SOC4610: Sex & Gender Exam 1 Review
"The Promise" - C. Wright Mills - ✔✔ correct answer neither the life of an individual nor the history of a
society can be understood without understanding both
academics should be socially responsible & speak out against social injustice
the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within
his period; he can know his own chances in life only by becoming
enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society
troubles occur within the character of the individual and within the range of his immediate relations with
others;
issues have to do with matters that transcend these local environments of the individual and the range
of his inner life
"Invitation to Sociology" -Peter Berger - ✔✔ correct answer sociology "looks behind" the facades of
social structures
"Gender as an Institution" -Davis, Winslow, Maume - ✔✔ correct answer
"Changes in the Gender Structure: Inequality at the Individual, Interactional, and Macro Dimensions" -
Scarborough & Risman - ✔✔ correct answer ****
"Testosterone Rules" -Robert Sapolsky - ✔✔ correct answer
"Doing Gender" -West & Zimmerman - ✔✔ correct answer
"What It Means to Be Gendered Me: Life on the Boundaries of a Dichotomous Gender System" -Betsy
Lucal - ✔✔ correct answer ***
,SOC4610: Sex & Gender Exam 1 Review
"Framed Before We Know It: How Gender Shapes Social Relations" -Cecilia L. Ridgeway - ✔✔ correct
answer
"Beyond Bossy or Brilliant: Gender Bias in Student Evaluations" -Bridges, Gruys, Munsch, Pascoe - ✔✔
correct answer
"Gender and Biased Perceptions: Scientists Rate Job Applicants" -Gwen Sharp - ✔✔ correct answer
"The Enduring Feminist Sociology of Joan Acker" -Tristen Bridges - ✔✔ correct answer
Chapter 1, p. 9-12; 21-28
Chapter 3
p. 28-32; 59-65; 68-81
p. 163-172; 183-187 - ✔✔ correct answer textbook readings!!!
examples of reduced/shrinking gender gap - ✔✔ correct answer private sphere:
household labor gaps
type of work is not changing, but HOURS of work in the home is equal now
men are doing more childcare
public sphere:
more women graduating from college than men
, SOC4610: Sex & Gender Exam 1 Review
women got more graduate degrees (2006)
increase in women running and winning in Congress, House, and Senate
examples of lingering gaps - ✔✔ correct answer wage/pay gap
products/how things are marketed
types of jobs
network air time for men's/women's sports teams
less female head coaches in D1 sports (because of Title IX) (creates better positions for coaches)
what evidence supports both shrinking/reducing & also lingering gaps? - ✔✔ correct answer seen in the
job force; women are gaining more male-dominated positions, but still are not making the same money
(80 cents to the dollar)
understand & provide examples to illustrate how gender affects us every day - ✔✔ correct answer
clothes we wear
public bathroom differences
makeup/hair fixing
hard to describe/think about because we're immersed in it; we don't always think about it (habit)
"The Promise" - C. Wright Mills - ✔✔ correct answer neither the life of an individual nor the history of a
society can be understood without understanding both
academics should be socially responsible & speak out against social injustice
the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within
his period; he can know his own chances in life only by becoming
enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society
troubles occur within the character of the individual and within the range of his immediate relations with
others;
issues have to do with matters that transcend these local environments of the individual and the range
of his inner life
"Invitation to Sociology" -Peter Berger - ✔✔ correct answer sociology "looks behind" the facades of
social structures
"Gender as an Institution" -Davis, Winslow, Maume - ✔✔ correct answer
"Changes in the Gender Structure: Inequality at the Individual, Interactional, and Macro Dimensions" -
Scarborough & Risman - ✔✔ correct answer ****
"Testosterone Rules" -Robert Sapolsky - ✔✔ correct answer
"Doing Gender" -West & Zimmerman - ✔✔ correct answer
"What It Means to Be Gendered Me: Life on the Boundaries of a Dichotomous Gender System" -Betsy
Lucal - ✔✔ correct answer ***
,SOC4610: Sex & Gender Exam 1 Review
"Framed Before We Know It: How Gender Shapes Social Relations" -Cecilia L. Ridgeway - ✔✔ correct
answer
"Beyond Bossy or Brilliant: Gender Bias in Student Evaluations" -Bridges, Gruys, Munsch, Pascoe - ✔✔
correct answer
"Gender and Biased Perceptions: Scientists Rate Job Applicants" -Gwen Sharp - ✔✔ correct answer
"The Enduring Feminist Sociology of Joan Acker" -Tristen Bridges - ✔✔ correct answer
Chapter 1, p. 9-12; 21-28
Chapter 3
p. 28-32; 59-65; 68-81
p. 163-172; 183-187 - ✔✔ correct answer textbook readings!!!
examples of reduced/shrinking gender gap - ✔✔ correct answer private sphere:
household labor gaps
type of work is not changing, but HOURS of work in the home is equal now
men are doing more childcare
public sphere:
more women graduating from college than men
, SOC4610: Sex & Gender Exam 1 Review
women got more graduate degrees (2006)
increase in women running and winning in Congress, House, and Senate
examples of lingering gaps - ✔✔ correct answer wage/pay gap
products/how things are marketed
types of jobs
network air time for men's/women's sports teams
less female head coaches in D1 sports (because of Title IX) (creates better positions for coaches)
what evidence supports both shrinking/reducing & also lingering gaps? - ✔✔ correct answer seen in the
job force; women are gaining more male-dominated positions, but still are not making the same money
(80 cents to the dollar)
understand & provide examples to illustrate how gender affects us every day - ✔✔ correct answer
clothes we wear
public bathroom differences
makeup/hair fixing
hard to describe/think about because we're immersed in it; we don't always think about it (habit)
