of women earning about 77 cents for every dollar earned by men is a commonly cited statistic to illustrate this disparity.

Quiz 9: How Does Gender Affect the Type of Work We Do and the Rewards We Receive for Our Work

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