Gender Studies MCQs | Gender and Sexuality

Which of the following is least likely to be directly affected by trends in

globalization?
(a) Sex tourism
(b) Trafficking
(c) Formation of alliances between feminist organizations in different countries
(d) Prostitution
Answer: (d)

Cas Wouters’s (2004) Sex and Manners is a study of changing gender relations and
the in formalization of courtship codes. Where is his research data primarily drawn
from?
(a) Interview material
(b) Oral histories
(c) Manners books
(d) Survey research
Answer: (c)

Which of the following does not constitute ‘sex work’?

(a) Lap dancing
(b) Erotic massage
(c) Prostitution
(d) Belly dancing
Answer: (d)

Which theoretical approach questions the very existence of identity categories,

seeing these, rather, as products of specific discourses?
(a) Queer theory
(b) Functionalism
(c) Essentialism
(d) Feminism
Answer: (a)

R.W. Connell’s theory of the gender hierarchy identifies many expressions of

femininity and masculinity. Which one sits at the top of the hierarchy?
(a) Complicit masculinity
(b) Emphasized femininity
(c) Emphasized femininity
(d) Hegemonic masculinity
Answer: (d)

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Which feminist perspective has patriarchy as its fundamental concept in the

explanation of gender inequality?
(a) Liberal feminism
(b) Radical feminism
(c) Socialist feminism
(d) Marxist feminism
Answer: (b)

Which of the following is not one of the six structures of patriarchy identified by
Sylvia Walby (1990)?
(a) Paid employment
(b) Male violence
(c) Household production relations
(d) Political parties
Answer: (d)

Which form of feminism is most closely associated with intersectionality?

(a) Postmodern feminism
(b) Black feminism
(c) Radical feminism
(d) Socialist feminism
Answer: (b)

What is the central premise of strict social constructionist theories in gender

studies?
(a) Biological sex must be separated from gender
(b) Learned gender roles overlay biological sex
(c) Both sex and gender are social constructions
(d) a biological basis exists for both sex and gender
Answer: (c)

Ken Plummer has identified four types of homosexuality in modern Western

culture. Which one refers to settings where men engage in same-sex activity only as
a substitute for heterosexual behaviour?
(a) Casual homosexuality
(b) Situated homosexuality
(c) Personalized homosexuality
(d) Homosexuality as a way of life
Answer: (b)

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The Stonewall Riots were a significant event in:

(a) The women’s liberation movement
(b) The ‘pro-life’ movement
(c) The gay rights movement
(d) The reproductive rights movement
Answer: (c)

Sociologists use the term ‘sex’ to refer to:

(a) Anatomical and physiological difference
(b) Erotic and physical practices
(c) Psychological and social difference
(d) Emotional and cultural practices
Answer: (a)

Which one of these is not one of the three ‘crisis tendencies’ in the gender order
identified by Connell?
(a) Crisis of institutionalization
(b) Crisis of sexuality
(c) Crisis of masculinity
(d) Crisis of interest formation
Answer: (c)

According to Parsons’ functionalist approach, the sexual division of labour in the

family should ensure that women occupy which role?
(a) Instrumental
(b) Expressive
(c) practical
(d) Erotic
Answer: (b)

Which form of feminism draws on Marxist theory?

(a) Liberal
(b) Socialist
(c) Radical
(d) Postmodern
Answer: (b)

The ‘double standard’ normally refers to the difference in social attitudes towards:
(a) Homosexual and heterosexual sex activity
(b) Child and adult sexual activity
(c) Male and female sexual activity

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(d) Working-class and middle-class sexual activity

Answer: (c)

Transvestism requires a change of:

(a) Sexual orientation
(b) Gender identity
(c) Anatomy
(d) Clothes
Answer: (d)

In which century was the term ‘homosexual’ coined to describe a distinct type of
person?
(a) 17th
(b) 18th
(c) 19th
(d) 20th
Answer: (c)

Queer Theory makes the claim that:

(a) heterosexuality is the normal and most desirable way to be
(b) the sexual categories and discourses we use are based upon true, underlying biological
differences
(c) deviant forms of masculinity are seen as more threatening to the gender order than
deviant forms of femininity
(d) all sexualities are pluralistic, fragmented and frequently reconstructed
Answer (d)

A hierarchical system in which cultural, political, and economic structures are

dominated by males is a(n) ______________.
(a) Patriarchy
(b) Gendered division of labour
(c) Pluralist model
(d) Elite model
Answer: (a)

According to the text, the terms masculinity and femininity are most closely linked
to _______
(a) Sexism
(b) Patriarchy
(c) Gender
(d) Sex

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Answer: (c)

Gender roles refer to:

(a) Chromosomal and hormonal differences that cause inevitable differences in the
behaviour of men and women.
(b) The rights, responsibilities, expectations, and relationships of women and men.
(c) The subordination of women based on the assumption of superiority of men.
(d) None of the above.
Answer: (b)

Men currently outnumber women in ________ programs.

(a) Allied health field
(b) Education
(c) Psychology
(d) Doctoral
Answer: (d)

Which of the following terms refers to individuals’ beliefs and actions that are
rooted in anti-female prejudice and stereotypic beliefs?
(a) Gender socialization
(b) Gender segregation
(c) Individual sexism
(d) Institutionalized sexism
Answer: (c)

Women are over-represented in __________ work because it often provides greater

flexibility to meet family responsibilities.
(a) Private sector
(b) Semiskilled
(c) Public sector
(d) Contingent
Answer: (d)

Linguistic sexism is a problem studied primarily by analysts using a(n) ___________

perspective.
(a) Functionalist
(b) Interactionist
(c) Conflict
(d) Feminist
Answer: (b)

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The ____________ perspective combines the exploitation of women by capitalism with

patriarchy in the home in its analysis of gender inequality.
(a) Radical feminist
(b) Democratic feminist
(c) Socialist feminist
(d) Liberal feminist
Answer: (c)

Which form of feminism is most committed to challenging the essentialist nature

of the category ‘woman’?
(a) Liberal
(b) Socialist
(c) radical
(d) Postmodern
Answer: (d)

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