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Which perspective suggests that men may originally have become powerful in preindustrial times because their size,physical strength,and freedom from childbearing duties allowed them to dominate women physically,but in contemporary societies these considerations are not so important?

A) Functionalist perspective
B) Conflict perspective
C) Interactionist perspective
D) Global perspective

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The veil may be seen as a rejection of ________ prevalent in Western societies.

A) strict standards of modesty
B) the beauty myth
C) human rights standards
D) the respect for women

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Male nurses,male grade school teachers,and male librarians may experience some scorn in the larger society.Within the workplace itself,they

Describe the process involved in the social construction of gender roles in a society.Give some examples to support your answer.

Which of the following is an occupation where women are overrepresented?

Recent research suggests that men who shave their body hair,cry in public,and have pedicures are violating gender norms.

The major institutions in our society are run equally by both males and females.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote in national elections?

Gender,race,and social class are the only sources of oppression in the United States.

Worldwide,women hold about 10 percent of corporate managerial positions.

The majority of individuals who experience sexual harassment do not report it.

Homophobia has almost no bearing on gender-role socialization.

The ideology that one sex is superior to the other is known as

Define the term glass escalator,and discuss its significance regarding gender stratification.

A conflict theorist would argue that men's work is uniformly valued,while women's work (whether unpaid labor in the home or wage labor)is devalued.

The expectation that women will be emotionally supportive is an example of

Explain feminism as a collective consciousness.

Women everywhere suffer from second-class status.

Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality is called

Which of the following would be an example of men traditionally "doing masculinity"?