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Gender studies Quiz 3
Chapters 7, 8, parts of 9 and 10
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
10/24/2010

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[image]Love is Blind: Myth
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asserts that true love dissolves all social boundaries and anyone can become a romantic love object. we are socialized to fall in love at certain stages of life with certain people.
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[image]Love conquers all:Myth
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asserts that "all" can be conquered by Love when in reality problems are more difficult to solve with idealizing love. There are inevitable problems and obstacles of daily living.
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Love at first sight: Myth
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asserts that because love is rational that people fall in love at first sight. physical attraction is the initial impression when meeting a person.
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One and only love forever:Myth
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love- break up - love - break up. you cannot eternally love some all the time
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Women are the romantic sex: Myth
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men express higher romance than women and fall in love harder and earlier than women
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No sex without love: Myth
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many people have sex for enjoyment, love doesn't need to be there for it to be pleasurable
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The opposite of love is hate: Myth
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love is too hard to define. If there is an opposite it is indifference.
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[image]homogany
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becoming attracted to and marrying someone similar to yourself
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assortive mating
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[image]coupling based on similarity
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[image]marriage gradient
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women tend to marry men of higher socioeconomic status (SES) used by women for upward mobility
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The key variable in influencing mate selection
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[image]age
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marriage squeeze
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[image]one gender has amore limited pool of potential marriage partners
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marriage gap
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for at least half a century marriage rates show a consistent decline

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economic gap

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poor people are less likely to get married
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[image]family has transformed from a unit of production to a unit of
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consumption
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nuclear families
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[image]consisting of wife, husband, and their dependent children who live apart from other relatives
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household
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a person or group of people who occupy a housing unit
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social capital
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education, income, housing, material for goods
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agency
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the power to adapt and even thrive in difficult situations

 

 

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housewife is used instead of homemaker to_______________
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indicate that females carry out the roles
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dual earning families
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both spouses have an income
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extramarital relationships
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affairs, cheating, and sexual betrayal
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second shift
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housecleaning
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third shift
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caregiving
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fubglau
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sexual potency and activity
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egalitarian marriage
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partners share decision making process and assign family roles based on talent and choice
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cohabitation
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unmarried couples living together
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cinderella story
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happily ever after, knight rescues princess,
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eros

 

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the physical/sexual component of love

 

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agape
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spiritual or altruistic component

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philos
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[image]the love of deep and enduring friendships
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according to Robert Sternberg love is a triangle formed by what three elements
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[image]Intimacy, commitment, and passion
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1/3 of men
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cheat
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1/4 of women
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cheat
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sex retention
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women refuse to have sex with their husbands after making vows. number one problem with divorce
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hyperogamy
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marrying up
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hypogamy
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marrying down
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intersectionality
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mix of races
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cohabitation
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live together but are not married
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egalitarian
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equal marriages
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women think cohabitation is a what to marriage
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stage
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men think cohabitation is a what to marriage
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alternative
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motherhood mandate
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a rigid set of expectaions a mother has to follow. can be compared to the male mystic. say it gives total life fulfillment. through this women get blamed for problems and get guilt for not fulfilling the motherhood mandate
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helicopter mom
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one who hovers around to much. does not alow their child to be independent, ie mothers who still call school while children are in college
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fatherhood plays an important role in what
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socialization
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the father has two contemporary roles today these are
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the good provider model and the involved father model.
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Divorced women get custody more than men. T/F
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True
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Fatherhood is about what main things
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money, food, roof over our heads, transportation
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when men are young their emotional connection with their children not very present and not open or expressive. as fathers age how do they change
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they have more emotion and want more connection
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It is proven that girls do better when fathers are involved what good things can come out of it?
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Better self esteem, non violent relationships, not as promiscuous
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The good provider model
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men are encouraged to get more HOURS. so he can get the house with the pickett fence ect.. He possibly will not see his family, but he will not have his family want for anything
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The involved father model.
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works fewer hours but is involved in parenting, family time,walking, 1st words. Is a part of the childrens lifes.
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Male midlife crisis
SAME MASCULINITY IN HEAD BUT PHYSICALLY UNABLE.
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real!! deals with hormones gives men a need to achieve masculinity and feel they must PROVE it to the people around them .
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mid life crisis makes people question
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DID I DO EVERYTHING I WAS SUPPOSE TOO??
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mens views on themselves become negative during midlife crisis T/F
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TRUE
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GRANDFATHERS END UP BEING BETTER THAN WHEN THEY WERE FATHERS T/F
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TRUE
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Serial monogamy
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people who marry divorce remarry divorce and remarry.....repeat
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in order for men to survive divorce they often get involved in relationships. T/F
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T
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women loose what during divorce
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identity and status
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women are often put into poverty and single parenting. T/F through divorce
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T
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women often feel task__________ when going through divorce
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overload
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Men often need to be i na relation ship because divorce is like the death of a family memeber and being in a relationship brings them joy to replace the sadness T/F
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T
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the federal goverment does recognize same sex marriages T/F
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F
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there is more violence in gay and lesbian couples T/F
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T
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homosexuals split housework. is it gendered
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no
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give an example of the different subcultures inside the gay community
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butch, femanine lesbo ect
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congigual family members
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by law. ie husband and wife
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conseguous family
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by blood ie sisters and brothers
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extended family
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mother father children aunts uncles cousins grandparents
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what do patriarchial households view relationships as
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they are there to make a family and only have sex for this, sin to have sex. mistress is often used outside of home for sex.
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what so companionate couples feel
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can enjoy sex. can both express needs. exchange enough communication that they can fall in love .
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NOMOS
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the subjigation of will and allegiance as unto god. patriarchial love
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how do men and women view opposite sex relationships differently.
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men view them as beneficial where women wiew them as detrimental
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men express love by doing
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favors
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women express love by saying
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things
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we expect to be loved in the way
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we love
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Endogamy
Definition
marrying within ones social class
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Exogamy
Definition
marrying outside of ones group
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