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Q: What influences how we do gender in social settings?

Q: Discuss how one side of the scholarly debate claims there is a significant lack of difference in women's and men's verbal communication.

Q: How do we know how to do gender in a particular culture?

Q: What do we call shared societal expectations for conduct and behaviors that are considered appropriate for females and males?

Q: Learning gender from a variety of sources is part of which process?

Q: What types of gender roles create significant negative results?

Q: What is the term for anatomical and biological distinctions between males and females?

Q: What is the term for individuals whose gender identity and gender expression correspond to their assigned sex category?

Q: What are the three implications of the concept that gender is not a "singular thing"?

Q: Describe how some girls and boys bend prescriptive gender norms, the typical responses from society, and some of the negative impact.

Q: What is a binary male/female understanding of the relationship between sex and gender?

Q: What is required socially with regard to gender?

Q: Explain why gender is not internal in the same way as gender identity.

Q: What are the three types of traits that are used to define gender?

Q: What is described as an enduring emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectionate attraction to others?

Q: Explain how nonverbal behaviors are key aspects of our gender expression.

Q: What resource for doing gender is an expectation that women and girls will pay more for the female version of many products?

Q: Discuss the theoretical view that men and women follow different rules for verbal communication and inhabit different speech communities.

Q: What is an inner sense of being a male or female?

Q: If we are transitioning from a predominantly binary understanding of gender, what are we then recognizing?

Q: Gender _______ is a binary male/female understanding of the relationship between sex and gender.

Q: _______ is an inner sense of being a male or female.

Q: Why can gender be described as "interactional"?

Q: What are two terms to describe people who discard binary understandings of gender?

Q: How would people whose gender identity does not correspond to their assigned sex category be described?

Q: Some people who discard binary understandings of gender describe themselves as gender fluid or _______.

Q: If the supervisor at a company is careful to assign men and women different tasks because he's convinced their capabilities are very different, what might that reveal? a. benevolent sexism b. hostile sexism c. a sexist attitude d. passive sexism

Q: Which pair of words is synonymous? a. gender fluid and binary b. transgender and nonbinary c. genderqueer and gender fluid d. transgender and homosexual Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.

Q: Anatomical and biological distinctions between males and females are known as _______.

Q: _______ for doing gender are found in the social structures that separate the sexes.

Q: Ruby Rose describes being _______ as "not really feeling like you're at one end of the spectrum or the other."

Q: _______ are shared societal expectations for conduct and behaviors that are considered appropriate for females and males.

Q: Prescriptive gender roles create negative effects. a. True b. False

Q: When Jamila buys shaving razors for herself at the store, she usually buys the less expensive variety made for men. What is the most likely reason she does this? a. to express gender fluidity b. to reject feminine gender roles c. to avoid a pink tax d. to subvert gender polarization

Q: Associating one sex or the other with social, psychological, and cultural traits is a way to define: a. sex. b. gender. c. genderqueer. d. gender fluidity.

Q: Girls are generally allowed, more than boys, to bend prescriptive gender norms. a. True b. False

Q: What is the primary source for shaping our sense of gender identity? a. family b. school c. social institutions d. religion

Q: Gender is a static object that is unchanging over time. a. True b. False

Q: Because we accomplish gender in communication with others, it is: a. transmissional. b. transactional. c. interactional. d. conditional.

Q: What is defined as an enduring emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectionate attraction to others? a. interaction b. gender identity c. sexual orientation d. doing gender

Q: What is gender identity? a. a deeply felt awareness of being male or female b. an internal identification of being a girl or a boy c. an inner sense of being a man or a woman d. All of the options are correct.

Q: If a male sales manager will not give female personnel important accounts because he worries they might display inappropriate emotions and seem unprofessional to clients, what is he likely displaying? a. benevolent sexism b. hostile sexism c. business acumen d. applied sexism

Q: Expected behaviors in a social setting do not influence how we do gender. a. True b. False

Q: One resource for doing gender is a "pink tax" paid for the female version of many products. a. True b. False

Q: Because a primary way we understand gender is by our interaction in society, gender is: a. culturally inclusive. b. personally determined. c. socially constructed. d. structurally determined.

Q: Gender does not vary according to culture because all cultures have the same standards for expected behaviors. a. True b. False

Q: All theoretical views regarding gender and verbal communication agree that men and women follow different rules and inhabit different speech communities. a. True b. False

Q: People with more sexist attitudes also believe that there are greater differences between males and females. a. True b. False

Q: What kind of communication reveals key aspects of our gender expression? a. verbal b. nonverbal c. instrumental d. personal

Q: Research comparing same-sex and opposite-sex romantic relationships reveals more similarities than differences. a. True b. False

Q: What are shared societal expectations for conduct and behaviors that are deemed appropriate for females and males? a. gender roles b. conduct rules c. sex codes d. culture indices

Q: Gender is a social construct that depends on interaction with others. a. True b. False

Q: Segregating children by sex in elementary school does not reinforce the notion that boys and girls are innately different. a. True b. False

Q: What is defined as an inner sense of being a male or female? a. gender identity b. sex c. gender socialization d. gender fluidity

Q: Which term describes a binary male/female understanding of the relationship between sex and gender? a. gender fluidity b. gender polarization c. genderqueer d. gender identity

Q: People described as gender fluid are those whose gender identity and gender expression correspond to their assigned sex category. a. True b. False

Q: Gender identity is an inner sense of being a male or female. a. True b. False

Q: Gender is socially constructed because a primary way we understand gender is by our interaction in society. a. True b. False

Q: What does research show about differences in same-sex and opposite-sex romantic relationships? a. no differences b. no similarities c. more differences than similarities d. more similarities than differences

Q: What typically occurs in elementary schools that reinforces the notion that boys and girls are fundamentally different? a. gender discrimination b. heterosexual bias c. sex segregation d. bullying

Q: What is a principal way in which we do gender and express our gender identities? a. sex roles b. gender uncertainty c. gender fluidity d. communication

Q: One side of the scholarly debate posits a significant lack of difference in women's and men's: a. verbal communication. b. nonverbal communication. c. speech communities. d. gender expression.

Q: What type of sexism is defined as possessing a condescending attitude toward the opposite sex? a. passive b. hostile c. benevolent d. dyadic

Q: Forcing children to play with different toys depending on their gender reinforces the notion that boys and girls are innately different. a. True b. False

Q: What type of sexism is having animus toward the opposite sex, often revealed in negative stereotypes? a. passive b. hostile c. impersonal d. dyadic

Q: What concept explains that people do not fit into only one category but are the result of a summation of individual and cultural backgrounds and experiences? a. gender fluidity b. transgender spectrum c. intersectionality d. personal nuances

Q: While vacationing on a Pacific island, Caroline noticed that local men and women wear similar beach attire like flower-print sarongs, and even flowers behind their ears. What concept is helpful in understanding this difference from her own notions of gender role expression? a. Cultures in this part of the world are more accepting of homosexuality than in the United States. b. Men who wear clothing similar to the women in their culture are genderqueer. c. Different cultures have different norms for expected behaviors and gender expression. d. Genderqueer behavior is openly displayed and accepted in most cultures.

Q: Researchers note that people with more sexist attitudes also believe that males and females have greater: a. similarities. b. misunderstanding. c. conflict. d. differences.

Q: What institutional structures influence our choices in forming friendships? a. family homes b. workplaces c. school systems d. All of the options are correct.

Q: If a fire service commander consistently orders a female firefighter to work a support position outside of burning buildings because he wants to keep her safe, what might he be displaying? a. benevolent sexism b. hostile sexism c. professional experience d. applied sexism

Q: Family is the first source for shaping our sense of gender identity. a. True b. False

Q: What are institutional structures that instill the idea of innate or natural differences between girls and boys? a. gender norms b. gender roles c. natural structures d. societal resources

Q: What do we typically understand in a social setting that influences how we do gender? a. gender fluidity b. expected behaviors c. gender conformity d. societal structures

Q: Nonverbal behaviors are not significant aspects of our gender expression. a. True b. False

Q: Doing gender is something we are required to do: a. naturally. b. socially. c. internally. d. voluntarily.

Q: What kinds of outcomes, according to researchers, result from prescriptive gender roles? a. positive b. negative c. neutral d. All of the options are correct.

Q: Resources for doing gender are found in the social structures that separate the sexes. a. True b. False

Q: People typically expect your gender expression to coincide with your: a. sex. b. gender. c. gender identity. d. gender spectrum.

Q: Gender is interactional because we accomplish it in communication with others. a. True b. False

Q: People whose gender identity corresponds to their assigned sex category are on the transgender spectrum. a. True b. False