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Chapter 10 Student Quiz 2
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The existentialist philosopher who argued that throughout history women have been treated as inferior was
Alfred Kinsey.
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Margaret Mead.
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Mary Douglas.
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Simone de Beauvoir.
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Feminist anthropologist Sherry Ortner originally argued that global inequalities between men and women could be explained by
hormonal differences.
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the extreme sexual dimorphism in humans.
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the imposition of Euro-American gender roles via colonialism.
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the universal distinction between nature (women) and culture (men).
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Ignoring differences among women in various cultural groups is a critique of
first-wave feminism.
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second-wave feminism.
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third-wave feminism.
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feminism.
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There are no remaining examples of societies where women and men possess equal access to political control, as they were all wiped out by colonial violence.
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False
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In the __________, women can be headmen.
Batek in Malaysia
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Nuer in Southern Sudan
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Laymi in Bolivia
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Women's resistance to machismo in Mexico is demonstrated through womenâs practice of
eating before men.
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refusing to perform domestic labor.
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issuing ultimatums.
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publicly shaming men.
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If an anthropologist studies how teenage boys perform their gender in high school sports team membership, the anthropologist is exploring
sexuality.
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masculinity.
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discrimination.
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prejudice.
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__________ is term that refers to someone to whom society assigns one gender who does not perform as that gender but has taken either permanent or temporary steps to identify as another gender.
Machismo
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Transgender
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Sex/gender systems
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Intersexed
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In most societies that have recognized forms of gender variance, gender variant individuals face immense discrimination.
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False
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Which of the following is an example of sexual dimorphism?
the prominence of estrogen in women and testosterone in men
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women's association with domestic labor and menâs with formal labor
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women's long hair and menâs short hair
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pink for girls and blue for boys
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Intersex individuals
are found in only some cultures.
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are usually only attracted to other intersex individuals.
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exhibit sexual organs and functions somewhere between male and female.
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are attracted to both sexes.
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People establish their gender/sex identities through
biological markers.
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romantic practices.
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social performances.
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sexual preferences.
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Which of the following is true of gender?
It is totally unrelated to sex.
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It is static.
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All cultures only have two normative genders.
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It is defined by the set of cultural expectations for how males and females should behave.
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Which of the following is an example of state control of sexuality?
Argentinaâs ban on abortion
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Indiaâs 2014 decision to officially recognize a third gender
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doctorâs prescribing hormones to trans individuals
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single-sex public bathrooms
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Anthropologists use the term __________ to refer to the social patterns societies use to organize females, males, and those in neither category.
gender/sex systems
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gender variance
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sexual variance
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gender/sex convergence
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