University of South Florida

SOCIOLOGY MISC

Quiz 4 Chapter 4: Gender

1)In 1992, Patty Murray was the first elected woman senator to have young children at home during her term in office.

2. The first feminist movement began in 1967 in the United States.

3. Through intended to increase participation of women in high school and collegiate sports, research supports that Title IX actually diminished their participation.

4. There is no society where men and women perform identical functions, nor where they are ranked or treated equally.

5. Third-wave feminism attempts to address multiple sources of oppression— acknowledging oppression based on race and ethnicity, social class, and sexual orientation in addition to sex.

6. By its very nature, sexism only affects feminists.

7. According to Title IX, schools receiving federal aid must treat males and females equally in all aspects of sports programming.

8. Most sociologists believe gender differences are due to biological differences.

9. Title VII of the Educational Amendments of 1972 prohibits exclusion of any person from participation in an educational programme or the denial of benefits based on one’s sexual orientation.

10. The United States is behind other countries in female representation in a national parliament or congress.

11. In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employees could not challenge ongoing compensation discrimination if the employer’s original discriminatory act of decision occurred more than five years ago.

12. From a feminist perspective, a system where men are dominant over women is referred to as a patriarchy.