Gender – Flashcard Test Questions
Flashcard maker : Ben Russell
Women make up 52 percent of the voting-age population and are more likely to vote, yet
men dominate the political arena.
The family is the most powerful agent of gender socialization.
True
How do children learn gender role behaviors?
Through socialization
Which of the following is NOT a result of the women’s rights movement?
Women’s Suffrage (1920s)(?)
On college campuses, 56 percent of all bachelor’s degrees are awarded to men.
False (56% awarded to women)
In 1972 the Equal Rights Amendment was formed and was ratified by 38 states.
True
A person’s sex is socially created, while gender is biologically determined.
False (other way around)
One result of the second shift is that
women, on average, have less leisure time than men.
The women’s movement in the United States began almost 250 years ago in the 1700s.
False (?)
A new development in the political arena is that more women are holding statewide positions, which has increased from four percent in years past to twenty-nine percent.
True
Level of a woman’s income relative to that of a man.
Wage gap
Movement that held the sexes as being socially, politically and economically equal.
Women’s Movement
The behavioral and psychological traits considered appropriate for men and women.
