Sociology Module 5- CH8

In the United States, women who work full-time earn on average ______.

a. 50 cents for every dollar a man earns b. between 80 and 83 cents for every dollar a man earns (X) c. the same amount of money that men earn d. 5 cents more for every dollar than a man earns

______ is the disparity in income earned between men and women.

a. A glass elevator b. Gender role confusion c. The gender wage gap (X) d. A glass ceiling

______ describes the expectations for behaviors that are socially appropriate for a particular gender.

a. Intersex b. Gender segregation c. Sexuality d. Gender scripts (X)

Which of the following statements about employment and education is accurate?

a. Men earn more degrees and are more likely to get higher paying jobs. b. Women are less likely to earn a college degree and more likely to stay at home. c. Men are more likely to earn graduate degrees and higher paying jobs. d. Women earn more degrees, but make less money than men. (X)

Which term describes an individual with ambiguous sex characteristics that are not clearly defined as male or female?

a. androgynous b. transgender c. intersex (X) d. cisgender

Which of the following is an example of a gender script for males?

a. be the leader and show no emotion (X) b. be aware of how you look to females c. be open to the needs of others d. be calm and compassionate

Bed courting, or ______, involved a couple spending the night together with a board between them.

a. bundling b. hooking up c. calling d. dating

Two college students meet at a bar and then have sex without any additional expectations of intimacy. What is this an example of?

a. bundling b. hooking up (X) c. sexual assault d. sexual stalking

Which of the following occurs when college students get together at the end of an evening spent at a party or bar for the purposes of an intimate, noncommitted encounter?

a. calling b. hooking up (X) c. dating d. bundling

Which theory focuses on the gender lessons we learn as children and how they then define our actions?

a. conflict b. structural functionalist c. symbolic interactionist (X) d. gender as social structure

Which theory of gender is characterized by an openness to combine all other theories?

a. gender as social structure (X) b. conflict c. symbolic interactionist d. structural functionalist

A couple in the colonial era could sleep in the same bed if there was a board between them. This was called ______.

a. gender segregation b. bundling (X) c. hooking up d. gender script

A person who is ______ perceives themself as a member of a different gender from the one assigned at birth.

a. intersex b. androgynous c. cisgender d. transgender (X)

Which term pertains to the physical attraction an individual feels for another of a particular sex?

a. intersexuality b. sexuality (X) c. transgender d. gender script

Which of the following occurs when forceful physical tactics are consistently used to control a partner?

a. intimate partner violence b. situational couple violence c. sexual assault d. intimate terrorism (X)

Which of the following groups would be most likely to experience food insecurity?

a. older adults b. male-headed families c. young adults d. female-headed families (X)

A couple has a baby, but the doctor is unable to determine the sex of the child. How should the doctor describe the child's identity?

a. role confusion b. cisgender c. intersex (X) d. gender neutrality

Which of the following occurs when men enjoy higher level positions in female-dominated professions?

a. second shift b. glass ceiling c. glass escalator (X) d. gender wage gap

A man is looked down on for giving up his power by staying home and taking care of his children. Which theory would support this idea?

a. symbolic interactionist b. conflict perspective c. structural functionalist d. gender as social structure

Which perspective would look at the inequality and power embedded in gender

a. symbolic interactionist b. gender as social structure c. structural functionalist d. conflict (X)