Chapter 12

Question 1

The experience of a division between the directly lived, bodily world of women’s lives and the dominant, masculine, abstract, institutional world to which they must adapt

Answer 1

bifurcated consciousness

Question 2

Deep and structures of language that take the form of paired terms and carry opposed or opposite meanings

Answer 2

binary opposition

Question 3

A term that refers to individuals whose gender identity matches the gender and sex they were assigned at birth

Answer 3

cisgender

Question 4

A social condition in which heteronormativity is enforced by formal and informal measures that encourage heterosexuality and penalize sexual variation

Answer 4

compulsory heterosexuality

Question 5

The way people perform tasks based on assigned gender scripts and gendered feedback from significant others

Answer 5

doing gender

Question 6

An ideological framework that states that there are only two possible sexes, male and female, and two possible genders, masculine and feminine

Answer 6

dominant gender schema

Question 7

Women are doubly exploited in capitalist society when they work outside the home for wages and within the home as unpaid domestic labour

Answer 7

double exploitation of women

Question 8

A concept that prohibits premarital sexual intercourse for women, but allows it for men

Answer 8

double standard

Question 9

The dominant styles of femininity, which express women’s subordination to men within a particular culture at a particular time

Answer 9

emphasized femininity

Question 10

A term that refers to social or cultural distinctions of behaviours that are considered male or female

Answer 10

gender

Question 11

Harmful acts directed at an individual based on their gender

Answer 11

gender-based violence

Question 12

A psychiatric classification describing persons experiencing a strong and persistent incongruity between their anatomy (their sex) and the gender with which they identify

Answer 12

gender dysphoria

Question 13

An individual’s sense of being either masculine or feminine

Answer 13

gender identity

Question 14

Society’s concept of how men and women should behave

Answer 14

gender role

Question 15

Sexual orientation which takes into account both sexes and genders of people

Answer 15

gendered sexuality

Question 16

An invisible barrier that prevents women from achieving positions of leadership

Answer 16

glass ceiling

Question 17

The dominant male ideal within a particular culture at a particular time

Answer 17

hegemonic masculinity

Question 18

The belief and practice that heterosexuality is the only normal sexual orientation

Answer 18

heteronormativity

Question 19

An extreme or irrational aversion to homosexuals

Answer 19

homophobia

Question 20

Individuals with a mixture of male and female sexual organs or physical characteristics

Answer 20

intersex

Question 21

Emotional, sexual and physical violence by one intimate partner against another

Answer 21

intimate partner violence

Question 22

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, two spirited and other minority sexualities

Answer 22

LGBTQ2+

Question 23

A style of masculinity characterized as virile, aggressive, intransigent, and hyper-masculine

Answer 23

machismo

Question 24

A type of femininity, often stigmatized, defined by non-compliance with male domination

Answer 24

pariah femininity

Question 25

The principle that individuals are guided by instinctual drives for immediate gratification

Answer 25

pleasure principle

Question 26

The idea of a society in which sex and gender distinctions no longer matter

Answer 26

postgenderism

Question 27

A scholarly discipline that questions fixed (normative) definitions of gender and sexuality

Answer 27

queer theory

Question 28

The principle that individuals must regulate instinctual drives for gratification according to the reality of the restrictions, rules and moral codes of the social order

Answer 28

reality principle

Question 29

A term that denotes the presence of physical or physiological differences between males and females

Answer 29

sex

Question 30

The prejudiced belief that one sex should be valued over another

Answer 30

sexism

Question 31

A person’s capacity for sexual feelings and the orientation of their emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex (male or female)

Answer 31

sexuality

Question 32

The process wherein people come to understand societal norms and expectations, to accept society’s beliefs, and to be aware of societal values

Answer 32

socialization

Question 33

Oversimplified ideas about groups of people

Answer 33

stereotypes

Question 34

A term that refers to individuals who identify with the behaviours and characteristics that are the opposite of their biological sex

Answer 34

transgender

Question 35

Transgender individuals who alter their bodies through medical interventions such as surgery and hormonal therapy

Answer 35

transsex