To achieve the ideal waistline of 13-18 inches, women have worn corsets and even had their two lowest ribs removed. This situation suggests that
a. gender ideals do not exist in reality, but that does not stop people from trying to achieve them.
b. American women (more than other nationalities) will do anything to achieve an ideal.
c. gender ideals are realistic standards that most women can easily meet.
d. gender ideals are biologically based realities.
Question 2Many Americans are appalled that some cultures eat dog but have no reservations about eating pig, cows, or chicken. This position qualifies as an example of
a. reentry shock.
b. cultural shock.
c. cultural relativity.
d. ethnocentrism.
Question 3From a sociological point of view, sex is __________ and gender is __________.
a. a biologically based classification scheme; socially created and learned
b. a socially constructed phenomenon; a feminist creation
c. an illusion; reality
d. socially constructed; a biological construction
Question 4If upon learning that Arabic writing is read from right to left, a person concludes that this is reading backwards, that person is taking ________ point of view.
a. an ethnocentric
b. a culturally relative
c. a cultural shock
d. sociological
Question 5The so-called gender test to which female athletes can be subjected involves
a. a physical inspection of reproductive organs by two women.
b. a blood test.
c. a test that measures hormone levels.
d. medical examination and reports from a gynecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist, internal medicine specialist and an expert on gender.
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