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Sociology - E4 - P1
Sociology - Exam 4 - Part 1 - Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| personal traits & social positions members of a society attach to being female or male | Gender |
| unequal distribution of wealth, power, & privilege between men & women | Gender stratification |
| rule by mothers, females dominate males | Matriarchy |
| rule by fathers, males dominate females | Patriarchy |
| belief that one sex is innately superior to the other | Sexism |
| attitudes & activities that a society links to each sex | Gender roles |
| women in Administrative work | "pink-collar" |
| homemaking done in the evening after a woman's day of work | "Second shift" |
| Womens' sufferage amendment | 19th Amendment - 1920 |
| any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart & subordinates | Minority |
| Interplay of race, class, & gender | Intersection Theory |
| comments, gestures, or physical contacts of a sexual nature that are deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome | Sexual Harassment |
| Sexual Harassment - This for that | Quid pro quo |
| Talcott Parsons's Complementary set of roles | Instrumental, Expressive |
| Who said capitalism intensifies male domination? | Friedrich Engels |
| Types of feminism: | Liberal Socialist Radical |
| Where would you look in U.S. schools to find course in which men outnumber women? | the sciences |
| Margaret Mead's research on gender in three societies supports the conclusion that | societies may define both "masculine" and "feminine" differently |
| In about _______ of all cases of rape and attempted rape on U.S. college campuses, a woman knows her attacker. | 90% |
| Friedrich Engels claimed that capitalism | increases men's domination of women |
| Talcott Parsons described gender in terms of | complementarity |
| Talcott Parsons explained that society encourages _______ behavior in males, and _____ in females | instrumental; expressive |
| In 2009, U.S. women held about _______ of seats in Congress. | 17% |
| What share of married U.S. couples depend on two incomes? | more than half |
| In the United States in 2008, women in the labor force working full time earned ______ of the income earned by men working full time. | 77% |
| In 2009, research revealed that about what share of our country's richest people are women? | 10% |
| Friedrich Engels claimed men's desire to control their property brought about | monogamous marriage |
| As a social movement, feminism began with its "first wave" back in the | 1840s |
| What share of today's U.S. women are working for income? | 60% |