Soc 324 - Sociology of Sex Gender » 2019 » Quiz 3

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Question #1
The phenomenon of the “glass escalator” is the process in which men _________________when they enter female-dominated professions.
A.   quickly move to positions of power
B.   are excluded from managerial positions
C.   are discriminated against by their female coworkers
D.   are paid less than their female coworkers
Question #2
According to Coontz and other sociologists, the “traditional” marriage of the female homemaker and male breadwinner:
A.   was only the norm for a very short period of time in recent history.
B.   is the norm across all cultures.
C.   is scientifically proven to be the best way to raise children.
D.   has been the norm since marriage was invented in the 1600s.
Question #3
The age of first marriage for men and women in the United States has been _______________ over the last 50 years.
A.   decreasing for women.
B.   decreasing for men.
C.   steadily increasing.
D.   steadily decreasing.
Question #4
In the years before the Industrial Revolution in the US, men chose their marriage partners based on:
A.   love.
B.   sexual attraction.
C.   how long they have lived in the United States.
D.   what they could bring to help sustain their family business or farm.
Question #5
According to the video Tying the Knot, the first radical change to marriage happened due to:
A.   the ability of gay couples to get married.
B.   the ability to grant a green card through marriage.
C.   the move from working at home on the farm to working outside the home in factories.
D.   the ability of men to have more than one wife.
Question #6
The theory of role complementarity argues that ___________________ in heterosexual marriages.
A.   husbands show their love through actions rather than words
B.   women need more compliments to feel secure
C.   expressions of gender similarity are a sexual turn on
D.   expressions of gender difference are a sexual turn on
Question #7
Data analysis from the Marital and Relationship Survey (2006) on the connection of household division of labor to sexual frequency and satisfaction found that:
A.   counter-conventional couples were the most satisfied with their sex lives.
B.   egalitarian couples had the highest sexual frequency.
C.   counter-conventional couples had the highest sexual frequency.
D.   egalitarian couples had the lowest sexual frequency.
Question #8
In contrast to heterosexual fathers, gay men in this McKee (2017) study typically ___________________ after becoming a parent.
A.   decreased their hours at work
B.   still made work their highest priority
C.   found female family members to take over child-rearing.
D.   increased their hours at work
Question #9
Gay men in the McKee (2017) study placed importance and meaning on to parenting after becoming fathers not only because it was personally fulfilling but also because they felt:
A.   judgement from lesbian mothers.
B.   extra pressure since most of them did not grow up with fathers.
C.   judgement from others that their parenting reflected on the abilities of all LGBT parents.
D.   extra pressure to make sure their children do not end up gay.
Question #10
In the early 1900s, California hospitals and state institutions participated in a eugenics program in which:
A.   20,000 Japanese immigrants were exterminated.
B.   20,000 patients were used for involuntary breeding programs.
C.   20,000 patients were involuntarily sterilized.
D.   20,000 biological children were taken away from same-sex couples.
Question #11
The public justification for California’s eugenics program was:
A.   population control.
B.   Nazi ideology.
C.   to decrease the white population.
D.   to increase diversity in the state’s population.
Question #12
Queer theorists argue that the institution of marriage is bad for gay people because:
A.   it marginalizes alternative sexualities, forms of intimacy, and family structures.
B.   gay marriage is still not federally recognized in the United States.
C.   gay couples received more benefits in civil unions.
D.   religious institutions still discriminate against gay people.
Question #13
Heteronormativity refers to the set of ideas, norms, and practices that support:
A.   alternative forms of intimacy in marriage.
B.   homosexuality as the most common form of sexual and family relationships.
C.   non-monogamous marriage and alternative family formation.
D.   heterosexuality and gender differentiation as the norm for sexual and family relationships.
Question #14
Clover (2016) argues that ______________ is one of the key issues that is often overlooked in the literature on being queer and pregnant.
A.   how to access insurance
B.   whose name goes on the birth certificate
C.   how to have sex safely
D.   finding the right hospital

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