Question 1

Using an analogy to Marx's analysis of class conflict,conflict theorists would argue that women are in a position comparable to that of the

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A)  bourgeoisie.
B)  proletariat.
C)  middle class.
D)  upper class.

Question 2

Explain why roller-derby girls would not fit into the traditional U.S.gender roles.

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Question 3

Which sociological perspective emphasizes that patterns of male dominance in cross-sex conversations that express themselves in day-to-day exchanges represent one more battlegrounds in the struggle for gender equality as women try to get a word in edgewise?

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A)  functionalist perspective
B)  conflict perspective
C)  interactionist perspective
D)  global perspective

Question 4

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 such considerations are not so important?

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A)  functionalist perspective
B)  conflict perspective
C)  interactionist perspective
D)  global perspective

Question 5

Roller-derby girls conform to traditional gender roles within the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The overwhelming majority of people begin with a definite sex and quickly receive societal messages about how to behave.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Some radical feminist theorists view the oppression of women in male-dominated societies as

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A)  retribution.
B)  inevitable.
C)  hyperreactive.
D)  merely a falsity.

Question 9

The idea that men play a variety of gender roles,including a nurturing-caring role and an effeminate-gay role,in addition to their traditional gender role of dominating women,is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  multidimensional males.
B)  multiple masculinities.
C)  multifaceted men.
D)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 10

Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional gender?

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A)  fist fighting in public
B)  organizing a birthday lunch at work
C)  not crying when hurt
D)  carrying lots of heavy items

Question 11

Which sociologist coined the term matrix of domination?

Accepted Answer

A)  Patricia Hill Collins
B)  Karl Marx
C)  bell hooks
D)  Ida Wells-Barnett

Question 12

Which sociological perspective has influenced the creation of the feminist perspective the most?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective
B)  conflict perspective
C)  interactionist perspective
D)  global perspective

Question 13

Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality is called

Accepted Answer

A)  homophobia.
B)  gay fright.
C)  Ebonics.
D)  heterophobia.

Question 14

When Ted consoles his sister about a difficult romantic breakup,works a day shift as a construction worker,and sings nursery rhymes to his young daughter so that she may fall asleep,he is portraying

Accepted Answer

A)  expressiveness.
B)  multiple masculinities.
C)  instrumentality.
D)  gender expectations.

Question 15

A man doing which of the following would be a violation of the male gender role?

Accepted Answer

A)  playing football
B)  getting into a fight
C)  joining a knitting circle
D)  spitting

Question 16

Which term refers to the convergence of social forces that contributes to the subordinate status of poor non-White women?

Accepted Answer

A)  web of power
B)  kitchen prison
C)  matrix of domination
D)  gender trap

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