Sociology: Chapter 10- Quiz Review

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According to intersection theory, ___ is a source of social disadvantage?
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Gender, race, and class.
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Approximately what percentage of U.S women are working for income today?
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60 percent.
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As of 2011, women held about what share of seats in Congress?
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39 percent.
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Engels claimed that men's desire to control their property brought about?
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Monogamous marriage.
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Friedrich Engels claimed that capitalism?
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Increased patriarchy.
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If you could end violence against women in one setting, doing so in which setting would reduce this type of violence the most?
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The home.
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In what percentage of rapes and attempted rapes on college campuses does the woman know her attacker?
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85-90 percent.
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In which job categories are the workers mostly women?
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Elementary school teachers.
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Margaret Mead's research on gender in three societies in New Guinea illustrates that?
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Traits that are defined as feminine in one society may be masculine in another.
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On average, do women or men live longer?
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On average, women outlive men by about 5 years.
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Sexual harassment became an issue in the United States in?
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The 1990s.
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Sexual harassment is an important social issue because?
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Half of working women report receiving unwanted sexual attention.
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Structural-functional analysis points out that industrialization encourages?
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Growing gender equality.
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Talcott Parsons described gender in terms of?
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Complementarity.
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Talcott Parsons explained that males tend to exhibit ___ behavior, while females are more ___?
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Instrumental; Expressive.
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The category of the U.S. population in which women do most of the housework is?
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Employed, married, people who have children.
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The concept of "comparable worth" means that?
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People should be paid according to the level of skill and responsibility involved in the work.
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The concept of "glass ceiling" refers to?
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The barrier that prevents women from reaching the top.
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What is the form of social organization in which females dominate males?
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Matriarchy.
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When did feminism begin as a social movement in the United States?
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In the 1840s.
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___ refers to social organization in which males dominate females.
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Patriarchy.
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Which type of feminism accepts the basic organization of U.S society, but seeks to give women the same rights and opportunities as men?
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Liberal feminism.
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Which type of feminism seeks to end patriarchy by eliminating the idea of gender itself?
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Racial feminism.