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[1]Gender roles are evident not only in our work and behavior but in how we react to others.1 We are constantly “doing gender” without realizing it2. If a father sits in the doctor’s office with his son in the middle of a workday, he will probably receive approving glances from the receptionist and from other patients3. “Isn’t he a wonderful father? ” runs through their minds4. But if the boy’s mother leaves her job and sits with the son in the doctor’s office, she will not receive such silent applause5.

[2]We socially construct our behavior so that male-female differences are either created or exaggerated1. For example, men and women come in a variety of heights, sizes, and ages2. Yet traditional norms regarding marriage and even casual dating tell us that in heterosexual couples, the man should be older, taller, and wiser than the woman3. As we will see throughout this chapter, such social norms help to reinforce and legitimize patterns of male dominance4.

[3]In recent decades, women have increasingly entered occupations and professions previously dominated by men1. Yet our society still focuses on “masculine” and “feminine” qualities as if men and women must be evaluated in these terms2. Clearly, we continue to “do gender,” and this social construction of gender continues to define significantly different expectations for females and males in the United States (Lorber 1994; Rosenbaum 1996; West and Zimmerman 1987) 3.

[from Schaefer, Sociology: A Brief Introduction, 5E, pp. 251-2]

1

Men receive more praise than women.
A)True
B)False
2

The phrase “doing gender” as used in the first paragraph means judging others differently depending on whether they’re male or female.
A)True
B)False
3

There are no real differences between men and women.
A)True
B)False
4

People typically expect different things from men than they do from women.
A)True
B)False
5

As used in the first sentence of the second paragraph, the word “construct” means
A)shape or create
B)lie about
C)misrepresent
D)exaggerate
6

Which of the following is an example of a “traditional norm” related to the construction of gender?
A)Men and women have different reproductive organs.
B)Couples work best when the woman is younger and smaller than the man.
C)Women often do most of the housework, whether they work out of the home or not.
D)Men in the United States are on average taller than women.
7

Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph?
A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
8

Which sentences best expresses the main idea of the entire passage?
A)Paragraph 1, sentence 1
B)paragraph 2, sentence 4
C)Paragraph 3, sentence 1
D)paragraph 3, sentence 3





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