Gender and sex – Flashcards
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The unequal access of males and females to property power and prestige is referred to as
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Gender stratification
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____Refers to the biological characteristics that distinguish females and males
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Sex
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The behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females are known as
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Gender
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Vagina penis or other organs related to the reproduction make up the
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Sex
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Sociologists have the task of discovering how _____ _____ modifies_______ particularly to determine
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Social factors and biology
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In a patriarchy who has authority
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Men
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What is the origin of patriarchy according one theory
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Human production put women in the position to stay home and care for children, while naturally putting the men in charge
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According to one theory, patriarchy stems from
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Hand to hand combat, men stronger and could fight wars
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From murdocks 1937 cross cultural survey of 324 societies
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All societies have sex typed work. Every society associates certain work with one sex or another
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Universally _____ prestige is given to male activities regardless of what those activities are
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Greater
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In ancient hunter gatherer societies it is thought that women contributed about ______ of the groups total food
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60%
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According to UNESCO, ________ of illiterate adults in the world are women
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2/3
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In terms of the number of women in politics, the United States is
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18%below national avg
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In societies such as Afghanistan India jordon and woman thought to have brought disgrace on her family may be
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Killed
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Which statement about female circumcision is true
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It will guarantee woman will stay loyal to their husbands and pure before marriage
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the philosophy that men and women should be political economically and socially equal is
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Feminism
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In the first wave of feminism...
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Had a radical branch that wanted to reform all the institutions of society + conservative branch whose goal was to win the vote for woman
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The dick and Jane readers
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Top selling readers in the U.S , they taught gender messages
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The goals of the second wave of feminism
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Raise women's pay, change policies on violence against women and legalized abortion
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Common insults in the military sports and everyday life use ____ terms to ___describe ____
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Feminine Others
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An example of surgical sexism
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Trying to sell woman into surgery they dont need, reproductive system
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In 1940 what were the percentage of women and men in the US colleges
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52% men 48% women
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The number of women physicians grew from ___ percent in 1970 to ____ in 2012
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8% 48%
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In each passing year of graduate school, the proportion of men
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Has gone down
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The _______ of women has led to affirmative action for men in some US colleges
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Increase
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Women are more likely to get doctorates in _____
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Phychology
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Gender equality in health care
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Doctors dont take women's pain as seriously then men
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In the US labor force the number of women is about one in
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Every five
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The percentage of women in the work force
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47% women
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The authors testosterone bonus states that on average employers start men out at a _____ salary then women and ______catch up
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Higher,, never
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A gender gap in pay occurs in
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All levels of education
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Researchers have found that about____of the gender pay gap is due to career choices
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50%
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One potentially effective step in closing the pay gap that women can take immediately is to
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Negotiate your pay and sell your service
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The abuse of ones position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands on someone is known as
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Sexual harassment
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The legal definition of sexual harassment is
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The abuse of ones position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands on someone
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Today,______can be found guilty of sexual harassment
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Women
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Most rape victims are
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16-19 years old
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Which of the following relationships between victim and rapists is most frequent
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Most victims know their attacker and only 34 percent are strangers
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To give an idea of the scope of date rape, approximately ______college women were victims of sexual assault within the past 6 months
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Quarter of a million
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In the United States, most killers are _____ and their victims are ____
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Men Women
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Female voters versus male
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Eight million more female voters
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Since 1789, about _____ men have served in the US senate compared to only _____women
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2000 44 women
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Today, about how many women compared to men serve in the US House of Representatives and US senate
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79 women hold seat (18%) And the rest is 82%, which men hold seats
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No_____has yet been elected to the US senate
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Latino
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How many categories of gender does Facebook offer
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Over 40
