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| Your _____ depends on whether you were born with male or female genitals and a genetic program that released male or female hormones to stimulate the development of your reproductive system. |
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| Your _____ is your sense of being male or female and playing masculine or feminine roles as defined by your culture and society. |
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_____ have ambiguous genitals resulting from a hormone imbalance in the womb or some other cause.
(18 out of every 100,000 babies) |
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| _____ is one's identification with, or sense of belonging to, a particular sex-- biologically, psychologically, and socially. |
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| A _____ is the set of behaviors associated with widely shared expectations about how males or females are supposed to act. |
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| _____ are people who prefer members of the opposite sex as sexual partners. |
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| Essentialism & Social Constructionism |
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| gender differences reflect naturally evolved dispositions |
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| gender differences reflect the different social positions occupied by women and men |
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| Freud & Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology |
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| differences in anatomy account for the development of distinct masculine and feminine gender roles |
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| Sociobilogy and Evolutionary Psychology |
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-Gender differences in behavior are based on biological differences.
-These differences evolved to ensure the survival of the species. |
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| 4 Criticisms of Essentialism |
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1.) They ignore historical and cultural variability of gender and sexuality.
2.) They generalize from the average, ignoring variations within gender groups.
3.) No evidence directly supports their major claims.
4.) Their explanations for gender differences ignore the role of power. |
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Sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists argue that male-female differences are rooted in:
a.) reproductive strategies that women and men use to maximize the chance their offspring will survive
b.) differences in body physique and physical strength
c.) anatomical differences
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Answer: a
Sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists argue that male-female differences are rooted in: reproductive strategies that women and men use to maximize the chance their offspring will survive. |
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| Name the top 3 leading occupations of employed women 16 years and older. |
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1.) Administrative Support (secretaries)
2.) Personal Care (hairdressers)
3.) Health Care Practitioner (nurses) |
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| The _____ is a social barrier that makes it difficult for women to rise to the top level of management. |
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| _____ people defy gender norms and blur accepted gender roles. (1 in every 5k-10k) |
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| _____ want to alter their gender by changing their appearance or medical intervention. (1 in every 30k ppl) |
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_____ prefer sexual partners of the same sex
(approx. 2.8% men & 1.4% women consider themselves _____) |
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_____ enjoy sexual partners of either sex
(approx. 2.8% men & 1.4% women consider themselves _____) |
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| Aggression to Homosexuals |
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1998 study | 500 ppl | San Francisco Bay Area
- 10% admitted attacking/threatening people they believed were homosexuals
- 33% of those who had not engaged in antigay aggression said they would do so if they were propositioned and/or flirted with by a homosexual. |
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