Sociology Quiz 3

According to the author, "hermaphrodite" is an accurate and current term to describe a person both with both sets of genitals.

false

Most societies are very similar in terms of their view of gender differences, their levels of gender inequality, and their amounts of gender-related violence and control.

false

The tendency for women to use language that is less powerful and more intimate is related more to gender than to social positions.

false

The author believes that all the following groups have won greater or lesser degrees of social legitimacy EXCEPT

the intersex

According to medical researcher Dr. Ann Fausto-Sterling, one in every ________ births is intersex.

2,000

Completing a college degree increased the likelihood that a woman would identify herself as lesbian/bisexual by what percentage?

900

Kimmel states that, for men, gender has become "invisible." What does he mean by that?

Gender is ignored whenever the individuals under discussion are male, even when the issue is clearly linked to gender.

refers to cosmetic genetic cutting that is performed solely to make intersex infants resemble normal males and females.

IGM

Which of the following statements about gender is true, according to Kimmel?

The similarities between men and women are greater than the differences between them

According to the author, all but which of the following are criticisms of LeVay's study?

There were no women subjects involved in the study.

According to Kimmel, the "nature" perspective and the "nurture" perspective have all of the following in common EXCEPT:

all of the above

According to Michael Kimmel, the emphasis on differences between men and women is problematic because:

despite these supposed differences, we are all still evaluated by the same criteria at work and school.

The result of Simon LeVay's study was that, on average, the ___________ in gay men and straight women is smaller than in straight men.

hypothalamus

The result of Michael Bailey and Richard Pillard's study was that the "concordance rate" of homosexual self-identification was the highest for:

identical twins

According to Kimmel, our society has historically

ignored or trivialized women's social contributions

The concept of gender is problematic because:

it expresses universal inequality between men and women

is an attempt to determine how a trait is distributed among members of a kin group.

pedigree

In the recent past, the U.S. government funded research into the best treatments for norm-transcending kids.

true

Sexual orientation of parents appears to have limited impact on the sexual orientation of their children.

true