A. gender is performative
B. people, s biological sex underpins their gendered identity
C. gender is about what we do not who we are
D. there is no essential or biological basis to gender
Related Mcqs:
- What term is used to describe the way that the varied aspects of an individual’s identity-such as class ethnicity gender disability and location -interact to produce complex patterns of inequality poverty and discrimination ?
A. intersectionality
B. ascription
C. mobility
D. meritocracy - Judith Butler (1999) suggested that_______________?
A. sexual characteristics are the biological determinants of gender
B. heterosexuality and homosexuality are essential opposing identities
C. the tow-sex model replaced the one-sex model in the eighteenth century
D. gender is performed through bodily gestures and styles to create sex - There are some important gender inequalities in paid employment and the chapter identifies three of these Which one of the following is not one of the three ?
A. the division of household labor
B. occupational segregation
C. the wage gap in favor of men
D. women’s concentration in part-time jobs - Occupational gender segregation is used to explain ?
A. the belief that women control the private sphere
B. women increasing labor market participation
C. the allocation of men and women to different types of job
D. relations between men and women in the workplace - Chodorow (1978) argued that gender socialization occurred through____________?
A. both boys and girls being closely attached to their mothers, but then boys breaking away
B. girls being attached to their mothers but then breaking away
C. boys being attached to their fathers and girls to their mothers
D. both boys and girls being closely attached to their fathers, but girls breaking away - Occupational gender segregation is used to explain ?
A. the belief that women control the private sphere
B. women’s increasing labor market participation
C. the allocation of men and women to different types of job
D. relations between men and women in the workplace - In Society in America which early sociologist gave special attention to status distinctions and to such factors as gender and race ?
A. Emile Durkheim
B. Max Weber
C. Auguste Comte
D. Harriet Martineau - Which sociological perspective acknowledges that it is not possible to change gender drastically without dramatic revisions in a cultures social structure ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. both a and b - Which of the following theorists rejects the notion of essential categories of male and female through her discussion of the performative aspect of gender ?
A. Joan Acker
B. Judith Butler
C. Helene Cixous
D. Simone de Beauvoir - The unique sense of identity that distinguishes each individual from all other individuals is called ________ by sociologists?
A. personality
B. self
C. ego
D. the I
E. the me
