Quiz 1

A  this frame has not been helpful in the political movement for trans equality.

B  it differs too much from prevailing frames related to gay, lesbian, and bisexuality.

C  it does not challenge beliefs about the naturalness of the male/female binary.

D  scientific findings dispute this claim.

A  essentialist.

B  transformable.

C  sociocultural.

D  open identity.

A  Gender can be understood by looking at the different brain structures of men and women.

B  Gender varies greatly, is produced in interactions, and is embedded in institutions.

C  Gender can understood by looking at our closest primate ancestors.

D  Gender can be understood by looking at certain chromosomes.

A  Gender identities are both voluntary and coerced.

B  Individuals do not have any choice to creating their gender identities since biological is responsible for gender.

C  There is no such thing as gender identity.

D  Individuals are not responsible for their gender identities because they have been so strongly shaped by society

A  natural differences schema.

B  doing gender schemas.

C  symbolic interactionist theories.

D  social constructionist schemas.

A  the first baby to have successful infant “normalization” surgery.

B  the first case to challenge intersex surgery on infants and win.

C  the first baby to die from infant “normalization” surgery.

D  the first intersex baby to be labeled a third gender.

A  painful scarring.

B  reduced sexual sensitivity.

C  possible sterilization.

D  increased height.

A  be adopted to a more receptive family.

B  be assigned a sex as soon as possible.

C  wait until they are older to decide if they want to have surgery.

D  undergo hormone therapy.

A  parents should be the only ones to decide on a sex for their baby if they are born with ambiguous genitalia.

B  intersex people should wait until they are 18 to decide to have surgery or not.

C  society has a duty to create a third gender to include intersex people.

D  gender identity is malleable for about the first 18 months of an infant’s life.

A  who is born physically male but identifies as a woman

B  who is born physically female but identifies as a man

C  whose chromosomes do not match their sexual anatomy.

D  who dresses in women’s clothing.

A  girls still feel bad about themselves despite women being in power.

B  matriarchies do not run as efficiently as patriarchal societies.

C  men are not happy living in matriarchal societies.

D  patriarchy is not the standard for every human society.

A  it describes eggs as fast and aggressive.

B  it claims some sperm are weak.

C  it is inappropriate to use gender-neutral language in science.

D  it provides further justification for prevailing gender inequality.

A  It is unclear what species we should use as the standard of measurement, and different species exhibit different behaviors between the males and females

B  Many people will be offended.

C  Humans have the capacity of language, and animals do not; so there is no comparison between the two.

D  Humans have the capacity to reason and animals do not; so there is no comparison between the two.

A  the removal of tribal, racial, and ethnic labels and identifying everyone as “human.”

B  the disbanding of Native American tribes during the colonial period.

C  the recognition that we all possess cultural biases and assumptions.

D  the fact that human nature is unchangeable, regardless of what tribe you belong to.