Chapter 11: Stratification by Gender – Flashcards
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Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional gender?
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1. Fist fighting in public
2. ORGANIZING A BIRTHDAY LUNCH AT WORK
3. Not crying when hurt
4. Carrying lots of heavy items
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Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality is called
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1. HOMOPHOBIA.
2. Gay fright.
3. Ebonics.
4. Heterophobia.
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Which Supreme Court decision granted women the right to terminate pregnancies?
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1. Brown v. Topeka
2. ROE VS. WADE
3. Smith v. Allwright
4. Wood v. Lovett
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Which amendment gave women the right to vote in national elections?
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1. Tenth Amendment
2. Fourteenth Amendment
3. NINETEENTH AMENDMENT
4. Twenty-second Amendment
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For every one stay-at-home dad there are ________ stay-at-home moms.
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1. 6
2. 15
3. 27
4. 38 (ANSWER)
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The belief in social, economic, and political equality for women is referred to as
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1. Social equality.
2. Glass escalator.
3. FEMINISM
4. None of these answers is correct.
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The "second shift," which refers to the double burden borne by many women—work outside the home followed by child care and housework—was the subject of analysis by
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1. Letty Cottin Pogrebin.
2. Heidi Hartmann.
3. Susan Shaw.
4. ARLIE HOCHSCHILD
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Women do the majority of housework in which of the following?
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1. The richest countries
2. The poorest countries
3. ALL COUNTRIES
4. Housework is equal in all countries.
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Women earn what percent of every dollar a man earns?
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1. 95 percent
2. 90 percent
3. 85 percent
4. 80 PERCENT (ANSWER)
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Although it does not explicitly endorse traditional gender roles, which sociological perspective implies that dividing tasks between spouses is beneficial for the family unit?
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1. FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE
2. Conflict perspective
3. Interactionist perspective
4. Global perspective
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The expectation that a woman will be nurturing is an example of
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1. A genetic trait.
2. A GENDER ROLE.
3. Homophobia.
4. None of these answers is correct.
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Which of the following illustrates Arlie Hochschild's concept of the "second shift"?
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1. A woman works from 9 to 5 as a nurse and then has a second job as a waitress at a local diner.
2. A man has a career as an accountant; when he gets home, he cleans the apartment and makes dinner for his wife, himself, and their children.
3. A WOMAN HAS A CAREER AS A STOCKBROKER, AND SHE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE APARTMENT, DOING THE SHOPPING, AND COOKING FOR HERSELF AND HER HUSBAND.
4. All of these answers are correct.
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In what year did the Supreme Court rule in favor of allowing women the right to terminate a pregnancy?
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1. 1953
2. 1963
3. 1973 (ANSWER)
4. 1983
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The ideology that one sex is superior to the other is known as
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1. Sexual harassment.
2. SEXISM.
3. Sex stratification.
4. Gender identity.
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Which of the following would be an example of men traditionally "doing masculinity"?
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1. OPENING A DOOR FOR A FEMALE
2. Styling hair
3. Feeding a baby
4. Crying in public
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What percentage of adult women in the United States were in the labor force as of 2011?
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1. Around 85 percent
2. Around 58 percent (ANSWER)
3. Around 35 percent
4. Around 10 percent
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Conflict theorists view gender differences as
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1. A REFLECTION OF THE SUBJUGATION OF ONE GROUP, SUCH AS WOMEN, BY ANOTHER GROUP, SUCH AS MEN.
2. Necessary for the effective accomplishment of family and societal tasks.
3. Unrelated to the overall exploitation and injustice found in capitalist societies.
4. All of these answers are correct.
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In what year did women win the right to vote in national elections?
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1. 1865
2. 1895
3. 1920 (ANSWER)
4. 1945
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Arlie Hochschild concluded women work how much more time in a year compared to men, due to the notion of the second shift?
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1. 7 more hours
2. 7 more days
3. 2 more weeks
4. Extra month of 24-hour days (ANSWER)
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Functionalists view gender roles in which of the following ways?
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1. Gender roles assist in keeping women oppressed within the family structure.
2. Gender roles have a bias toward male power.
3. GENDER ROLES ARE NECESSARY TO KEEP THE FAMILY IN BALANCE.
4. All of these answers are correct.
