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1. The biological nature of what it means to be male or female is known as .
2. refers to the social construction of what it means to be male or female in a given culture and time period, and what social roles are expected of each accordingly.
3. A society in which men as a group are dominant over women as a group is known as a
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4. refers to people being given or denied resources and privileges on the basis of their sex, whether in a work, school, or other social environments.
5. refers to how certain jobs are segregated as “men’s work” and other jobs as “women’s work.”
6. A culture of hatred, disrespect, and/or mistrust of women is known as a culture of .
7. The theory of posits that men became dominant because they have a monopoly on fighting and would sometimes take wives effectively as slaves by raiding rival groups.
8. The theory of posits that men became dominant because women are the primary providers of childcare.
9. The theory of posits that men became dominant because of their overwhelming control of the forces of production, including farmable land and capital.
10. The wave of feminism focused on the right of women to enter the workforce, including occupations traditionally restricted to men, as well as the right to birth control and legal abortion.
11. The wave of feminism focused on removing the double standards for men and women about sex and intimate relationships, questioning dubious masculine aspects of culture (like competitiveness and the suppression of emotion), and a greater emphasis on minority women and poor women.
12. The wave of feminism focused on the right to vote, eventually succeeding with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
13. The invisible barrier that keeps women from advancing to the top levels at work is known as the .
14. The metaphor of the instead notes that while there is no longer a barrier that completely prevents women from reaching the top, there are many social forces that make it difficult for women at all levels of the social ladder to advance at work.
15. Physical distinctions between males and females not directly connected with reproduction which mostly develop during puberty are known as sex characteristics.
16. The sex organs associated with male and female anatomy ascribed since birth are known as sex characteristics.
17. A prejudiced conception of a person because of the group they belong to, which assumes that everyone in this group is the same, is known as a .
18. Violence directed by one sex against the other is known as .
19. The now obsolete practice in which a widow immolates herself (sets herself on fire) on her husband's funeral pyre or commits suicide in another fashion shortly after her husband's death is known as .
20. When women are killed by a male relative—usually husbands, brothers, fathers, or uncles—because they are thought to have brought disgrace on their families, these are known as .
21. The making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks, including the abuse of one’s position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands on someone, is known as .
22. True or False? Gender is a constant across different cultures and throughout history:
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23. True or False? “Doing” gender refers to gender expressions that reaffirm the meaning of femininity and masculinity and teaches notions of gender to children:
24. True or False? Gender must be learned, whether it is taught through parents and the family, peer groups, the media, or authority figures:
25. True or False? Languages around the world only apply linguistic genders to people, places, and things that are biologically appropriate to be labeled as male, female, or neutral: .
26. True or False? Cross-culturally, greater status and social prestige are ascribed to male activities than to female activities:
27. True or False? Females and males of the human species show the same sex differences as any other species:
28. True or False? The gender gap for income no longer exists in America today:
29. True or False? Women have a tendency to miss out on work experience and career opportunities because of their larger burden of childcare relative to men as well as the expectation of this burden in planning their future:
30. True or False? Women make up the same proportion of computer science majors today as they did in the past:
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