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Gender Studies MCQs

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Annette Weiner's re-study of the Trobriand Islands shows that :

a) The mother's brother ultimately benefits from all yam harvest gifts

b) Men's trade provides women with real wealth that gives them both influence and power

c) Women can only exert indirect control through their husbands

d) Women cannot have direct influence in a big man society

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Hunter gatherers in Australia display the following with respect to gender roles :

a) Egalitarian

b) Female dominated

c) Women are discriminated against and there is a strong double standard

d) Women control resources because they do most of the work

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In Margaret Mead's study of three New Guinea tribes, Mead tried to show that :

a) Men are universally aggressive

b) Personality differences between men and women vary cross-culturally

c) Women are never expected to be as fierce and aggressive as men

d) Women are universally the gentler sex

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The belief that males are spiritually superior to females is :

a) Expressed in Christianity, Judaism and Islam

b) Characterized by male dominated rituals and myths

c) Often not accepted by women who have their own gender ideologies

d) All of the above

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Family violence and sexual assault are linked with increased rates of :

a) Depression

b) Suicidality

c) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

d) All of the above

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Which is the central premise of strict social constructionist theories of gender studies ?

a) Biological sex must be separated from gender

b) Learned gender roles overlay biological sex

c) Both sex and gender are social constructions

d) A biological basis exists for both sex and gender

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Iroquois women :

a) Dominated politics

b) Influenced council decisions

c) Went to war alongside men

d) Let men distribute the goods they produced

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Proportionally, the rate of hospitalization as a result of interpersonal violence is greater for :

a) People with a disability

b) Indigenous people

c) Immigrants/Refugees

d) Younger women

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Which of the following is least likely to be directly affected by trends in globalization ?

a) Sex tourism

b) Trafficking

c) Formation of alliances between feminist organizations in different countries

d) Prostitution

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Which feminist perspective has patriarchy as its fundamental concept in the explanation of gender inequality ?

a) Liberal feminism

b) Radical feminism

c) Socialist feminism

d) Marxist feminism

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Gender refers to :

a) Emic meanings associated with culturally defined expectations

b) Etic sexual identity based on biological characteristics

c) Different psychological capacities of male/female cognition and perception

d) Different psychological capacities of males and females

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Which of the following characteristic distinguishes chiefs from big men ?

a) Only chiefs have a redistributive role

b) Only chiefs inherit their office and cannot be easily deposed by their followers

c) Only chiefs are fierce war leaders

d) Only chiefs receive labor and gift from their followers

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The most common form of marriage in America is :

a) Monogamy

b) Serial monogamy

c) Plural monogamy

d) Polygyny

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The most common victims of family violence are :

a) Women

b) Men

c) Children

d) None of these

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Which of the following statements is FALSE with regard to domestic life ?

a) Domestic groups do not always have the same personnel

b) Family co-varies with climate

c) Domestic groups always include co-resident mothers an children

d) Husbands and wives do not always share the same domicile

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Iris Marion Young's 1980 article, 'Throwing Like a girl', is concerned with :

a) The lack of female models in sport

b) Discrimination against high-achieving boys in school

c) The main problems within feminist theorizing

d) The gendered training of female bodies

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Physical violence is most commonly perpetrated by :

a) Men towards men

b) Men towards women

c) Women towards men

d) Women towards women

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Which theoretical approach questions the very existence of identity categories, seeing these, rather, as products of specific discourses ?

a) Queer Theory

b) Functionalism

c) Essentialism

d) Feminism

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New Guinea men enjoy power advantages over women with respect to :

a) Preferential nutrition

b) Access to strategic resources

c) Practices concerning pregnancy and female pollution

d) All of the above

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More death and disability among women globally is caused by :

a) Cancer

b) Family violence

c) Traffic accidents

d) War

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The adaptive advantage of incest avoidance and exogamy is that it tends to :

a) Exclude members of other social classes

b) Keep wealth in the extended family

c) Establish intergroup alliance

d) Keep daughters at home

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Bride price is :

a) Money or goods presented to the bride by her family

b) Compensation paid directly to the groom

c) Compensation to the family of groom for their loss of the groom's labour

d) Compensation to the family of the bride for their loss of the bride's reproductive power

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Sociologists use the term 'sex' to refer to :

a) Anatomical and psychological difference

b) Erotic and physical practices

c) Psychological and social difference

d) Emotional and cultural practices

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Polyandry :

a) is very common throughout the world

b) is found mainly in China

c) helps prevent the partition of corporate land by keeping the household undivided

d) is the result of shortage of men

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Marriage to more than one wife is called :

a) Polyandry

b) Polygyny

c) Matrilineality

d) Matrifocality

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A dowry is :

a) Compensation to the bride's family for losing a daughter

b) The transfer of money or wealth by the groom's family for the loss of his labour

c) Wealth received by the bride from her husband's family

d) Compensation for taking responsibility for the bride where women are regarded as economic burden

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An important advantage of exogamy is :

a) It ensures that individuals will marry outside a group

b) It helps establish economic relations with neighboring groups

c) It reduces the likelihood of warfare

d) All of the above

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Which of these is not part of Judith Butler's theory of gender identity ?

a) Gender is performative

b) People's biological sex underpins their gender identity

c) Gender is about what we do, not who we are

d) There is no essential or biological basis to gender

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According to a survey, the number of people who believe that domestic violence can be excused if the perpetrator shows that they regret what they have done :

a) 1/10

b) 1/5

c) 1/3

d) None of these

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The most consistent predictor of attitudes supporting the use of violence against women is a person's :

a) Age

b) Beliefs about gender roles

c) Cultural background

d) All of the above

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Approximately what percentage of women who have been physically assaulted report the assault to the police ?

a) 26 %

b) 43 %

c) 82 %

d) None of these

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How many different sexual identities did Lorber (1994) classify ?

a) 2

b) 4

c) 6

d) 10

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The term family violence is used because :

a) It relates to the definition in the Family Law Act

b) It relates to a broad range of controlling behaviors which involve fear, harm intimidation and emotional deprivation

c) It indicates that violence can occur in a range of relationships

d) All of the above

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Which form of feminism is most closely associated with intersectionality ?

a) Postmodern feminism

b) Black feminism

c) Radical feminism

d) Socialist feminism

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Menstrual seclusion among Yurok Indians :

a) is ETIC evidence of women's low status

b) is an opportunity for women to escape chores of everyday life

c) was instituted by male missionaries in the 19th century

d) is a shameful experience for women

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Iroquois women were powerful because :

a) They were matrilocal and matrilineal

b) They influenced the council decisions by controlling the domestic economy

c) Men were away on expeditions for long period of time

d) All of the above

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Early and repeated exposure of children to parent conflict may result in :

a) Familiarity with and acceptance of violence

b) Apparently calm and placid child

c) Withdrawn and isolated child

d) All of above

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Sister exchange :

a) Is a form of incest

b) Is a reciprocal exchange of spouses

c) Is a highly undesirable form of marriage

d) Does not establish strong alliances between groups

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Women are most at risk of violence generally in :

a) Dark streets

b) Hotel and pubs

c) Their home

d) Cities

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Women in pre-state societies :

a) Resent being excluded from male ritual activities

b) Do not attach much importance to what men do during rituals

c) Are eager to participate in male secret ceremonies

d) Accept the reasons for male superior status

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There are two particular documented times that increase the risk of intimate partner violence ?

a) During pregnancy

b) During separation from the relationship

c) Upon retrenchment

d) a) and b)

e) b) and c)

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Which of the following is a marriage universal ?

a) Establishes an emic distinction between legitimate and illegitimate childrearing

b) Gives the husband exclusive access to the wife's sexual services

c) Establishes a joint fund of property for the benefit of children

d) Establishes reciprocal relationships and economic ties between in-laws

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Ken Plummer has identified four types of homosexuality in modern Western culture. Which one refers to settings where men engage in same-sex activity only as a substitute for heterosexual behavior ?

a) Casual homosexuality

b) Situated homosexuality

c) Personalized homosexuality

d) Homosexuality as the way of life

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Exogamy is :

a) A rule stipulating that one must marry outside's one's own group

b) A rule stipulating one must marry inside one's own group

c) A rule observed only by a Nayar

d) Considered incestuous in some societies

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One-parent domestic groups are :

a) Aberrant forms of family organization

b) as economically viable as nuclear family groups

c) are associated with the social and economic conditions that make long term marriage less tenable

d) All of above

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The stonewall riots were a significant event in :

a) The women's liberation movement

b) The 'pro-life' movement

c) The gay rights movement

d) The reproductive rights movement

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Which of the following is not one of the six structures of patriarchy identified by Sylvia Walby (1990) ?

a) Paid employment

b) Male violence

c) Cultural institutions

d) Political parties

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Among the Kung and Mbuti hunter-gatherers, gender roles are :

a) Highly stratified

b) Nearly egalitarian

c) Strongly stratified

d) Different and unequal

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Approximately what percentage of women who have been physically assaulted report the assault to the police ?

a) 36 %

b) 45 %

c) 72 %

d) None of these

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Which of the following does not constitute "sex work" ?

a) Lap dancing

b) Erotic massage

c) Prostitution

d) Belly dancing

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Nuclear families are :

a) equally important in all cultures

b) organized in the same way in all cultures

c) universally responsible for the socialization of children

d) found in a majority of cultures, although alternative forms are more often prevalent

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Which of the following statement is false regarding women is West Africa ?

a) They dominated local markets and could acquire wealth from trade

b) Women could marry other women

c) They were included in village councils

d) Women could not achieve high status outside the domestic sphere

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Which of the following is NOT true of gender roles ?

a) Males are physically stronger on average than women

b) In most societies male pre-empt major centers of public power

c) Matriarchies existed in the past but were overthrown by men

d) There are many societies without marked gender inequalities

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Cas Wouter's (2004) Sex and Manners is a study of changing gender relations and the formalization of courtship codes. Where is his research data primarily drawn from ?

a) Interview material

b) Oral histories

c) Manners books

d) Survey research

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Common reason victims give for returning to a violent relationship :

a) For the sake of the kids

b) Love for the perpetrator

c) Lack of alternatives

d) All of the above

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R. W. Connell's theory of the gender hierarchy identifies many expressions of femininity and masculinity. Which one sits at the top of the hierarchy ?

a) Complicit masculinity

b) Emphasized femininity

c) Hegemonic masculinity

d) None of these

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Norbert Elias argued that effective communication systems have an evolutionary 'survival value'. He illustrated this in humans by studying :

a) Whole body language

b) The face

c) Sign language

d) Small tribal groups

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