In agricultural societies the family system where men went to live with the wife's family was called ________.
A) matrimonial
B) matrifocal
C) matriarchal
D) matrilocal
The dark side of the feminization of migration refers to ________.
A) the illegal trafficking of women and girls
B) the fact that most domestic workers in Western nations are people of color
C) the majority of women immigrating to wealthier nations who are illegal immigrants
D) the reality that women cannot support their families back home and their families here
The quote their severe class disadvantage trumps their gender privileges refers to ________.
A) The fact that men experience their vulnerability in the economic realm more acutely than they experience their gender privilege.
B) The reality that working class men do not really have any gender privileges.
C) The fact that working class women and African American women have more privileges than men since they are more likely to finish school and be employed.
D) The fact that even though they are poor or struggling, men still know they are at least more privileged than their women.
All of the following statements are true of male privilege, EXCEPT?
A) Even men who were hit hard by economic downturns were still privileged relative to their women.
B) Respect, prestige, privilege, and power go to all men by virtue of their gender status.
C) Many working class men are more aware of their vulnerability than their privilege.
D) Globally, male privilege is persistent, even though many men are vulnerable.
In the 1950s, a time when women were encouraged to be homemakers, what portion of women were in the paid labor force?
A) 1/2
B) 1/3
C) 1/10
D) 1/14
What precipitating event led to women's increased labor participation in traditionally male jobs?
A) World War II
B) The Great Depression
C) Suffragette
D) World War I
All of the following are true of women's work in the U.S., EXCEPT:
A) Most women have resisted paid labor until it became necessary for both parents to work in the 1980s.
B) Women have provided the majority of domestic labor either as wives or servants.
C) Women from lower-income backgrounds often worked in industrial factories such as textile mills.
D) Women have always worked alongside men in family businesses, including family farms.
Men around the globe have found themselves displaced due to ________.
A) women's rights movements around the globe
B) women no longer needing them for reproductive purposes
C) economic changes that have limited and constricted their roles and opportunities
D) all of the above
Which of the following statements best reflects Sernau's lesson when discussing India?
A) The global economic engine represented by parts of India needs to be harnessed with a commitment to sustainable quality of life represented by Kerala.
B) The poor parts of India need to build infrastructure to attract business and oppose unionization to keep wages low.
C) Religious tolerance needs to reach the northern states of India to allow for the beef industry to help them become economically viable.
D) The technological advances of India are improving the quality of life for all Indians and Western nations should be worried that war is inevitable.
As women's roles have become broader and more encompassing, their lives have become ________.
A) freer
B) overburdened
C) more powerful
D) happier
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