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1
We socially construct our behavior so the male-female differences are either created or exaggerated.
A)True
B)False
2
The research of anthropologist Margaret Mead points to the importance of biology in defining social roles of males and females.
A)True
B)False
3
Functionalists maintain that gender differentiation masks underlying power relations between men and women.
A)True
B)False
4
Conflict theorists see gender differences as a reflection of the subjugation of one group (women) by another group (men).
A)True
B)False
5
Interactionist theorists often examine gender stratification on the micro level of everyday behavior.
A)True
B)False
6
As of mid-2011, only 10 of the nation's 50 states had a female governor.
A)True
B)False
7
About 20 percent of abortions worldwide are performed illegally.
A)True
B)False
8
National opinion polls consistently show that in general – that is, without reference to particular people – workers prefer to take orders from a man rather than a woman.
A)True
B)False
9
Most people display strictly "masculine" or "feminine" qualities all the time.
A)True
B)False
10
Feminism is the belief that women are superior to men.
A)True
B)False
11
The feminist movement in the United States was born in Chicago, Illinois in the summer of 1848.
A)True
B)False
12
Ultimately, the early feminists won many victories, among them the passage and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote in national elections beginning in 1920.
A)True
B)False
13
National surveys done today show that women generally endorse feminist positions, and they readily accept the label of "feminist."
A)True
B)False
14
The discussion of gender roles among African Americans has always provoked controversy.
A)True
B)False
15
In the United States, most people appear to support a woman's right to legal abortion under any circumstance.
A)True
B)False





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