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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. intersexed

C. transgender

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

B. that sex and gender are a spectrum

C. 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.

D. what their true-born sex is.

Question #3

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

A. are impotent, do not menstruate and are abstinent

B. are impotent

C. are abstinent

D. do not menstruate and are abstinent

Question #4

Gender codes are:

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

B. Genetic markers of maleness and femaleness

C. Natural expressions of biological variation

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

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. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #6

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

A. Hijra

B. Muxe

C. Hijra, Two spirits and Muxe

D. Two spirits and Muxe

Question #7

Gender is:

A. represented through symbols

B. a spectrum when observed cross culturally

C. learned in a social context and represented through symbols

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

Question #8

An example of a gendered analogy of the body is:

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

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

C. Spermatogenesis is produces an 'amazing magnitude'

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

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 binary

B. Gender is a spectrum

C. Sexuality is a spectrum

D. Sexuality is a binary

Question #10

Hijras interest anthropologists mainly because they are

A. increasingly acting as prostitutes

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

C. homosexual

D. exotic

Question #11

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #12

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

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