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WorksheetsChapter 8: Gender Inequalities all over the World
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In developed countries, according to Doeple and Tertilt (2009), the decline of gender inequality started when single women were granted:
Rights over their own bodies
Freedom to express one’s self
Rights to own properties
Rights to vote or suffrage
In developing countries, which socio-political event enabled new constitutions that allowed smaller/fewer gender gaps between men and women?
Election of democrats
Pride march
Decolonization
Globalization
In developed countries, which socio-political event is causing structural changes that allow women to dominate in manufacturing and services work?
Election of democrats
Pride march
Decolonization
Globalization
According to Klasen (2020), which of the following may NOT be considered as an area of rapid progress in developing countries, making gender inequality to decline?
Rapid decline in gender gaps in rights
Rapid decrease in women’s labor force participation
Universal enrollments in primary and secondary levels
Rapid decline in gender gaps in deaths
Which of the following is closest to the meaning of Boko Haram?
Young children should abandon schools patterned after Americans.
Societies should be encouraged to apply the sharia law.
Books should be burned down to the ground.
Women should remain at home and take care of young children.
The #MeToo Movement and Boko Haram are connected to each other in what sense?
They both elevate women status in society
One is pro-women, while the other is anti-women
They both value the role of women in nation building
One is anti-LGBT, while the other is pro-LGBT
Which of the following is true?
Women had political rights before they had economic rights.
From 1960s to 2000s, gender inequality was stagnant.
The Taliban in Afghanistan fights for gender equality.
The care burden put on women is a reason why there is gender inequality.
Which of the following is NOT true?
Giving labor market opportunities to women resulted to the decline in gender inequality.
Men are always supportive of the success of women in their careers.
The allocation of the “care burden” mostly on women goes against all gender equality efforts.
It is difficult to achieve gender equality in communist countries.
Which of the following is not listed by Klasen (2020) as possible reasons for stagnation and regression of gender equality between men and women?
Cultural and religious beliefs
Men feeling threatened by women
Women have complex objectives and interests.
Successful women undermine the role of men as breadwinner for the family.
To address stagnation and regress of gender equality, which of the following is NOT recommended by Klasen (2020)?
Honoring of women in the field of child-rearing, such as awarding for Best Mother of the Year
Creation of jobs and income opportunities for women, even those short-term ones.
Gender activism and campaigns, such as 18-day Campaign to End VAWC.
Scientific research (e.g., thesis) about norms and values that shape gender relations in specific situations and events.
