Term
30. Though the differences between us are not as great as we assume,
they become ______________ as they are reinforced in our social interactions
and through our social institutions.
(a) Important and magnified
(b) Overemphasized and critically biased
(c) Toxic and fragile
(d) Sites of negotiation
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(d) Both see men and women as
(a) Important and magnified
markedly different.
, (a) They both consider gender
(a) Male dominance
difference to be irreversible.
2 of 30
Term
What is one example of the national debate about masculinity that
Kimmel believes we are having?
(a) The crisis of young men and violence, which is generally discussed
as a problem of "youth"
(b) The overturning of male newscasters in favor of female ones
(c) The appearance of men's studies courses in universities
(d) The increased discussion in the media of men's responsibilities with
regard to birth control
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(b) The notion that there is a realm
d) The assumption of gender
between gender binaries into which
difference alongside the assumption
most men's and women's behaviors
of institutional gender neutrality
and capacities fall
(a) The crisis of young men and
(c) The idea that there is one ideal
violence, which is generally
way to be male in our culture and all
discussed as a problem of
other versions fail
"youth"
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Term
One clear example that male privilege exists in most societies is that:
(a) Men are valued more highly and given more power
(b) Masculinity is seen as more objective and unbiased than femininity
(c) The standards for humanity are modeled after men
(d) All of the above
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(a) Male dominance (d) All of the above
d) Fall somewhere in the middle of
(b) Defensive or angry
the two
4 of 30
Term
. What is "the privilege of invisibility"?
(a) A theory that states that oppressed people do not acknowledge
that their oppression actually affords them the advantage of having a
"low profile"