Quiz 1

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

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

C  scientific findings dispute this claim.

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

A  open identity.

B  sociocultural.

C  transformable.

D  essentialist.

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

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

C  Gender can be understood by looking at certain chromosomes.

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

A  Gender identities are both voluntary and coerced.

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

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

D  There is no such thing as gender identity.

A  doing gender schemas.

B  symbolic interactionist theories.

C  social constructionist schemas.

D  natural differences schema.

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  possible sterilization.

B  reduced sexual sensitivity.

C  increased height.

D  painful scarring.

A  be assigned a sex as soon as possible.

B  undergo hormone therapy.

C  be adopted to a more receptive family.

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

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

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

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

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

A  who is born physically male but identifies as a woman

B  whose chromosomes do not match their sexual anatomy.

C  who dresses in women’s clothing.

D  who is born physically female but identifies as a man

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.

A  it provides further justification for prevailing gender inequality.

B  it describes eggs as fast and aggressive.

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

D  it claims some sperm are weak.

A  Many people will be offended.

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

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 disbanding of Native American tribes during the colonial period.

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

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

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