Sociology Chapter 8 Quiz

Until 1973, the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association listed homosexuality as:

In the one-sex model, it was believed that both a man's and a woman's orgasm were required for conception. When the two-sex model gained momentum, women and men were viewed as radically different creatures, and the female orgasm became viewed as:

For the Sambia, taking in semen of older men by performing fellatio is the only way to:

A man who commits a homosexual act within prison:

Gender structures social relationships between people unequally. This is a statement that would be supported by which group?

Which of the following aligns with the arguments of black feminism?

Anthropologist Don Kulick (1998) conducted an ethnography of the transgender prostitutes in Brazil, known as travesti. Which of the following did he find to be true?

Feminist philosopher Elizabeth Grosz proposed that we view the relationship between sex (the natural) and gender (the social) as existing on a Möbius strip because:

When token men enter feminized jobs, they enjoy a quicker rise to leadership positions. This is referred to as the:

Janet Lever found that boys and girls played differently on the playground. In comparison to boys, girls tended to:

Many people believe sex to be an either/or situation (either male or female), but sociologists believe these pure categories are:

In his book The History of Sexuality (1978), Michel Foucault contends that the classification of homosexuality as a kind of deviance was a result of:

Angie writes a college paper about the origins of patriarchy. Following Gayle Rubin's theory closely, she argues that:

Which of the following is one of the reasons why sociologists view gender as a social construction rather than a biological given?

Which of the following examples calls into question the two firm categories of sex and gender that dominate our thinking?

Em is a genderqueer individual who wants to be referred to as "ze" at college. Given today's policy environment, which is most likely? Em's college:

Sociologist Cynthia Fuchs Epstein argues that deceptive distinctions are those sex differences that arise out of the roles individuals occupy rather than from some innate force. Which of the following is an example of deceptive distinctions?

Feminist psychoanalyst Nancy Chodorow believes that if men share mothering with women, then:

Bob and Sue paint their baby's room pink as soon as they find out they are having a girl. They are beginning to provide the baby with what?

By looking at anthropological findings in tribal societies, sociologists can see fluidity in gender, which helps us see that the boundaries within our own system of gender:

In the classroom, compared to boys, girls:

John Gray's book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus was a number-one best seller for more than a decade. Which of the following is one of the reasons his book has been so popular?

According to Michelle Rosaldo's theory, regardless of time or culture, women tend to be associated with ________ and men tend to be associated with ________.

In Brazil, gender is determined by:

Judith Lorber believes that gender is a social institution because it is:

John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (1992), takes the position that the different temperaments, emotions, and languages of males and females are rooted in:

In Navajo tribes, there are three genders. Which of the following is their third gender category?

After a traumatic accident, a male baby is left with a micropenis that is badly damaged. Based on the case of David Reimer, what would likely be most helpful?

Race, birth order, generational cohort, sex, and parental wealth are key sociological variables that are said to resist fixed effects because they:

Jobs that have been feminized, such as teaching or secretarial work, are also referred to as: