WST 3015 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Sex - answera person's biological maleness or femaleness as determined by chromosomes
and sex organs
Gender - answerthe socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a
given society considers appropriate for girls/women & bo...
Sex - answer✔✔a person's biological maleness or femaleness as determined by chromosomes
and sex organs
Gender - answer✔✔the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a
given society considers appropriate for girls/women & boys/men
Feminism - answer✔✔a variety of theories and approaches and all committed to understanding
and changing the structures that keep women lower in status and power
K4Q: Gender Inequality - answer✔✔women and girls' disadvantage relative to men and boys
K4Q: Gender Norms - answer✔✔societal expectations and rules that vary based on gender
K4Q: Gender Roles - answer✔✔divisions of labor and social roles according to gender
K4Q: Gender Socialization - answer✔✔the processes by which gendered societal beliefs and
expectations are instilled in us
Gender Stereotypes - answer✔✔beliefs about how females and males are different
Global Feminism - answer✔✔a feminism recognizing women's connectedness but emphasizing
diverse meanings of feminism and feminist activism based on culture, region, and other
intersectional variables
Global Women's Studies - answer✔✔the interdisciplinary, cross-cultural study of women's
issues and gender equality that emphasizes how intersectionality and context impact women's
issues and activism
Intersectionality - answer✔✔the interplay of different social categories; gender is intersectional
because the way it is enacted and experienced depends on the way it interacts with other social
categories and identities
Materialist Explanations - answer✔✔suggest that family and social institutions arising from
material forces such as the ownership f private property led to and maintain gender inequality
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