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Data relevant to the cross-cultural study of gender can be drawn from the domains of |
| | A) | economics. |
| | B) | politics. |
| | C) | kinship. |
| | D) | marriage. |
| | E) | All the above. |
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What is sexual dimorphism? |
| | A) | Sexual dimorphism refers to the unequal distribution of socially valued resources, power, prestige, and personal freedom between men and women. |
| | B) | Sexual dimorphism refers to differences in male and female biology besides the contrasts in breast and genitals. |
| | C) | Sexual dimorphism refers to the contrast between women's role in the home and men's role in public life. |
| | D) | Sexual dimorphism refers to the oversimplified but strongly held ideas about the characteristics of males and females. |
| | E) | Sexual dimorphism refers to the belief that human behavior and social organization are biologically determined. |
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In foraging societies, when is gender status roughly equal? |
| | A) | When the public and domestic spheres are not sharply divided. |
| | B) | When gathering plays a minor part of the subsistence strategy. |
| | C) | When public and domestic spheres are sharply divided. |
| | D) | When hunting dominates the subsistence activities. |
| | E) | Foraging societies are all characterized by gender stratification. |
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Which of the following statements regarding the domestic-public dichotomy is not true? |
| | A) | It promotes gender stratification. |
| | B) | Women's activities tend to be closer to home than men's activities. |
| | C) | Public activities have greater prestige than domestic ones. |
| | D) | It is most pronounced in foraging societies. |
| | E) | It divides activities and obligations based on gender. |
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What did Patricia Draper observe during her fieldwork with former Ju/'hoansi foragers who had recently become sedentary? |
| | A) | The domestic-public dichotomy was disappearing. |
| | B) | Women were having fewer babies. |
| | C) | Gender roles were becoming more rigidly defined. |
| | D) | Men were spending more time in the domestic sphere. |
| | E) | Women were beginning to dominate the public sphere. |
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Which of the following statements about gender in foraging societies is not true? |
| | A) | It is among foragers that public and domestic spheres are the least separate. |
| | B) | The gender hierarchy is least marked among foragers. |
| | C) | Aggression and competition between the genders is most strongly discouraged among foragers. |
| | D) | The differences in gender roles among foragers are debatable. |
| | E) | The spheres of influence of men and women overlap the most in foraging societies. |
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Which of the following statements about matrilineal, matrilocal societies is not true? |
| | A) | Matriliny and matrilocality disperse related males. |
| | B) | Matriliny and matrilocality are only found in matriarchies. |
| | C) | Matrilineal, matrilocal societies tend to occur in settings where population pressure on strategic resources is minimal. |
| | D) | Women tend to have high status in matrilineal, matrilocal societies. |
| | E) | Matrilineal, matrilocal societies tend to occur in settings where warfare is infrequent. |
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Which of the following statements about Iroquois women is not true? |
| | A) | They managed all military operations. |
| | B) | They controlled the local economy. |
| | C) | Their most productive role was in horticulture. |
| | D) | They owned the land. |
| | E) | Women born in a longhouse remained there for life. |
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Which of the following is not part of the patrilineal-patrilocal complex? |
| | A) | warfare |
| | B) | patriliny |
| | C) | reduced gender stratification |
| | D) | patrilocality |
| | E) | male supremacy |
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To some extent all human activities and preferences, including erotic expression, are |
| | A) | learned. |
| | B) | malleable. |
| | C) | culturally constructed. |
| | D) | All the above. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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Which of the following statements about Etoro sexuality was true? |
| | A) | Heterosexual intercourse was discouraged. |
| | B) | Homosexual intercourse between older and younger males was encouraged. |
| | C) | Homosexual intercourse between young males of the same age was discouraged. |
| | D) | People viewed as "sex-hungry" were shunned as witches. |
| | E) | Heterosexual intercourse took place in the residence of the wife's family. |
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Which of the following did not accompany the transition from horticulture to agriculture? |
| | A) | Woman lost their role as primary cultivators. |
| | B) | Women began to assert themselves in extradomestic contexts. |
| | C) | The average number of children per family increased. |
| | D) | Women became increasingly restricted to the domestic sphere. |
| | E) | Women became viewed as less productive and therefore inferior to men. |
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The Betsileo illustrate: |
| | A) | the idea that intensive agriculture does not necessarily entail sharp gender stratification. |
| | B) | the problem of having women neglect their domestic duties. |
| | C) | how difficult agriculture is without sharp gender stratification. |
| | D) | that women may claim to contribute to the subsistence activities, but in reality they do very little. |
| | E) | The Betsileo demonstrate none of the above statements. |
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When did the idea that "a woman's place is in the home" develop in the United States? |
| | A) | around 1800 |
| | B) | around 1850 |
| | C) | around 1900 |
| | D) | around 1950 |
| | E) | A woman's place has always been in the home. |
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Which of the following statements about the feminization of poverty is not true? |
| | A) | Women head over half of the U.S. households with incomes below the poverty line. |
| | B) | Half of the female poor are confronting a temporary economic crisis caused by the departure, disability, or death of a husband. |
| | C) | The feminization of poverty is unique to the U.S. |
| | D) | Some of the causes of the rise of women heading single parent households include divorce, abandonment, unwed adolescent parenthood, and the idea that children are women's responsibility. |
| | E) | The survival rates of children from female-headed households are inferior to those of other children. |
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