Practice Equations Exam 3 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Men are more likely to take part in ______ while women are more likely to take part in ______.
formal paid labor; informal labor
The construction of masculinity often means that men link their jobs with their
identity.
From colleagues in the workplace, men receive a status ______ from being one of the few men working in a predominantly female occupation.
increase
The concentration of women and men into different jobs, occupations, and firms is known as____.
sex segregation
The invisible pressure that men face to move upward in their professions is known as the:
glass escalator
According to ______, studio executives have gendered status expectations. They expect women to write romantic comedy scripts and male screenwriters to produce action, horror, and thriller scripts.
status characteristics theory
Screenwriters were historically ______ but today are mostly ______.
women, men
______ is a sales approach through which corporations divide a large and diverse market for a product into smaller, homogeneous groups based on characteristics like gender, social class, and race.
Market segmentation
Turning any object, idea, or behavior into something that can be bought and sold is known as:
commodification
Which theoretical perspective argues that audience members are like mindless sheep who absorb any messages given to them?
Media power theory
The main goal of the article, “A Day without Feminism” was what?
To demonstrate the contributions feminism has made by illustrating what a day without those contributions would look like.
Which of the following is NOT a contribution of the women’s movement/feminism?
standardized test questions favoring girls
According to the text, ______ is the ability of some actors to influence the behavior of others.
Power
The ability to impose one’s will by force, threats, or deceit is known as:
coercive power
For most of the history of the United States, the political elite has been composed of ______.
men
The extent to which the members of a particular group represent the interests of that group when they are elected is known as_______.
substantive representation
The process by which people learn what is expected of them in their particular political system is known as:
political socialization
