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In Reading 11 (The Social Construction of Gender), Judith Lorber argues that, for the most part, people reproduce/replicate gender in the very same ways in which it has been done before. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to Michael Messner in Reading 12 (Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities), his research supports the theory that many professional athletes are instinctually or "naturally" attracted to sports, and that this explains their ability. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to Jill Nelson in Reading 13 (Who’s the Fairest of Them All), “marrying up” does not include men marrying a lighter-skinned woman. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In Reading 14 (The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria), Judith Ortiz Cofer describes feeling out of place at American parties because she knew very little English. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to Tommi Avicolli in Reading 15 (He Defies You Still: The Memoirs of a Sissy), "faggot" was a general term used in school to chastise almost anyone who didn't conform. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to Linnea Due in Reading 16 (Growing Up Hidden), early in life she had the same dreams as other girls she knew about marrying a man. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In Reading 11 (The Social Construction of Gender), Judith Lorber argues that gender is maintained by all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | religious imperatives |
| | B) | cultural representations |
| | C) | formal sanctions |
| | D) | laws against cross-dressing |
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According to Michael Messner in Reading 12 (Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities), involvement in sports is constructive because it: |
| | A) | provides attachment with others |
| | B) | helps promote a "competitive" character |
| | C) | helps channel excess energy resulting from puberty |
| | D) | teaches boys how to be real men |
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Jill Nelson, in Reading 13 (Who’s the Fairest of Them All), describes the responses of others to her shaved head as __________. |
| | A) | non-existent |
| | B) | trivial |
| | C) | profound |
| | D) | superficial |
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According to Judith Ortiz Cofer in Reading 14 (The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria), stereotypes of Latina women include all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | sexually sizzling |
| | B) | domestics |
| | C) | overly accessorized |
| | D) | intellectual |
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In Reading 15 (He Defies You Still: The Memoirs of a Sissy), Tommi Avicolli reports finding support in: |
| | A) | religion |
| | B) | the gay community |
| | C) | his family |
| | D) | all of the above |
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According to Linnea Due in Reading 16 (Growing Up Hidden), she was kicked out of the Girl Scouts for: |
| | A) | kissing another girl |
| | B) | being too masculine |
| | C) | getting into fights with other girls |
| | D) | saying she was gay |
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2006 McGraw-Hill Higher Education