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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A it differs too much from prevailing frames related to gay, lesbian, and bisexuality.
B scientific findings dispute this claim.
C it does not challenge beliefs about the naturalness of the male/female binary.
D this frame has not been helpful in the political movement for trans equality.
Question #2
A sociocultural.
B essentialist.
C open identity.
D transformable.
Question #3
A Gender varies greatly, is produced in interactions, and is embedded in institutions.
B Gender can be understood by looking at the different brain structures of men and women.
C Gender can be understood by looking at certain chromosomes.
D Gender can understood by looking at our closest primate ancestors.
Question #4
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
Question #5
A social constructionist schemas.
B natural differences schema.
C symbolic interactionist theories.
D doing gender schemas.
Question #6
A the first intersex baby to be labeled a third gender.
B the first baby to die from infant “normalization” surgery.
C the first case to challenge intersex surgery on infants and win.
D the first baby to have successful infant “normalization” surgery.
Question #7
A increased height.
B reduced sexual sensitivity.
C painful scarring.
D possible sterilization.
Question #8
A undergo hormone therapy.
B wait until they are older to decide if they want to have surgery.
C be assigned a sex as soon as possible.
D be adopted to a more receptive family.
Question #9
A intersex people should wait until they are 18 to decide to have surgery or not.
B society has a duty to create a third gender to include intersex people.
C parents should be the only ones to decide on a sex for their baby if they are born with ambiguous genitalia.
D gender identity is malleable for about the first 18 months of an infant’s life.
Question #10
A who is born physically female but identifies as a man
B who dresses in women’s clothing.
C who is born physically male but identifies as a woman
D whose chromosomes do not match their sexual anatomy.
Question #11
A matriarchies do not run as efficiently as patriarchal societies.
B men are not happy living in matriarchal societies.
C girls still feel bad about themselves despite women being in power.
D patriarchy is not the standard for every human society.
Question #12
A it claims some sperm are weak.
B it provides further justification for prevailing gender inequality.
C it is inappropriate to use gender-neutral language in science.
D it describes eggs as fast and aggressive.
Question #13
A Humans have the capacity to reason and animals do not; so there is no comparison between the two.
B Humans have the capacity of language, and animals do not; so there is no comparison between the two.
C It is unclear what species we should use as the standard of measurement, and different species exhibit different behaviors between the males and females
D Many people will be offended.
Question #14
A the recognition that we all possess cultural biases and assumptions.
B the fact that human nature is unchangeable, regardless of what tribe you belong to.
C the removal of tribal, racial, and ethnic labels and identifying everyone as “human.”
D the disbanding of Native American tribes during the colonial period.