SOC Unit #4

What is the difference between sex and gender?

• Gender is biological and determined by DNA, Sex is culturally taught and learned

• Gender is culturally taught and learned, Sex is biological and determined by DNA

• Both gender and sex is culturally taught and learned

According to Talcott Parson's structural functionalist theory, why do gender roles exist in society?

• To educate children about the differences between sex and gender

• Western Society has no notion of gender

• To perform complementary roles that maintain stable family environments

Which reflects the symbolic interactionists' approach to gender?

• Gender is about rewarding power and privilege's to some and disadvantage to others

• Gender is part of day-to-day life and that gender is something a person does, rather than being innate

• symbolic interactionists believe western society does not differentiate between genders

What is one historical way women have been disadvantaged in society?

• Being prevented from voting

• Having limited access to education

• Both are correct

Which of these best describes the concept of intersectionality?

• How race, class, gender, and sexual orientation play into a persons advantage/disadvantage

• How gender dictates a person's access to power and resources

• Neither of these

Which was one major success for liberal feminists?

• Women being prevented from serving in combat roles

• Elimination of gender norms in society

• Passing of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote

Traditionally, how have books, movies, and media reinforced gender roles?

• Most have female lead characters, reinforcing femen's dominant role in society

• Most have male lead characters, reinforcing men's dominant role in society

• Movies, books, and media often blur the lines of gender.

How are women often portrayed in traditional children's books? (Think Cat in the Hat)

• As nurturing or motherly figures

• As the lead character who overcomes challenges

• As the villian

What is gendercide?

• Systematic elimination of particular gender, usually females

• Systematic elimination of particular gender, usually males

• Negative attitude and feelings towards men in society

Gender stratification can best be described as...

• the equal distribution of power and resources to all in a society

• the unequal distribution of power and resources across genders

• The privilege's granted to women in society