Revel Ch. 11 Soc: Gender Stratification

Which concept refers to society placing men and women at different social levels?

gender stratification

In 1900, just 20 percent of women were in the paid labor force in the United States. Today, the share is about __________ percent.

57

In the United States, for every dollar earned by men, women earn how much?

78 cents

Which of the following statements about gender in advertising is correct?

Ads present women in ways that suggest they have less power than men and seek men's attention.

Which of the following statements about gender is correct?

Gender affects self-image and social life in important ways.

Which of the following women is at the greatest risk of violence?

Violet, who lives with her husband and three young children. Both she and her husband work to support their family, but they are challenged by the fact that together they earn only $30,000 a year.

Gender shapes the college courses that students choose. Which of the following college courses is most likely to have a larger share of men than women?

computer science

Sociologists characterize most of the places we go and activities we engage in as __________, meaning that they are defined as either masculine or feminine.

gendered

In general, women come closest to men in terms of social standing in which of the following societies?

high-income nations

Only one version of feminism—__________ feminism—accepts the basic order of society as it is.

liberal

In which of the following jobs do we find about 97 percent of the workers are women?

preschool teacher

Friedrich Engels is associated with which sociological approach?

social-conflict theory

A community of men and women maintain distinct sexual identities but share housework, child-care responsibilities, and all other work in the community equally. These social arrangements illustrate which of the following?

socialist feminism