QUESTION 1

1. The concentration of women in certain occupations and men in other occupations is referred to as:

		human capital hypothesis
		devaluation hypothesis
		structured choice
		occupational sex segregation

5 points

QUESTION 2

1. Education and income levels, occupational and political involvement, and civil rights for women and men differ because of the ways the organization of society and its institutions subordinate individuals and groups based on their sex classification according to the concept of:

		structural ageism
		structural racism
		structural sexism
		structural oppression

5 points

QUESTION 3

1. ___________hold that the subordinate position of women in society is a consequence of social inducement rather than biological differences that led to the traditional division of labor.

		feminists
		symbolic interactionists
		conflict theorists
		structural functionalists

5 points

QUESTION 4

1. Mathematics and statistics, physical sciences and science technologies, computer and information sciences and support services are fields of study with the lowest percentage of degrees awarded to females due to which of the following:

		females do not have the brain capacity to succeed in these areas
		there is a lack of female role models and little encouragement to pursue these degrees
		females opt out of these areas because of the glass escalator effect
		females prefer the motherhood penalty

5 points

QUESTION 5

1. Women are paid less because the work they perform is socially defined as less valuable than the work men perform according to the:

		human capital hypothesis
		devaluation hypothesis
		glass escalator hypothesis
		none of the above

5 points

QUESTION 6

1. Poor diet, lack of exercise, higher drug use, refusal to ask for help or wear a seat belt, stress related activities, working longer hours, and being less likely to have a regular physician in the U.S. results in a shorter life expectancy in the U.S. for:

		males
		females
		immigrants
		all of the above

5 points

QUESTION 7

1. Women gained the right to vote in 1920 in the U.S. yet female elected officials are in low numbers for which of the following reasons?

	A.	those who want to run often lack the political backing of powerful individuals and interest groups
	B.	running for political office requires large sums of money
	C.	women are too weak to take on leadership positions
	D.	women tend to vote for male candidates over female candidates
	E.	A and C only
	F.	A, B AND D

5 points

QUESTION 8

1. Based on the video about gender role ideology, the perspectives presented are consistent with which perspective below?

		structural functionalist
		conflict perspective
		symbolic interactionist perspective
		feminist perspective

QUESTION 9

1. a. Define the concept of implicit bias.

b. How does implicit bias affect the lives of people (agegroups, race/ethnicity, sex,income and level of education)? Select one and provide 2 examples of its affect i.e. on age group .

QUESTION 10

1. Where does the U.S. rankin Gender Gap Rankings for 2014 according to Table 10.1 p. 322? Why is the U.S. not in the top 10?

QUESTION 11

1. Female poverty rates state by state for the year 2016 are the LOWEST in what 3 states, and provide the percentages?

QUESTION 12

1. After you have reviewed the data inTable10.2p.330TheWageGap,summarize the overall findings.

QUESTION 13

1. In whatwaysdoes thegendergapimpactfamilies?

QUESTION 14

1. Do you agree with the material presented under the sectionThe School Experience andCulturalSexism: instructional material, student-teacher interactions, school programs and policies, sex segregation in the classroom and self-fulfilling prophecy? why or why not?

QUESTION 15

1. What isgender-basedviolence?

QUESTION 16

1. a.What are concerns of the Men'sRight'sMovement based on information in the textbook?

b. Based on how many black and brown men are mistreated by the police, what other concerns would you add to the list of the Men's Right's Movement?