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Which of the following best describes gender identity?
Which of the following best describes gender identity?
- The social relations and behaviors between male and female
- The process of learning social expectations, attitudes, and behaviors associated with gender
- The psychological sense of feeling like a man, woman, or something else (correct)
- The process of internalizing culturally approved ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving based on gender
What are the major agents of socialization that affect gender roles?
What are the major agents of socialization that affect gender roles?
- Family, schools, peer groups, and mass media (correct)
- Religion, government, sports, and music
- Food, fashion, technology, and transportation
- Art, literature, science, and history
What can be the consequences of gender stereotypes if seen as prescriptive rather than descriptive?
What can be the consequences of gender stereotypes if seen as prescriptive rather than descriptive?
- They can be limiting (correct)
- They can be empowering
- They can be neutral
- They can be irrelevant
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Study Notes
- Gender refers to the social relations and behaviors between male and female.
- Gender is a socially learned behavior associated with one's sex.
- Gender identity is the psychological sense of feeling like a man, woman, or something else.
- Gender socialization is the process of learning social expectations, attitudes, and behaviors associated with gender.
- Gender role socialization is the process of internalizing culturally approved ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving based on gender.
- Major agents of socialization include family, schools, peer groups, and mass media.
- Gender stereotypes develop when institutions reinforce biased perceptions of gender roles.
- Four types of gender stereotypes include sex, sexual, sex-role, and compounded stereotypes.
- Gender stereotypes can be limiting if seen as prescriptive rather than descriptive.
- Socialization affects all parts of one's identity based on education, class, religion, and gender.
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