How do most sociologist differentiate between sex and gender?
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Sex is biological; gender is social
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Patriarchy can be defined as:
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a society in which women are dominated by men
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What do functionalists generally believe to be true about gender?
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Some social roles are better suited to one gender than the other.
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According to conflict theory, why are women's contributions to family life devalued?
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As a social group, men benefit from maintaining their dominant status.
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When does socialization begin?
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before birth
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, replacing a housewife with paid laborers would cost atleast $100,000 per year. How could this be interpreted according to conflict theory?
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Men have a great deal to lose if gender segregation disappears.
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At what point in children's school careers do gender norms become firmly established?
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By 5th grade
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Medical research has demonstrated that individuals who have higher levels of testosterone are more assertive, dominant, and competitive. However, as the social psychologist Allen Mazur noticed in his study of chess competitions, testosterone levels rose in chess players before a match and then rose again in the match's winner, but they fell in the loser. What does this suggest about the origin of gender?
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Gender comes from an interaction between biology and social contexts.
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In the opening pages of the Feminine Mystique, Betty Friendan wrote about a problem that "lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women." What was this problem?
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Women experienced dissatisfaction
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The second-wave feminist movement was associated with the issue of:
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women's equal access to employment and education.
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