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Gender and Society explores the ways in which gender shapes individual identities, social structures, and cultural norms. The course examines the social construction of gender roles and their impact on power dynamics, work, family, education, media, and politics. Students will analyze theories of gender, intersectionality, and social change while considering the experiences of diverse groups across different cultures and historical periods. Through critical discussion and engagement with contemporary research, the course aims to foster an understanding of how societal expectations around gender influence everyday life and contribute to broader patterns of inequality and opportunity.
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Diversity in Families 10th Edition by
Maxine Baca Zinn
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Chapter 1: Images,Ideals,and Myths
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Q1) The authors make which of the following points regarding change in American families?
A) We should be alarmed about how family change will affect other social institutions.
B) Changes in families reflect changed circumstances in other areas of society.
C) Family change has caused an increase in the rate of violent crime, but has not influenced the teen pregnancy rate.
D) none of the above
Answer: B
Q2) To analyze the family using a sociological perspective,one must A) promote the nuclear family ideal.
B) understand the larger social context in which families are embedded.
C) engage in micro-level analysis of family interaction.
D) all of the above
Answer: B
Q3) Myths are beliefs that are held uncritically and without examination.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Preindustrial Families and the Emergence of a Modern Family Form
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Q1) The wage economy greatly increased women's access to productive work.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to Coontz,marriages in 17 century England and Ireland
A) were often carefully negotiated.
B) could be more costly to families if young people were drawn together by love.
C) involved the expectation that wives would tolerate their husbands infidelity.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Q3) Nancy Cott's research on divorce in the colonial United States was important in that it
A) underscored the public-private split in social life.
B) proved that marriages were much more sound in colonial times than in the contemporary United States.
C) showed that only upper-class individuals got divorces.
D) showed that much information on values, attitudes, and practices can be found in court records.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: The Historical Making of Family Diversity
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Q1) Recent research on immigration leads the authors of the text to which conclusion about immigrant families?
A) The family was an active agent in producing accommodation strategies.
B) Family was a vital resource in adapting to a new society.
C) Cultural practices retained from the "Old World" often eased the transition to the new society.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Q2) According to Herbert Gutman's revisionist account of Black families during slavery
A) two-parent households were extremely uncommon both during slavery and after emancipation.
B) the major reason for family break-up during slavery was forced separation through sale.
C) as a cultural institution, the family was essentially destroyed by the abuses of slavery.
D) all of the above
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Families and the New Economic Realities
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Q1) Which of the following has become a common way for employers to reduce their health care costs?
A) using greater numbers of independent contractors
B) raising wages so employees can purchase their own health insurance
C) reducing deductibles
D) allowing employees to get union health benefits
Q2) The Great Recession of 2007 has ______ the gap between the affluent and those who are not affluent.
A) decreased
B) not affected
C) increased
Q3) Unemployment rates are higher among
A) women than among men.
B) college-educated workers than among high-school-educated workers.
C) African Americans than among Latinos.
D) whites than among Latinos.
Q4) Discuss the coping strategies families use to adapt to higher costs and lower pay.
Q5) Discuss the indicators of contraction of consumption during difficult economic times and their consequences.
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Chapter 5: Families and Demographic Trends: the New
Immigration and the Aging of Society
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Q1) Which is true of the elderly in the United States?
A) As their numbers increase, so will their sphere of political influence.
B) By 2038, they are projected to make up more than 1/3 of the electorate.
C) A striking number of seniors are politically active.
D) all of the above
Q2) Which of the following generalizations about race and aging is inaccurate?
A) The median net worth of older White families is far higher than that of older African American families.
B) The life expectancy of Whites is longer than the life expectancy of racial minorities.
C) The poverty rates of elderly Americans in all racial groups are approximately the same.
D) Racial minorities are less likely than Whites to receive full-time skilled nursing home care.
Q3) The racial minority population is growing at a faster rate than the White population.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Class,Race,and Gender
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Q1) Most research on family life among Chicanos suggests that
A) familism is a function of strict patriarchal control in Chicano families.
B) familism is, in part, a strategy for surviving difficult economic circumstances.
C) the spirit of familism has been a negative influence in the lives of most Chicanos.
D) familism is important to immigrant families, but over time, extended family ties become less important.
Q2) Which of the following is not a component of the gender roles approach?
A) Women provide affection and emotional support.
B) Men provide economic support.
C) The male and female roles are unequal in power and prestige.
D) Separating men and women into distinctive roles creates stable families and meets the needs of society.
Q3) Distinguish between public and private patriarchy,giving examples of male privilege in each.
Q4) Racial categories are determined by strict and unchanging biological criteria.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Meshing the Worlds of Work and Family
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Q1) Research finds that which of the following is a major reason women increasingly work in the paid labor force?
A) They find it personally fulfilling.
B) They are concerned about their long-term income.
C) They are concerned about Social Security and employer benefits.
D) all of the above
Q2) Which of the following has dramatically increased,as a proportion of working class jobs?
A) men in manufacturing jobs
B) teenagers in manufacturing
C) women in care sector jobs
D) men in the skilled trades
Q3) One of the major problems with the Family and Medical Leave Act is that job protected leaves provided by the law are unpaid.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Outline the range of family-supportive policies implemented by U.S.employers.How adequate are these supports in meeting family needs?
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Chapter 8: The Social Construction of Intimacy
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Q1) An important factor contributing to sexual permissiveness is
A) commercial advertising.
B) prolonged adolescence.
C) sex surveys.
D) all of the above
Q2) Interracial relationships are likely to form in which settings?
A) metropolitan areas
B) the military
C) colleges and universities
D) all of the above
Q3) According to research,which of the following statements about teen sexuality is accurate?
A) Since 1991, sexual intercourse among teens has declined modestly.
B) The sexual activity of teens shows little variability by race.
C) Sexual abstinence is a growing trend among teens.
D) The percentage of teen boys who are sexually active is far higher than the percentage of teen girls who are sexually active.
Q4) Discuss the 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS).Why is this survey important? What does its data tell us about sexuality in the United States?
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Chapter 9: Contemporary Marriages
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Q1) Approximately ten percent of cohabiting heterosexual couples eventually marry each other.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Marriages in the White population tend to be more egalitarian in behavior than those in the African American population.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Since 1970,the percentage of never-married individuals in the 30 to 34 age group in the United States has
A) declined by 10%.
B) remained the same.
C) tripled.
D) become overwhelmingly homosexual.
Q4) What percentage of the U.S.population will eventually marry?
A) 50%
B) 90%
C) 75%
D) 45%
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Chapter 10: Parents and Children
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Q1) Research on children in families with nontraditional gender roles finds
A) these children score significantly lower on measures of psychological well-being than children in traditional families.
B) educational attainment to be significantly lower than for children in traditional families.
C) the effects on children are not adverse.
D) these children are likely to be voluntarily childless as adults.
Q2) Many of the undesirable social outcomes associated with single-parent families are related to high poverty rates among these households.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Pronatalism is the high value society places on having children.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Fertility
A) is not associated with race or ethnicity.
B) is higher among foreign-born women than native-born women.
C) is unrelated to religious observance.
D) all of the above
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Chapter 11: Violence in Families
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Q1) Which of the following may explain the higher rates of spouse abuse for people of color?
A) Cultural norms may support the use of coercive power in some groups.
B) People of color are more likely to experience economic hardship.
C) As a result of institutional racism, minorities may be more likely to be labeled as abusers.
D) all of the above
Q2) Research on the incidence of incest in the United States suggests that A) women are equally likely to be the perpetrators of incest as males.
B) most child victims of incest attempt to report the behavior to authorities.
C) most incest victims are female.
D) the incidence of child sexual abuse appears to be declining in the 1990s.
Q3) Studies of the U.S.population's attitudes about physical punishment within the family suggest that it is generally considered A) illegal.
B) normal violence.
C) reprehensible.
D) a last resort.
Q4) How do the norms of family privacy contribute to the proliferation of family violence?
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Chapter 12: Divorce and Remarriage
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Q1) Which of the following explains this relationship: the older a woman is at the time of divorce,the lower her chances of remarriage.
A) Men have shorter life expectancies, so the pool of eligible men shrinks as women age.
B) As women age, they are viewed as much less desirable partners.
C) Divorced men tend to marry women several years younger than themselves.
D) all of the above
Q2) Among industrial nations,the United States has both a high marriage rate and a high divorce rate.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The differences in Black-White divorce rates are best explained sociologically as a function of
A) cultural differences in the expectations of marriage across races.
B) significant differences in occupation and income across racial groups.
C) religious differences across groups.
D) all of the above
Q4) Discuss "his" and "her" divorce.How do the consequences of divorce differ for husbands and wives?
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Chapter 13: Emergent Families in the Global Era
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Q1) Cohabitation and the single life may be seen as a reflection of both choice and structural constraints.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the authors of Sex in America,assessing the proportion of gays in the population is difficult because
A) sexual behavior is subject to change.
B) homosexuality cannot be defined by a single set of behaviors.
C) homosexual behavior is not easily measured.
D) all of the above
Q3) A recent study of African American's attitudes toward commuting found that commuting was viewed as a way to combat which obstacle?
A) employment limitations
B) restrictive assumptions about one's skills and abilities
C) racial stereotypes and oppression
D) all of the above
Q4) The proportion of the U.S.population living in alternative domestic arrangements has increased markedly.Discuss the social and structural factors that have contributed to this increase.
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Chapter 14: Family Policy for the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) The United States has a coherent,overall family policy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The U.S.family leave policy entitles all employed women to a twelve-week unpaid maternity leave.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is true of restrictions on abortion?
A) Most Americans are opposed to restrictions on abortion.
B) Many states have restrictions on abortion.
C) The Supreme Court has found that restrictions on abortion are unconstitutional.
D) State restrictions on abortion have not affected the availability of abortion.
Q4) The public policy issues especially relevant to working parents are parental leave and child care.Discuss the ways in which government has addressed these issues,as well as the adequacy or inadequacy of government measures.How does the United States compare to other developed countries on these issues?
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