Deck 35: Women: the Oppressed Majority

Question 1

Eighty-eight percent of all workers in which occupation in Great Britain are women?

A)computer programmer
B)cashier
C)nurse
D)traffic officer

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A scientific company lays off employees by seniority,retaining those that have been employed the longest.The majority of the female employees had been hired in the last 10 years and were educated as part of the push to get more females into math and sciences.This situation is an example of

A)instrumentality.
B)expressiveness.
C)institutional discrimination.
D)pluralism.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

According to Muslim traditions,

A)women are permitted to wear revealing garments when they are with their families.
B)a woman's feet must always be covered.
C)there are no restrictions on men's clothing.
D)women are permitted to wear revealing garments when they are with their families,but a woman's feet must always be covered.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender,race,or ethnicity is called

A)expressiveness.
B)a gender role.
C)the glass ceiling.
D)instrumentality.

Question 5

The "second shift," which refers to the double burden borne by many women-work outside the home followed by child care and housework-was the subject of analysis by

A)Letty Cottin Pogrebin.
B)Heidi Hartmann.
C)Susan Shaw.
D)Arlie Hochschild.

Question 6

Which of the following is true regarding men in our society,which is run by male-dominated institutions?

A)Men have lower reported rates of most types of mental illness.
B)Men have a lower likelihood of death due to heart attack.
C)Men feel intense competitive stress from pressure to succeed at work.
D)Women hold the majority of middle-management positions in U.S.corporations,but only a tiny minority of upper-management positions.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true?

A)In 2012,five of the nation's 50 states had a female governor.
B)Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Janet Reno are the only females to have ever been members of the U.S.Supreme Court.
C)Only one woman,Hillary Rodham Clinton,has ever been a candidate for Vice President of the U.S.
D)In 2012,nearly 65 percent of the House of Representatives were comprised of women.

Question 8

Which of the following terms refers to the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups that results from the normal operations of a society?

A)institutional discrimination
B)innovation
C)indoctrination
D)instrumentality

Question 9

The hijab is

A)the type of head scarf worn by Muslim women.
B)a form of prayer among Muslims.
C)the type of pants worn by Muslim men.
D)a traditional Muslim food.

Question 10

Which of the following statements about the status of women throughout the world is true?

A)Women grow half the world's food,but they rarely own land.
B)Women constitute one-half of the world's paid labor force but are generally found in the lowest paying jobs.
C)Single-parent households headed by women are typically found only in industrialized countries because such arrangements cannot survive in developing countries.
D)According to a detailed overview of the status of the world's women,issued by the World Bank in 2012,the lives of girls and women have changed very little over the past quarter century.

Question 11

What percentage of all dental assistants are women in the U.S.as of 2012?

A)69 percent
B)78 percent
C)89 percent
D)99 percent

Question 12

The veil may be seen as a rejection of ________ prevalent in Western societies.

A)strict standards of modesty
B)the beauty myth
C)human rights standards
D)the respect for women

Question 13

The ideology that one sex is superior to the other is known as

A)sexual harassment.
B)sexism.
C)sex stratification.
D)gender identity.

Question 14

Which of the following terms refers to an advantage that men have when employed in female-dominated occupations?

A)glass ceiling
B)glass escalator
C)crystal stairs
D)transparent ascension

Question 15

What percentage of adult women in the United States were in the labor force as of 2011?

A)around 85 percent
B)around 58 percent
C)around 35 percent
D)around 10 percent

Question 16

Women do the majority of housework in which of the following?

A)the richest countries
B)the poorest countries
C)all countries
D)Housework is equal in all countries.

Question 17

Women earn what percent of every dollar a man earns?

A)95 percent
B)90 percent
C)85 percent
D)80 percent

Question 18

Which of the following countries banned the wearing of the hijab in public schools?

A)Japan
B)Australia
C)France
D)United States

Question 19

What percentage of all physicians in the U.S.were women as of 2011?

A)3 percent
B)12 percent
C)18 percent
D)34 percent

Question 20

Male nurses,grade school teachers,and librarians may experience some scorn in the larger society.Within the position,they

A)are often similarly scorned.
B)typically earn the same as women.
C)are automatically considered "better."
D)are more encouraged to become administrators.

Question 21

Which Supreme Court decision granted women the right to terminate pregnancies?

A)Brown v.Topeka
B)Roe v.Wade
C)Smith v.Allwright
D)Wood v.Lovett

Question 22

Which sociological perspective views the closure of clinics that would perform abortions in rural areas another instance of an extra financial burden and possible deterrent for lower income women to have an abortion due to the extra expense of traveling to an out-of-town clinic as their best option?

A)functionalist perspective
B)conflict perspective
C)interactionist perspective
D)feminist perspective

Question 23

Members of Congress have successfully blocked foreign aid to countries that might use the funds to encourage abortion.

Question 24

Worldwide,women hold about 10 percent of corporate managerial positions.

Question 25

Women are often more advantaged when working in male occupations because of the existence of the glass ceiling.

Question 26

In what year did women win the right to vote in national elections?

A)1865
B)1895
C)1920
D)1945

Question 27

When did the second wave of feminism emerge and come into full force?

A)1950s
B)1960s
C)1970s
D)both the 1960s and 1970s

Question 28

In what year did the Supreme Court rule in favor of allowing women the right to terminate a pregnancy?

A)1953
B)1963
C)1973
D)1983

Question 29

Which of the following illustrates Arlie Hochschild's concept of the "second shift"?

A)A woman works from 9 to 5 as a nurse and then has a second job as a waitress at a local diner.
B)A man has a career as an accountant;when he gets home,he cleans the apartment and makes dinner for his wife,himself,and their children.
C)A woman has a career as a stockbroker,and she is also responsible for maintaining the apartment,doing the shopping,and cooking for herself and her husband.
D)All of these answers are correct.

Question 30

Define the term glass escalator,and discuss its significance regarding gender stratification.

Question 31

Where was the feminist movement born in the United States?

A)Philadelphia,PA
B)Seneca Falls,NY
C)Akron,OH
D)Minneapolis,MN

Question 32

Latin American countries generally have the strictest measures against the practice of abortion.

Question 33

The belief in social,economic,and political equality for women is referred to as

A)social equality.
B)glass escalator.
C)feminism.
D)None of these answers is correct.

Question 34

What percent of women considered themselves feminists in 2013?

A)23 percent
B)35 percent
C)45 percent
D)55 percent

Question 35

Taking into account age,education,marital status,children,occupational specialization,work experience,and hours worked in a year reduced the pay gap between men and women by only 3 cents.

Question 36

Children's books published since the 1970s have shown significant improvement in the representation of females.

Question 37

Which amendment gave women the right to vote in national elections?

A)Tenth Amendment
B)Fourteenth Amendment
C)Nineteenth Amendment
D)Twenty-second Amendment

Question 38

The Supreme Court approved the right to terminate a pregnancy by a narrow 5-4 majority.

Question 39

Sixteen million abortions are performed illegally worldwide each year.This represents what percentage of the total amount of abortions performed worldwide each year?

A)40 percent
B)50 percent
C)60 percent
D)70 percent

Question 40

Arlie Hochschild concluded women work how much more time in a year compared to men,due to the notion of the second shift?

A)7 more hours
B)7 more days
C)2 more weeks
D)extra month of 24-hour days

Question 41

Describe the effects of gender stratification as they relate to the issue of abortion.How do you think the status of women has affected political debates concerning the rights of women?

Question 42

Define the concept of a glass ceiling and discuss how it might apply differently to corporations and less-corporate work structures,like that of public education.

Question 43

Choose two different occupations and write a detailed support for why you wouldn't want either a man or woman performing these tasks.Remember to be honest with both yourself and your audience.When finished,trade your piece with a classmate and start a dialogue about why you both chose the occupations you did and whether the conversation might get you to reconsider your original statement.