Which of the following is true about rape?
a. Women have about a 50 percent chance of being raped sometime in their lives
b. Every 2 minutes a sexual assault occurs
c. About 70 percent of all rapes are reported
d. Two million women are battered by their male partners each year
Which of the following is true about women?
a. Women earn 90 percent of what men earn
b. Approximately 57.7 percent of all women age 16 and over work outside of the home
c. 48 percent of married mothers are employed outside the home
d. Womens median weekly earnings are about 65 percent of mens weekly earnings
____ is prejudice or discrimination based on sex, especially discrimination against women that involves behavior,
conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex.
a. Oppression
b. Gender-role stereotyping
c. Sex discrimination
d. Sexism
____ is described as differential treatment of people based solely on their gender.
a. Oppression
b. Gender-role stereotyping
c. Sex discrimination
d. Sexism
An expectation about how people should behave based on their gender is called:
a. Sex discrimination
b. Sexism
c. Gender-role stereotype
d. Oppression
____ is the act and result of putting extreme limitations and constraints on some person, group, or larger system
because the involved targets fit into some common category or have some common set of characteristics.
a. Sex discrimination
b. Sexism
c. Gender-role stereotype
d. Oppression
Facts that have been written or said about cultural values and traits should be considered hypotheses
a. True
b. False
Openness, authenticity, and genuineness are generally respected in all cultures.
a. True
b. False
Churches and social organizations are especially salient for African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans.
a. True
b. False
As a social worker, you are expected to learn about the cultural and life experiences of those groups that comprise
your caseload or that live in your geographical area.
a. True
b. False