M&F Quiz 3

According to the text, the strongest predictor of boys’ feeling pressure to be physically strong and ready to fight was exposure to boys making sexual comments and jokes about girls.

• True

• False

The term transgender implies that the individual is either gay or bisexual.

• True

• False

One way gender identities are changing involves the increasing convergence of men's and women's social roles.

• True

• False

Institutions in virtually every society have been characterized by patriarchy and masculine dominance.

• True

• False

Women now surpass men in the proportion of the total population that are college graduates.

• True

• False

Differences among women or among men (within-group variation) are usually greater than the differences between men and women (between-group variation).

• True

• False

Gender refers only to male or female anatomy and physiology.

• True

• False

Until about thirty years ago, researchers tended to see men and women as homogeneous categories.

• True

• False

Michael is a stay-at-home father and feels pressure from society to watch football on TV, enjoy action movies, play basketball on the weekends, and bring home a bigger paycheck than his corporate executive wife. What is this societal pressure called?

• Gender expectations

• Gender identity

• Innate biology

• Genderism

A highly masculine male who paints his fingernails pink is BEST described as an example of _________.

• homosexuality

• gender bending

• gender role privilege

• intersexuality