GE GAS 11 - Gender & Society Definitions Quiz

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What does gender refer to?

  • The division or 'half' of the race
  • Attitudes, feelings, and behaviors associated with a person's biological sex
  • The sense of maleness or femaleness related to society (correct)
  • Physical characteristics like muscles and facial hair

How is masculinity viewed in Korean culture?

  • Being a part of the working-class
  • Wearing a beard and having a large frame
  • Having enormous muscles and playing football
  • Being close to traditional feminine characteristics like clear skin and soft voices (correct)

What is the difference between gender and sex?

  • Gender is assigned, sex is a social construct
  • Gender is biological, sex is fluid
  • Gender is a social construct, sex is biological (correct)
  • Gender refers to procreation, sex refers to behaviors

What is gender stereotyping?

<p>The overgeneralization of characteristics based on gender (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the APA guidelines, what is behavior that is compatible with cultural expectations referred to as?

<p>Gender-normative (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the research mentioned find regarding discrimination in employment?

<p>Men are more likely to be overlooked for working-class jobs (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'sex' refer to?

<p>Biological apparatus and chromosomal organization (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is 'intersex' defined?

<p>Differences in chromosomes and gonads (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the common good defined as?

<p>Total social conditions for individual fulfillment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are individuals typically legally classified regarding sex?

<p>Biologically male or female (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is gender defined as?

<p>Perception of being male or female (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are human beings uncomfortable with being defined?

<p>'Freedom and definition' as human beings with free will (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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