Sociology of Gender Exam Materials
Course Introduction
Sociology of Gender explores the social constructions and dynamics of gender in various cultural and institutional contexts. The course examines how gender identities are formed, maintained, and challenged, analyzing the interplay between gender, power, and social structures such as family, education, media, and work. Students will critique classical and contemporary theories of gender, investigate intersectional factors like race, class, and sexuality, and consider how policies and practices shape experiences of masculinity, femininity, and non-binary identities across societies.
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Gender Ideas Interactions Institutions 2nd Edition by Lisa Wade
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Chapter 1: Ideas
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Q1) Lillian does not have a fixed gender identity.What term best describes them?
A)cisgender
B)gender fluid
C)female-bodied
D)transgender
Answer: B
Q2) Danielle was born with XXY chromosomes.She is someone who is
A)gender fluid.
B)gender queer.
C)intersex.
D)transgender.
Answer: C
Q3) How do people with intersex bodies provide evidence that the gender binary fails to describe reality?
A)They have chromosomes that do not match either XX or XY.
B)Their gender identities do not match their perceived sex.
C)Their gender identities always match their perceived sex.
D)They have chromosomes that match either XX or XY.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Bodies
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Q1) Ellen believes that all gender differences are the product of our environments;we learn and are socialized into gender differences.Ellen believes in a __________ explanation of gender differences.
A)bioculturalist
B)culturalist
C)interactionist
D)naturalist
Answer: B
Q2) What do we learn from comparing the degree of sexual dimorphism among humans to that of other species?
A)The human species is not sexually dimorphic.
B)Men and women are far more similar than they are different.
C)Men and women are just as sexually dimorphic as most other species.
D)The human species is highly sexually dimorphic.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Performances
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Q1) Why do most of us do gender,at least a little,in our everyday interactions?
A)If you don't do gender,you become culturally unintelligible and people will not know how to interact with you.
B)We all find doing gender to be enjoyable and pleasurable.
C)Our biological differences program us to act in specific,gendered ways.
D)It isn't possible to not do gender,so everyone always does it.
Answer: A
Q2) In Belgium,the color pink is seen as a color for boys,while in the United States,the color pink is seen as a color for girls.The different views of pink show how there can be
__________ in gender rules.
A)cross-cultural variation
B)historical variation
C)gender accounts
D)gender policing
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Intersections
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Q1) How do class and ability intersect in the gendered strategies men adopt?
A)Wealthy,disabled men use their financial resources to gain independence.
B)Poor,able-bodied men become Breadwinners.
C)Wealthy,able-bodied men use their privileges to focus on their families.
D)Working-class,disabled men become Tough Guys.
Q2) What conditions make it more likely that Julia will adopt a Family Focused gender strategy?
A)if she faces limited job opportunities and is married to a man with a high-paying job
B)if she faces limited job prospects and is recently divorced
C)if she is promoted to partner at a law firm and her husband is promoted to CEO at a marketing firm
D)if she is promoted to partner at a law firm and her husband works irregularly as a plumber
Q3) What conditions make it more likely that Danielle will adopt a Super Mom gender strategy?
A)if she is married to a man with a high-paying job and loses her job
B)if she is the CEO of a tech company and her husband is a stay-at-home dad
C)if she is a single mother and doesn't make enough money to hire outside help
D)if she is an award-winning doctor and has a full-time nanny
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Chapter 5: Inequality: Men and Masculinities
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Q1) One group of gay men in college formed a fraternity that allowed heterosexual men to be members but excluded gay women from its activities.The chapter describes this incident in order to demonstrate that A)men usually see benefits from membership in the category "men." B)men's gender is more salient than women's gender. C)men who are gay really are not different from other men. D)gay men are more likely to make patriarchal bargains than heterosexual men.
Q2) According to hegemonic masculinity,who would be considered the "real man" in our collective imagination?
A)a man who exudes strength,sensitivity,and power
B)a man who exudes intellect,sensitivity,and power
C)a man who exudes strength,charm,and power
D)a man who exudes intellect,sensitivity,and charm
Q3) What are some ways in which power is symbolically linked to masculinity in our society? Discuss three original examples in which power is conflated with masculine traits or performances.
Q4) First,define the term "hybrid masculinities." Then,evaluate whether you think hybrid masculinities can lead to a more gender-equal society.Make sure to explain your reasoning.
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Chapter 6: Inequality: Women and Femininities
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Q1) According to their statements,George Sodini and Elliot Roger engaged in mass killing of women because
A)they thought that women should be less sexually promiscuous.
B)they succumbed to peer pressure.
C)they disliked the social transition of men becoming inferior to women.
D)they had a sense of entitlement to sex and affection from women and became aggressive when they did not get this response.
Q2) According to the textbook authors,the main types of patriarchal bargains available to women are
A)gender equivocation,feminine apologetic,and emphasized femininity.
B)benevolent and hostile sexism.
C)feminism,hegemonic masculinity,and emphatic sameness.
D)emphasized femininity,emphatic sameness,and gender equivocation.
Q3) Why do the authors call benevolent sexism and hostile sexism Plan A and Plan B respectively,as strategies to ensure women's subordination? In the development of your answer,give an example of how benevolent sexism and hostile sexism work together to ensure women's subordination.
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Chapter 7: Institutions
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Q1) Since the passage of Title IX,the number of high school female athletes has increased
A)threefold.
B)fivefold.
C)eightfold.
D)tenfold.
Q2) The failure of efforts to install gender-neutral bathrooms in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University illustrates
A)the importance of winning support from transgender faculty staff members.
B)that gender-neutral bathrooms aren't a feasible option.
C)that changing institutions requires widespread support.
D)the impact of discriminatory behavior by the building commissioner.
Q3) Institutional inertia makes social change difficult and yet we see a lot of social change in gender relations in many different social institutions.How do you explain this apparent contradiction? Discuss a few of the causal forces impelling change in a social institution of your own choosing.
Q4) Do you believe it's possible to just be an individual in today's society? Why or why not?
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Chapter 8: Change
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Q1) How might the fact that 1957 saw the highest rate of teen pregnancy in American history best be explained?
A)Working-class teens in the booming economy had little incentive to complete their education.
B)The cultural emphasis on family and children led to a drop in the age of marriage,so women were married and had their first child as teenagers.
C)Going steady led young people to fall in love and accelerate their sexual experimentation over time.
D)Laws prohibiting statutory rape were not yet in place and men took advantage of the lack of parental supervision.
Q2) What does the concept of commodification convey?
A)exchanges between productive labor in factories and reproductive labor at home
B)the advertising that is used to sell things
C)the making of things that can be bought and sold
D)making useful things at home
Q3) The lives of men and women have changed dramatically during America's short history.Give an example each of a technological,economic,political,and demographic change and describe how it shifted gender relations.
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Chapter 9: Sexualities
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Q1) Which of the following expressions best represents today's new sexual imperatives?
A)There is pressure to be sexually active as being a virgin after a certain age is seen as a liability.
B)Saying "yes" to sex has been replaced by a pressure to say "no."
C)The loss of virginity has been equated with masturbation and anal sex.
D)The majority of 15- to 24-year-olds prefer to avoid sexual intercourse.
Q2) Natalia is __________;she is desired by all the men she works with at a local bank. A)sexual
B)sexy
C)sexually liberated
D)sexually subjectified
Q3) "Baby boomers" refers to the generation
A)who were born during the Great Depression and who grew up during the 1930s and 1940s.
B)who were born before World War II and who grew up during the 1940s and 1950s.
C)who were born after World War II and who grew up during the 1950s and 1960s.
D)who were born during the Vietnam War and who grew up during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Chapter 10: Families
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Q1) Lydia has no children of her own,but she provides material and emotional support to the children who live in her neighborhood.Lydia is a good example of
A)a concerted cultivator.
B)an intensive mother.
C)an othermother.
D)a traditionalist.
Q2) Lisa is a single parent who works full time as a firefighter.Today,when her shift at the fire station ends,Lisa will prepare dinner for her family,oversee her children's homework,give her youngest child a bath,clean the kitchen,and do a load of laundry.What term best describes the work that Lisa will be doing?
A)concerted cultivation
B)homemaking
C)intensive motherhood
D)second shift
Q3) Since 1950,voluntary unmarried motherhood has increased because A)divorce rates have increased.
B)having a child out of wedlock has become less stigmatized.
C)parenting is more rewarding than marriage.
D)women want to challenge the ideology of intensive motherhood.
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Chapter 11: Work
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Q1) According to research conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,__________ is the single largest contributor to the gender wage gap.
A)the gender composition of a job
B)interruptions to women's employment over the course of their working life
C)discrimination in the workplace
D)benevolent and hostile sexism
Q2) The university is hiring a new instructor,and the department head is interviewing three candidates for the job: (a)an unmarried woman without children(b)a married father of two,and (c)a mother with a newborn baby.Which of these candidates would you predict would likely be offered more money to start? Which of these candidates would likely be offered more training and promotion opportunities? Use the terms and data offered in the chapter to explain who you think has a better chance of being hired as well as having more promotion opportunities,and offer an explanation for your prediction.
Q3) The textbook authors write: "Gendered job segregation in itself . . . isn't sufficient to explain the pay gap.It's only the start." Explain this statement.How does gender segregation relate to the gender gap in pay? What other factors are important in explaining the pay gap?
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Chapter 12: Politics
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Q1) Laws that make it illegal to discriminate in the workplace are examples of A)policies designed to tackle androcentrism.
B)equal value models of governance.
C)policies that ensure men and women participate equally.
D)equal access policies aimed to reduce sexism.
Q2) Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1893?
A)New Zealand
B)United States
C)South Africa
D)France
Q3) Which of the following countries offers maternity leave to mothers at 100 percent of their income for the longest number of weeks?
A)Poland
B)Costa Rica
C)Netherlands
D)Spain
Q4) There are three main approaches to gender equality: equal access,equal value,and equal sharing.Compare and contrast the benefits and drawbacks of each of these approaches.Describe what a feminist in each different approach might say a feminist utopia would look like.
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