Gender and Society: Chapter 9 Quiz PDF

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This is the Gender and Society coursework taught by Professor Karen Gregg at IUPUI. Correct answers are bolded. If not bolded, that means the answer was incorrect. Note that some quizzes may not have the same questions or be in the same order....

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NOTE: Correct answers bolded. No bold means incorrect answer. (Q027) Delilah desires a __________ marriage in which she and her husband can have distinctly defined roles that are complementary toward one another. breadwinner/housewife domestic patriarch/property partnership Question 2 5 / 5 pts (Q013) The "cult of domesticity" refers to which of these ideas? People should value domesticity over other forms of labor. Women as devoted mothers and wives should embrace supportive and loving emotional work. Women and men should have leisure at home rather than work extensive hours. People should marry for love rather than for passing on property. Question 3 5 / 5 pts (Q006) Feminists in the 1960s and 1970s contributed to changing the rules of marriage by emphasizing that women and men were jointly responsible for housework and had to negotiate who would do what. insisting that every woman should be employed full time for her entire adult life, regardless of whether she had children. claiming that women who were sexually active should be legally entitled to avoid pregnancy regardless of whether they were married. suggesting that men and women hyphenate their two last names after marriage to symbolize the equal partnership that should exist between them. Question 4 5 / 5 pts (Q016) Zoey has found her grandmother’s dairy from when she attended college in the 1920s. In multiple entries, Zoey’s grandmother describes female classmates for whom she has samesex crushes. These diary entries are good examples of which term? gendered love sexual binary smashing treating Question 5 5 / 5 pts (Q018) How might the fact that 1957 saw the highest rate of teen pregnancy in American history best be explained?

Working-class teens in the booming economy had little incentive to complete their education. The cultural emphasis on family and children led to a drop in the age of marriage, so women were married and had their first child as teenagers. Going steady led young people to fall in love and accelerate their sexual experimentation over time. Laws prohibiting statutory rape were not yet in place and men took advantage of the lack of parental supervision. Question 6 5 / 5 pts (Q028) Desmond and Monique have a __________ marriage. Their marriage is based on love and understanding. They have negotiated a division of labor such that Desmond is in charge of the cooking, yardwork, and laundry, while Monique is in charge of cleaning, household maintenance, and bill paying. breadwinner/housewife marriage domestic patriarch/property partnership Question 7 5 / 5 pts (Q025) The term "marriage-go-around" was used to refer to what American social practice? high rates of premarital cohabitation among younger generations of Americans higher rates of both cohabitation and marriage among Americans compared with rates in other countries higher rates of both marriage and divorce among Americans compared with rates in other countries higher rates of cohabitation, marriage, and divorce among Americans compared with rates in other countries Question 8 5 / 5 pts (Q004) Why did enslaved Africans during the colonial period engage in premarital sex? They had more opportunities to socialize across gender lines than whites did. They did not restrict their own sexuality as severely as did whites. They had greater sexual desire than whites. Most could not legally marry. Question 9 5 / 5 pts (Q009) The increasing importance of the cosmetics industry from the 1920s to the present has reflected how purity, domesticity, and romance were increasingly separate ideals for women to pursue. courtship based on "dating" and "treating" have become less important.

women’s investments in their appearance became strategically important. women’s sexual activities depended on their having the money to invest in these new goods. Question 10 5 / 5 pts (Q007) The "good girl/bad girl dichotomy" refers to which social idea? Women who defer to men are respectable while women who are assertive are not. Good girls are mothers, and bad girls are not. Women who "behave themselves" sexually are worthy of respect, and women who have sex with "too many" men are not. Modern women, unlike the chaste women of the Victorian era, are interested in having sex....