Gender Roles & Socialisation Quiz

What does it mean when something is “socially constructed”?

• It is built by engineers

• It is biologically inherited

• It is a natural human instinct

• It means we’ve created expectations of how something should be

What is the difference between sex and gender?

• Sex is about expectations, gender is physical

• Sex is biological, gender is about social expectations

• Sex and gender mean the same thing

• Sex is how people feel inside

What do we call the behaviour expected from males and females?

• Stereotypes

• Gender roles

• Masculinity

• Cultural traits

Which word describes society’s expectation for girls to be gentle and kind?

• Manipulation

• Masculine

• Feminine

• Constructed

What is gender role socialisation?

• Training people for careers

• Encouraging boys and girls to be similar

• Learning biology at school

• Teaching boys and girls how to act according to their gender

Which group is not involved in gender role socialisation?

• Weather forecasts

• Family

• Media

• Schools

What is manipulation in gender role socialisation?

• Ignoring gender expectations

• Praising girls for being pretty and boys for being strong

What does Ann Oakley mean by “canalisation”?

• Forcing children to do housework

• Encouraging creativity

• Giving different toys to boys and girls to train them for roles

• Teaching children to swim

How might a parent react if a boy played with a toy kitchen?

• They would encourage him

• They would buy more kitchen toys

• They might disapprove

• They would ask him to share it

Why is it important for sociologists to study gender role socialisation?

• To understand how behaviour is shaped by expectations

• To ban toys

• To teach children faster

• To improve fashion trends