Sociology Unit 4: Gender

Question 1

Bonus (5 pts.): What is the name of Mr. Forste's car?

Accepted Answer

Silvia

Question 2

Movement within a social class or strata is called a...

Accepted Answer

Horizontal mobility

Question 3

__________ is prejudice or discrimination based on someone’s sex or gender.

Accepted Answer

Sexism

Question 4

Distribution of scarce resources and rewards is determined by achieved status is called ______.

Accepted Answer

Social class

Question 5

_____ is the elevation of men into the best-paid/most desirable jobs; women see no job mobility

Accepted Answer

Occupational sex segregation

Question 6

In 2042 who will be deemed as the minority within the United States of America?

Accepted Answer

White

Question 7

_____________ is a system of ranking individuals based on wealth, power or prestige.

Accepted Answer

Social stratification

Question 8

Women have gone from housekeeper to earner and caregiver, as male involvement in domestic work:

Accepted Answer

remains low

Question 9

Integrating men’s issues into the talk of gender inequality, according to conflict & feminist:

Accepted Answer

has become louder

Question 10

Perspective arguing that gender inequality is inevitable due to biological division of labor:

Accepted Answer

functional

Question 11

Title IX states females must be treated equally to all boy players in all the following except:

Accepted Answer

access to the male locker rooms

Question 12

Which perspective says race is a social construct that we learn through social institutions?

Accepted Answer

Interactionist

Question 13

All of the following are examples in which Sexism is exhibited, except for:

Accepted Answer

egalitarianism

Question 14

Candy question: Who was the drummer for the Beatles?

Accepted Answer

Ringo

Question 15

Another Candy Question: How many rebounds did Malik Newman have against Duke last night?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 16

Since Title IX went into effect the amount of money spent on men’s and women’s sports:

Accepted Answer

is half as much spent on recruiting women into sports as men

Question 17

_____ perspective stresses norms, values, and beliefs about the differences b/t men and women.

Accepted Answer

Symbolic interactionist

Question 18

Mint Question (because your breath stinks): Who played Doc Holiday in the movie Tombstone?

Accepted Answer

Val Kilmer

Question 19

_____________ refers to a system where men are dominant over women.

Accepted Answer

Patriarchy

Question 20

Sex refers to __________ while gender refers to __________.

Accepted Answer

physiological characteristic; learned social characteristics

Question 21

The Conflict &Feminist perspectives state women’s subordinate position in society is linked to:

Accepted Answer

their relationship to the means of production

Question 22

Society’s expectations of how males and females should think and act are called:

Accepted Answer

gender roles

Question 23

Functionalist sees gender as hallmarked by a(n):

Accepted Answer

belief that men and women have different roles to play

Question 24

Bonus (3 pts): Which Kansas player made a 3 pt. shot to cause overtime against Duke last night?

Accepted Answer

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk

Question 25

According to the textbook, feminists believe that:

Accepted Answer

women should have the same opportunities as men

Question 26

Unsupported generalization about a category of people is called:

Accepted Answer

Stereotypes

Question 27

Biological makeup of males and females, in terms of reproduction and physiology, is termed:

Accepted Answer

sex

Question 28

___________ perspective argues gender inequality is inevitable because of biological division.

Accepted Answer

Functionalist

Question 29

Women make _________ cents for every dollar a man makes.

Accepted Answer

77 cents

Question 30

Institutional discrimination:

Accepted Answer

mistreatment of individuals/groups by societal institutions

Question 31

_________ is the separation of women and men into manual labor sectors.

Accepted Answer

Horizontal segregation

Question 32

Sexism is defined as:

Accepted Answer

the belief that one sex is superior to the other

Question 33

According to the textbook, feminists seek to achieve all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

a return to traditional gender roles for men and women

Question 34

___________ is where women continue to dominate traditionally female occupations.

Accepted Answer

Occupational sex segregation

Question 35

___________ perspective says gender inequality exists because it benefits a group in power-men.

Accepted Answer

Conflict

Question 36

Which theories support our social and political structures created to maintain dominance of men

Accepted Answer

both circle & diamond

Question 37

Women are classified as a minority group. Which would not be a reason that supports this claim?

Accepted Answer

Women have no equal access to sports/other school activities

Question 38

According to recent research, __________ are more likely to live in poverty than others in U.S.

Accepted Answer

children

Sociology Unit 4: Gender

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Sociology Unit 4: Gender

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