Chapter 11

Question 1

Discrimination

Answer 1

Overt negative and unequal treatment of the members of some social group or stratum solely because of their membership in the group or stratum.

Question 2

Dual labor market theory

Answer 2

A theory that contends that the labor market is divided into two segments- the primary and secondary labor markets.

Question 3

Gender apartheid

Answer 3

The extreme segregation and exclusion of women from public life.

Question 4

Title IX

Answer 4

Legislation that prohibits schools that receive federal funds from discriminating based on gender.

Question 5

Multiracial feminism

Answer 5

Form of feminist theory noting the exclusion of women of color from other forms of theory and centering its analysis and experiences of all women.

Question 6

Intersexed

Answer 6

The person bought the physical characteristics of both sexes also known as hermaphrodite

Question 7

Labor force participation rate

Answer 7

The percentage of those in a given category who are employed.

Question 8

Civil rights act of 1964

Answer 8

Federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex.

Question 9

Gender identity

Answer 9

One’s definition of self is a woman or man.

Question 10

Occupational segregation

Answer 10

A pattern in which different groups of workers are separated into different occupations.

Question 11

Transgender

Answer 11

Those who deviate from the binary (that is, male or female) system of gender.

Question 12

Sex

Answer 12

Used to refer to biological identity is male or female.

Question 13

Feminism

Answer 13

Way of thinking and acting that advocates a more just society for women.

Question 14

Equal rights amendment

Answer 14

A constitutional principle, never passed, guaranteeing the quality of rights under the law shall not be denied or the basis of sex.

Question 15

Liberal feminism

Answer 15

Feminist theoretical perspective asserting that the origin of woman’s inequality is and traditions of the past imposed barriers to women’s advancement.

Question 16

Gender segregation

Answer 16

The distribution of men and women in different jobs in the labor force.

Question 17

Gender socialization

Answer 17

The process by which men and women learning expectations associated with the sex.

Question 18

Feminist theory

Answer 18

Analysis of women and men in society intended to improve women’s lives.

Question 19

Patriarchy

Answer 19

A society or group where men have power over women.

Question 20

Gender stratification

Answer 20

Financial hierarchy based on gender

Question 21

Equal rights amendment

Answer 21

The constitutional principle, never passed, guaranteeing the equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged on the basis of sex.

Question 22

Doing gender

Answer 22

A theoretical perspective that interprets gender is something accomplished through the ongoing social interactions will have with one another.

Question 23

Matriarchy

Answer 23

A female controlled society

Question 24

Biological determinism

Answer 24

Explanations that attribute complex social phenomena to physical characteristics.

Question 25

Human capital theory

Answer 25

A theory that explains differences in wages as the result of differences in the individual characteristics of the workers.

Question 26

Equal pay act (1963)

Answer 26

First legislation requiring equal pay for equal work.

Question 27

Equal pay act (1963)

Answer 27

First legislation requiring equal pay for equal work.