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.   are paid less than their female coworkers
B.   are excluded from managerial positions
C.   are discriminated against by their female coworkers
D.   quickly move to positions of power
Question #2
According to Coontz and other sociologists, the “traditional” marriage of the female homemaker and male breadwinner:
A.   is scientifically proven to be the best way to raise children.
B.   was only the norm for a very short period of time in recent history.
C.   is the norm across all cultures.
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.   steadily decreasing.
B.   steadily increasing.
C.   decreasing for men.
D.   decreasing for women.
Question #4
In the years before the Industrial Revolution in the US, men chose their marriage partners based on:
A.   what they could bring to help sustain their family business or farm.
B.   how long they have lived in the United States.
C.   sexual attraction.
D.   love.
Question #5
According to the video Tying the Knot, the first radical change to marriage happened due to:
A.   the ability of men to have more than one wife.
B.   the move from working at home on the farm to working outside the home in factories.
C.   the ability to grant a green card through marriage.
D.   the ability of gay couples to get married.
Question #6
The theory of role complementarity argues that ___________________ in heterosexual marriages.
A.   women need more compliments to feel secure
B.   expressions of gender similarity are a sexual turn on
C.   husbands show their love through actions rather than words
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 lowest sexual frequency.
C.   counter-conventional couples had the highest sexual frequency.
D.   egalitarian couples had the highest sexual frequency.
Question #8
In contrast to heterosexual fathers, gay men in this McKee (2017) study typically ___________________ after becoming a parent.
A.   increased their hours at work
B.   found female family members to take over child-rearing.
C.   decreased their hours at work
D.   still made work their highest priority
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 others that their parenting reflected on the abilities of all LGBT parents.
B.   extra pressure since most of them did not grow up with fathers.
C.   extra pressure to make sure their children do not end up gay.
D.   judgement from lesbian mothers.
Question #10
In the early 1900s, California hospitals and state institutions participated in a eugenics program in which:
A.   20,000 patients were used for involuntary breeding programs.
B.   20,000 Japanese immigrants were exterminated.
C.   20,000 biological children were taken away from same-sex couples.
D.   20,000 patients were involuntarily sterilized.
Question #11
The public justification for California’s eugenics program was:
A.   to decrease the white population.
B.   population control.
C.   to increase diversity in the state’s population.
D.   Nazi ideology.
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.   homosexuality as the most common form of sexual and family relationships.
B.   non-monogamous marriage and alternative family formation.
C.   alternative forms of intimacy in marriage.
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.   whose name goes on the birth certificate
B.   how to access insurance
C.   finding the right hospital
D.   how to have sex safely

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