Chapter 10 exam 2

Question 1

Gender roles

Answer 1

attitudes and behaviors that are considered masculine and feminine in a particular culture

Question 2

sex

Answer 2

anatomical and other biological characteristics that differ between males and females and that originate in genetic differences

Question 3

Gender

Answer 3

behavioral characteristics that differ male and female based on culturally enforced and socially learned norms and roles

Question 4

Transgender

Answer 4

gender identity, expression, or behavior differs from their assigned sex or is outside the gender binary

Question 5

transexual

Answer 5

people who use surgery and hormones to change their sex to match their preferred gender

Question 6

sexuality

Answer 6

way people construct their sexual desires and relationships, including the norms governing sexual behavior

Question 7

sex category

Answer 7

socially required identification display that confirms someones membership in a given category

Question 8

second shift

Answer 8

the unpaid housework that women typically do after they come home from their paid employment

Question 9

stereotype threat

Answer 9

situation when an individual is at risk of confirming a negative stereotype about his or her social group

Question 10

Gender wage gap

Answer 10

difference male and female full time

Question 11

occupational segregation by gender

Answer 11

the construction of men and women in diff occupations

Question 12

labor supply factors

Answer 12

reasons why women or men may “prefer” particular occupation

Question 13

labor demand factors

Answer 13

factors that highlight the needs and preferences of the employer

Question 14

human capital

Answer 14

the skills and knowledge a person possesses that make him or her valuable in a particular workplace

Question 15

indirect labor costs

Answer 15

cost for an employee to take off of work for reason

Question 16

glass ceiling

Answer 16

artificial boundary that allows women to see next salary level but obstacles to obtain it

Question 17

glass escalator

Answer 17

promotional boost men gain in female dominated occupations

Question 18

Sexual harassment

Answer 18

unwelcome sexual advances

Question 19

Quid pro quo sexual harassment

Answer 19

the demand or implication that a sexual favor will buy a promotion or opportunity to keep ones job

Question 20

hostile environment harassment

Answer 20

conditions in the workplace that someone perceives as intimidating, uncomfortable or distressing

Question 21

Feminism

Answer 21

the belief that social equality should exist between the sexes

Question 22

sexism

Answer 22

the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other and is therefore justified in having a dominant social position

Question 23

Liberal feminism

Answer 23

the belief that women’s inequality is the result of imperfect institutions

Question 24

socialist feminist

Answer 24

women’s inequality results from the combination of capitalist economy relations and male domination
both must be fixed before can achieve equality

Question 25

radical feminism

Answer 25

the belief that women's inequality is the cause of other inequalities

Question 26

patriarchy

Answer 26

any set of social relationships in which men dominate women

Question 27

standpoint theory

Answer 27

knowledge we create is conditioned by where we stand in our social position

Question 28

standpoint epistemology

Answer 28

perspective that argues that what we know is affected by the position we occupy in society