Gender

Title IX of the Education Amendments was passed during the second wave of feminism.

A version of feminist thought that employs Marxist paradigms to view women as an oppressed social class is called Socialist Feminism

The United States is the only society where men and women perform identical functions, and are ranked and treated equally.

Humans typically learn about gender and how they should act based on their gender categories ______.

Sexual Dimorphism describes The belief that there are two discrete types of people—male and female—who can be distinguished on the basis of real, objective, biological criteria

Biological traits that distinguish males from females, such as the internal and external reproductive anatomy, chromosomes, and hormones is called

Genitalia, hormones, and chromosomes that are typically present at birth are components of ______.

The set of expectations attached to a particular sex category—male or female is called

A variety of ideas, movements, and organizations that have sought to reduce gender stratification and achieve gender equality is called

One’s sense of being a girl/woman, boy/man, or some other gender is called

People whose gender identity “matches” the biological sex they were assigned at birth is called

A person who has a gender identity different from their assigned sex is ______.

Typically, medical professionals assign a person’s gender based on genitalia seen in ultrasounds or at birth.

Despite the many achievements of the first, second, and third waves of feminism, many areas of gender inequality in social life remain, both in the United States and globally.

Consciousness-Raising describes A radical feminist social movement technique designed to help women make connections between the personal and the political in their lives

Physical or biological characteristics such as genitalia, hormones, and chromosomes that are used to classify people as female, male, or intersex; see gender is called

Oriented toward interactions with other people is called

The privileged, _______ expression of masculinity in a society is called hegemonic masculinity

Behaviors that societies consider appropriate for people of different sexes refer to Gender Roles.

Gender Ideology is the totality of ideas about _____ within a culture.

A gender system in which women’s status is lowered by their almost exclusive cultural identification with the home and children, whereas men are identified with public, prestigious, economic, and political roles is known as _____

Gender Hierarchy means the ways in which gendered activities and attributes are differentially valued and related to the distribution of_____ in a society.

A situation in which negative consequences ensue regardless of the choice that is made is called

Like modern racism, an indirect, more subtle way of expressing prejudice against women.

A type of feminism that suggests men and women are essentially the same, and gender inequality can be eliminated through the reduction of legal barriers to women’s full participation in society is called liberal feminism

Which component of Title IX requires that schools demonstrate that the percentage of men and women athletes is about the same as the percentage of men and women students?

Someone born with anatomical or genetic ambiguity about their biological sex is called ______

Gender identity matches the sex category assigned at birth is called

A society characterized by male dominance is called Patriarchy

A version of feminist thought that suggests gender is a fundamental aspect of the way society functions and serves as an integral tool for distributing power and resources among people and groups is called Radical Feminism

The way decisions get made about who does what, who gets what and who does not, who gets to make plans, and who gets to give orders or take them is called

The gap in earnings between women and men, usually expressed as a percentage or proportion of what women are paid relative to their male equivalents is called

A Intersectional approach that examines how social structures like public policies and laws make intersecting identities the vehicle for vulnerability and exclusion; for instance, being both a woman and a member of a racially subordinated group makes one vulnerable to combined forces of racism and sexism

Occupational segregation is a(n) __________ phenomenon.

Feminism is anti-men.

Colleges and universities receiving federal funding are required under Title IX to respond promptly and effectively to sexual violence against students.

Social scientists assert that gender differences are caused by all of the following except

Gender is a cultural construction that makes _____ differences between male and female into socially meaningful categories.

Feminism refers to all the movements that have sought to increase gender stratification.

The first woman senator was Nancy Pelosi, sworn into office on November 21, 1972.

The tendency of elite men to select candidates for advancement who are most like themselves is called ________ reproduction

A set of expectations attached to a particular status or position in society is called

Gender inequality is a persistent feature of all modern societies.

Refers to a combination of “masculine” and “feminine” traits is called

The idea that people act to create and assert their gender rather than an innate quality that people are born with is called doing gender

People who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex is called

Intersectionality is the overlapping nature of _____ categories.

Occupations that have been predominantly been held by women that are typically low in pay and prestige is called Pink Collar

Sex is the biological difference between male and female.

Mothers who earn less than both men and women without ______ are called the Motherhood Penalty.