Gender, Identity, and Society Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the complex relationships between gender, identity, and society, examining how gender is constructed, performed, and understood within various cultural and historical contexts. Students will analyze key theories of gender and sexuality, consider intersections with race, class, and other social categories, and investigate the roles of media, institutions, and social movements in shaping identities and experiences. Through readings, discussions, and case studies, the course encourages critical reflection on how societal norms influence individual and collective identities and the ongoing struggles for gender equity and inclusion.
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Gendered Lives 11th Edition by Julia
T. Wood
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Chapter 1: The Study of Communication Gender and Culture
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Q1) Transgendered
Answer: Individuals who feel that their biologically assigned sex does not match their true sexual identity.
Q2) Androgyny is a term describing individuals who "feel their biological sex is wrongthat they are really women trapped in men's bodies or men trapped in women's bodies." A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The term "cis" has come to be used to designate a person who fits conventional gender categories.Explain how cis is used and why it is an important word.
Answer: A biological woman who identifies as female and feminine is a ciswoman or cisgendered.A man who identifies as male and masculine is a cisman and cisgendered. This is an important word because it recognizes that the terms "woman" and "man" assume sex and gender in line with cultural expectations.Since our culture calls attention to being gay and being transgendered,for example,people who fit conventional categories should be similarly labeled.
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches to Gender Development
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Q1) Queer theory
Answer: Queer theory critiques conventional categories of identity and cultural views of "normal" and "abnormal" particularly in relation to sexuality.To queer theory,labels like man,woman,gay,and straight are meaningless and misleading.
Q2) According to psychodynamic theories,the first relationship we have fundamentally influences how we define our gender identity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Symbolic interaction theory
Answer: Symbolic interactionism claims that through communication with others we learn who we are and how our culture views our identity.Parents and other people tell the child who she or he is through their communication with him/her.
Q4) Social learning theory suggests that children actively seek to perform their gender correctly.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: The Rhetorical Shaping of Gender: Competing Images of Women
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Q1) NOW
Answer: The National Organization for Women was formed in 1966.As a liberal feminist organization,NOW works toward guaranteeing equal voice and rights for women.Lobbying,proposing legislation,and organizing public conventions are included in rhetorical strategies employed.
Q2) Liberal feminist ideology claims that women and men are alike in all important respects and so should have equal rights.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Intersectionality,the recognition that women differ in many ways including race,class, sexual orientation,body shape and size,and (dis)ability,is a hallmark of first-wave feminism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: The Rhetorical Shaping of Gender: Competing Images of Men
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Q1) Men's rights activist
Q2) Football coach Joe Ehrmann,who stresses to his team the value of building relationships,loving one another,and accepting love,is enacting a traitorous identity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is true of NOMAS?
A) It stands for the National Organization of Men Against Sexism.
B) It celebrates traditionally masculine values of courage and ambition.
C) It condemns traditionally masculine values of aggression and emotional insensitivity.
D) It attempts to help men understand how their emotional development has been hindered by our culture's view of masculinity.
E) All of the above.
Q4) When men observe sexist or violent behavior aimed at women and do not intervene,they are enacting bystander behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Bystander behavior
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Chapter 5: Gendered Verbal Communication
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Q1) Polarized thinking
Q2) Neil Armstrong's famous quote,"That's one small step for man,one giant leap for mankind," is an example of
A) male generic language.
B) stereotyping.
C) polarized thinking.
D) verbal hedging.
E) a tag question.
Q3) The extent to which we speak in a masculine or a feminine style varies depending on context and other factors.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Stereotype
Q5) In general,feminine speech community members follow this/these communication practice(s):
A) Language is used to show one's status.
B) Communication is used as primary way to establish and maintain relationships.
C) Direct, abstract speech is used frequently.
D) Language tends to be used to accomplish an instrumental task.
E) Language is used to maintain control of the conversation.
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Chapter 6: Gendered Nonverbal Communication
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Q1) Paralanguage includes spoken words.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Territoriality
Q3) Kinesics
Q4) Which of the following has been advanced as an explanation for gender- and sexrelated differences in ability to decode and interpret others' nonverbal communication?
A) Men and women have biological sex-related differences in brain functioning that influence their ability to understand nonverbal communication.
B) As part of their socialization to be sensitive to and build relationships, females learn to decode nonverbal communication.
C) According to standpoint theory, women must learn to interpret others in order to survive as subordinate members of society.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above. There are no gender- and sex-related differences in ability to decode and interpret others' nonverbal communication.
Q5) Artifacts
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Chapter 7: Becoming Gendered: The Early Years
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Q1) Men in the United States are seen as failing at masculinity if they try to transcend traditional notions of masculinity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Girls typically define their femininity in negative terms-as not masculine or not male.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Ego boundaries
Q4) Before leaving for work every morning,Laura spends about 90 minutes styling her hair and applying her makeup.Before bed each night,she carefully selects the outfit she will wear to work in the morning.At Laura's office,the list of requirements for women in the dress code is two pages long.The requirements for men fill barely half a page.Which theme of femininity does this describe?
A) Appearance still counts.
B) Being superwoman.
C) Being treated negatively by others.
D) There is no single definition of femininity today.
E) Being sensitive.
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Chapter 8: Gendered Education: Communication in Schools
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Q1) More women than men hold full professorships in American colleges and universities. A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the controversy over female abilities for math and/or science.How do females typically fare in math and science? Be sure to address biological and social factors.
Q3) Carolyn is a brilliant,but strict teacher who smiles rarely and is a tough grader.During a review,her department chair tells her she should warm up to the students and offer them more emotional support.Which of the following terms best describes the department chair's evaluation of how Carolyn should act?
A) hidden curriculum
B) hidden hand discrimination
C) invisible hand discrimination
D) invisible curriculum
E) none of the above
Q4) Describe how gender contributes to how women faculty members are expected to serve the universities for which they work.
Q5) Culture of romance
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Chapter 9: Gendered Close Relationships
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Q1) Reflect on a nonromantic,close,same-sex friendship.In what ways does your friendship match or deviate patterns of friendships described in the book?
Q2) In a heterosexual relationship,the male partner would be the one most likely to be responsible for remembering the child's doctor's appointments.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Regardless of sexual orientation,most couples have one partner that takes on most of the burden of caring for the relational health of the couple.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In heterosexual couples in which the woman earns substantially more than the man,the man performs the majority of household labor.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Typically,men do not value friendships as much as women.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Gendered Organizational Communication
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Q1) Because men have dominated in the workplace in the past,many informal networks are largely or exclusively male.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is a reason why women workers tend to lack mentor relationships?
A) Fewer women and minorities hold senior positions in many organizations.
B) Men are often reluctant to mentor women for fear of gossip and innuendo.
C) Men often assume that women are less serious about their careers.
D) Some men are less comfortable with women than men.
E) All of the above.
Q3) Lilly Ledbetter:
Q4) Informal networks
Q5) Both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin were judged based on their adherence (or lack thereof)to the sex object stereotype during the 2008 U.S.presidential campaign.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Glass escalator
Q7) Equal opportunity laws
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Chapter 11: Gendered Media
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Q1) Your book discusses the ways in which unrealistic standards are normalized in media.Choose two of the unrealistic standards,give specific examples of them,and describe the implications of them for media consumers.
Q2) The dominant representation of men in the media is now sensitive,gentle,and in touch with their emotions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Research indicates that watching sexually explicit films that degrade women
A) is reported by a majority of convicted rapists as a regular activity prior to incarceration.
B) is significantly correlated to viewing habits of women in violent romantic relationships. C) is related to men becoming more dominant toward women with whom they interact.
D) has no impact on men's views towards women.
E) has no impact on women's understanding of their relationships with men.
Q4) Third person effect
Q5) Gatekeeper
Q6) Product placement
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Chapter 12: Gendered Power and Violence
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Q1) Pornography
Q2) Christina goes on a date with Todd.After dinner at a nice restaurant,Christina invites Todd back to her apartment for a drink.They open a bottle of wine and start to make out. After a while,Christina is uncomfortable and asks Todd to stop.He ignores her,pulls off her clothes,and has sex with her.After he leaves,although upset,Christina begins to wonder whether she had been "asking for it." The next day she tells a friend what happened and the friend asks her what she had been wearing and how much she had been drinking.This event reflects which of the following?
A) gender intimidation
B) informed consent
C) sexual harassment
D) the rape culture
E) corrective rape
Q3) Hostile environment harassment
Q4) The "reasonable person" standard is used to determine if sexual harassment has occurred.
A)True
B)False
Q5) "Corrective" rape
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Chapter 13: Epilogue: Looking Backward,
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Q1) Making time to think about issues raised in this book is part of developing your voice.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Your Gendered Lives textbook states that the forms of influence you have on cultural views of gender include
A) individual choice, policy change, and political movements.
B) traitorous identity, teaching children, and empowering others.
C) addressing backlash, profeminist movements, and feminist movements.
D) direct power, agenda setting, and voice.
E) participating in backlash, personal choice, and agenda setting.
Q3) "Salad bowl" metaphor
Q4) Agenda-setting is an important way to influence cultural views of gender. A)True
B)False
Q5) Direct power
Q6) Differences are valuable and desirable. A)True B)False
Q7) Voice
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