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What is the primary factor defining sex?
What is the primary factor defining sex?
- Physiological characteristics (correct)
- Biological variation
- Social expectations
- Gender roles
How does gender differ from sex?
How does gender differ from sex?
- It is solely based on biological properties
- It transforms biological properties into socially defined roles and behaviors (correct)
- It is reinforced through rewards and penalties
- It is a natural assumption about behavior
What does the affirmations/sanctions model explain?
What does the affirmations/sanctions model explain?
- The natural assumptions about gender differences
- Biological differences in gender roles
- The impact of social factors on observed gender gaps (correct)
- The separation of sex from gender
What do variations in how men and women are treated or expected to behave across different times and places demonstrate?
What do variations in how men and women are treated or expected to behave across different times and places demonstrate?
What does the text caution against assuming about gender differences?
What does the text caution against assuming about gender differences?