Your textbook discussed information regarding parents' preferences about the sex of their children, outside North America. This information suggested that
a. in some parts of Asia, parents now prefer to have girls, because the bride prices are now quite high.
b. surprisingly, parents in other parts of the world are now more likely than North Americans to state that they have no gender preferences.
c. the sex preferences around the world are actually fairly similar, with the majority preferring to have girls.
d. in China, the rate of selective abortion is so high that many Chinese men will not be able to find a woman to marry.
Question 2Your textbook discussed parents' preferences about their child's gender. This research outside North America shows that
a. in India, when a sonogram shows that the fetus is female, mothers often request an abortion.
b. in China, girls are favored, so that there are many more girls than boys in the current population.
c. boys are favored in Asia, but girls are favored in Latin America and the Middle East.
d. parents' preferences about gender are remarkably similar in all cultures studied so far.
Question 3When we compare different countries with respect to their preference for male babies, we find that
a. people in Canada have even stronger preferences for sons than do people in the United States.
b. gender preferences are unpredictable; for example, females are preferred in India, but males are preferred in China.
c. North America is the exception; in most countries, people typically are neutral about whether their child will be a boy or a girl.
d. some Asian countries practice selective abortion, so that many more males are born than females.
Question 4Which of the following students provides the best summary of the research regarding North American parents' preferences about the sex of their first-born child?
a. James: Even though we are in the 21st century, parents in North America still say that they would prefer to have a boy, rather than a girl..
b. Daisuke: Parents may say that they have no preferences, but the birth announcements in the newspapers express more pride if the child is a boy..
c. Isidro: No research has been conducted on this topic since 1995, so we do not have recent information about sex preferences.
d. Lucie: Parents actually have no sex preferences, based on both their stated preferences and the amount of pride shown in announcements..
Question 5Which statement is correct about North American parents' stated preferences for a newborn?
a. The clear majority of both men and women want a boy as their first child.
b. Parents are particularly likely to want a boy as their last child.
c. Fathers are more likely than mothers to want a boy as their last child.
d. In the earlier research, parents clearly preferred boys; in more recent studies, parents express no clear-cut gender preferences.
Question 6According to the discussion of atypical prenatal development,
a. almost all intersexed individuals request surgery to make their external genitals consistent with their sex chromosomes.
b. all infants are either male or female at birth, because hormonal and internal reproductive systems that have been atypical early in prenatal development will adjust themselves during the month prior to birth.
c. many adult intersexuals emphasize that intersexed children should not be forced into either a male or a female gender category.
d. when a more careful examination is performed on an infant originally classified as an intersexual, that infant can be clearly categorized as either male or female.
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