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WST 371 Sex and the City exam questions with correct answers.
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WST 371 Sex and the City examquestions with correct answers
Biological Sex - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅determined by anatomy, hormones and genetics-
distinctions between male and females
Gender - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅socially constructed though the popular view was that it is
biologically determined; we are born male and female but we learn gender through society;
masculinity and femininity
Race - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅also a social construction- but like gender biological theories have
been used. In fact, there is no one gene for race; based on outward physical features, socially defined
as belonging together because of physical markers
Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅shared cultures and experiences
Class - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅a social category based on wealth and occupation; refers to people
of the same socioeconomic level; based on job or profession as part of social status
Sexuality - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅behaviors and ideas/attitudes about sex; relationship between
the two
Sexual Scripts - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅basic ideas we have about how one should engage in sexual
activity; for example: men are supposed to initiate sex, men have a bigger sex drive; women are
supposed to be pursued not the pursuers; etc.
Popular Culture - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅media disseminated to a mass audience
Feminism - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅there are many definitions of feminism, but generally it is
considered a movement/attitude for equality between and among the sexes, not superiority of one
sex over the other - equality in all realms of society
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