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Anthropology 102 - Human Ways of Life » Spring 2021 » Topic 9 Quiz Sex and Gender

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Question #1

Individuals who diverge from the male–female norm and exhibit sexual organs and functions somewhere between, including both male and female, are called

A. transsexual

B. transgender

C. intersexed

D. cisgendered

Question #2

Some theoriest believe that gender is an act of "public self naming". For example, the statement, "I am woman". In this naming, individuals are thought to:

A. that sex and gender are a spectrum

B. teach themselves and others how to related to them in a social context.

C. what their true-born sex is.

D. teach themselves and others how to related to them in a social context, that sex and gender are a spectrum and what their true-born sex is.

Question #3

The Hijra say that they are neither man nor woman because (ideally) they:

A. do not menstruate and are abstinent

B. are impotent

C. are abstinent

D. are impotent, do not menstruate and are abstinent

Question #4

Gender codes are:

A. Genetic markers of maleness and femaleness

B. Cultural values we place on the visible differences between sex anatomy

C. Cultural values we place on the visible differences between sex anatomy

D. Natural expressions of biological variation

Question #5

The panopticon is a metaphor for the way in which people watch each other causing us to monitor our own behavior in case we are being watched.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #6

Which of the following is an example of a “third gender”:

A. Two spirits and Muxe

B. Hijra, Two spirits and Muxe

C. Muxe

D. Hijra

Question #7

Gender is:

A. learned in a social context and represented through symbols

B. represented through symbols, a spectrum when observed cross culturally and learned in a social context

C. represented through symbols

D. a spectrum when observed cross culturally

Question #8

An example of a gendered analogy of the body is:

A. Spermatogenesis is produces an 'amazing magnitude'

B. Menstruation as "debris" and ovaries as a "scarred, battered organ."

C. Menstruation as "debris", ovaries as a "scarred, battered organ', and spermatogenesis is produces an 'amazing magnitude'

D. Ovaries as a "scarred, battered organ."

Question #9

The Sambia of Papua New Guinea engage in "ritualized homosexuality" in which the men are expected to engage in same-sex sexual behaviors. Simultaneously, these same men are expected to marry and procreate with someone of the opposite sex. This highlights the idea that:

A. Gender is a spectrum

B. Sexuality is a binary

C. Sexuality is a spectrum

D. Gender is a binary

Question #10

Hijras interest anthropologists mainly because they are

A. exotic

B. a reflection of a gender/sex system that sees meaning in combining male and female

C. increasingly acting as prostitutes

D. homosexual

Question #11

The yoni and the linga are symbols for the male and female aspects embodied by hijra.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #12

Hijra identify themselves as neither man nor women because they lack (or deny) any reproductive capacity.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

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