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True-False questions



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Question 1.
Sex and gender are interchangeable and can be used to describe both biological and culture differences between men and women.

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Question 2.
The gender-role approach to explaining gender inequality focuses on how the socialization process contributes to male domination and female subordination.

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Question 3.
Gender inequality has been eliminated in education as a result of legislation and politically correct policies instituted in most schools.

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Question 4.
Because of gender-bias, boys are more likely to receive higher grades than girls and have higher rates of graduation from high school.

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Question 5.
Institutionalized sexism refers to the power that men have to sex discrimination at the organizational and institutional level

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Question 6.
Pink-collar occupations refer to women working in traditionally blue-collar jobs such as factory work, construction, and construction trades.

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Question 7.
Women are over represented in the contingent work force.


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Question 8.
The wage gap, the disparity between women's and men's earnings, varies by age and increases as the worker gets older.


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Question 9.
The glass ceiling is a façade that inaccurately portrays the opportunity of women in the workplace.

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Question 10.
The terms "woman doctor," "chairman," "fox," "bitch," and "babe" are all examples of linguistic sexism.

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