Chapter 09: Sex and Gender
1. Which of the following is true regarding sexual harassment?
a.
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination.
b.
Men do not experience sexual harassment.
c.
Most people sue when they experience sexual harassment.
d.
Sexual harassment targets are often believed when they report they have been harassed.
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2. Gender role socialization
a.
b.
c.
d.
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3. In Ann Hopkins v. Price-Waterhouse,
a.
Hopkins was disciplined for wearing clothes and make-up that were too feminine in an accounting firm.
b.
Hopkins was not promoted because she didn’t behave the way women were expected to behave.
c.
the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the legality of using compliance with gender roles in job decisions.
d.
Hopkins was not promoted because she billed fewer hours than her male counterparts.
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4. Gendered job steering
a.
affects women’s and men’s pay.
b.
occurs when men, but not women, are hired to steer heavy equipment and vehicles.
c.
affects women’s inability to encourage men.
d.
is a result of women’s career choices.
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5. Which of the following is not true of sexual harassment?
a.
The victims of harassment experience negative physical and psychological outcomes.
b.
Sexual harassment is related to greater conflict and higher productivity in work teams.
c.
Women who are harassed tend to be younger, single, and in higher-status jobs.
d.
Sexual harassment is a common phenomenon for working women around the world.
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6. Men working in female-dominated positions
a.
are more likely to be promoted into management than women working in such positions.
b.
are less likely to be promoted into management than women in such positions.
c.
are likely to experience discrimination because they are not in an appropriate job.
d.
are often constrained by glass walls and glass ceilings.
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opportunities.
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7. In terms of sexual harassment,
a.
most of the men who are harassed are harassed by women.
b.
having women managers reduces hostile environment harassment and quid pro quo harassment.
c.
women are 90% of harassment targets and perpetrators in about 35% of cases.
d.
people who claim to have been harassed are actually bragging.
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8. Regarding sexual harassment,
a.
formal charges should be promptly investigated, but informal complaints can be ignored.
b.
men and women view appropriate and inappropriate sexual behaviors at work similarly.
c.
regular training is not very effective in increasing understanding of what constitutes harassment.
d.
the best prescription for sexual harassment may be one of prevention rather than remediation.
d
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equity.
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9. Which of the following is not true regarding White women and women of color in the workforce?
a.
At a societal level, women of color occupy the lowest-paid, lowest-status jobs of any group.
b.
White women have higher workforce participation rates than some women of color but not others.
c.
The combination of race and sex creates disadvantages for women of color, so they have benefited less from
affirmative action programs than White women.
d.
The earnings of White women with bachelor’s degrees are lower than similarly educated Black and Hispanic
women.
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levels within and across racial and ethnic groups.
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10. Which of the following is not true of women of color?
a.
They usually occupy the lowest status but highest paid jobs.
b.
They are subject to multiple disadvantages from race and gender stereotypes and discrimination.
c.
They are more likely to work in female-dominated jobs.
d.
They may experience racialized sexual harassment.
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levels within and across racial and ethnic groups.
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11. Which of the following is true regarding gender and poverty?
a.
Women’s greater amount of part-time work negatively affects them during their work lives and during their
older years.
b.
Women’s lower participation in the workforce can positively affect them during their younger and older years.
c.
Around the world, most women are now earning more than men and are less likely to live in poverty than men.
d.
Any relationship alleged between gender and poverty is either coincidental or fictional.
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12. Which of the following is true of the Equal Pay Act of 1963?
a.
The Equal Pay Act has been successful in reducing wage differences between Whites and minorities.
b.
The Equal Pay Act has been replaced by the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
c.
The success of the Equal Pay Act has been increased by sex segregation.
d.
Although the Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963, women still earn significantly less than men.
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levels within and across racial and ethnic groups.
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13. Regarding education levels,
a.
in all age ranges and across racial and ethnic groups, men have higher education levels than women.
b.
higher education results in similarly higher earnings for men and women.
c.
for younger adults, women are more likely to have bachelor’s degrees than men.
d.
younger women are not as likely to have bachelor’s degrees as men, but they do tend to earn more.
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levels within and across racial and ethnic groups.
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14. The glass ceiling
a.
is a problem in the United States and in many other nations.
b.
can be largely explained by women’s lack of desire to advance.
c.
begins close to the top since women are well-represented in mid-and upper-level management.
d.
is a visible barrier that prevents certain groups from progressing beyond certain levels in organizations.
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09.04 – Discuss glass barriers to women’s organizational progress.
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15. Glass walls
a.
can be easily broken and with the barriers eliminated, people can get ahead.
b.
enable people’s talents and success to be seen by those on the other side.
c.
are similar to the glass ceiling in that they restrict the movement of certain groups.
d.
provide transparency and enable people to see how they can get ahead.
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09.04 – Discuss glass barriers to women’s organizational progress.
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16. Gender role socialization
a.
is one reason for the persistence of sex discrimination.
b.
is not a process that exists in the United States.
c.
does not affect women’s treatment in organizations.
d.
does not shape expectations of acceptable behavior for males and females.
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17. The population distribution by sex
a.
indicates that slightly more of the population is male than female.
b.
indicates that during the prime working years (ages 25 to 64) there are significantly more men than women.
c.
indicates that the ratio of women to men increases with age.
d.
should encourage employers to exclude women because there are more of them (e.g., supply and demand).
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levels within and across racial and ethnic groups.
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18. Which of the following is true of the relationship between sex segregation and wages?
a.
Because they are fewer in number, women in male-dominated jobs earn more than men in the same jobs.
b.
Men working in female-dominated jobs earn less than women in the same jobs because they are viewed as
untrustworthy and likely to harass.
c.
Women working in male-dominated jobs earn more than women who work in female-dominated jobs.
d.
On average, male nurses earn less than female nurses, because nursing is a female-dominated profession.
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19. Height and weight requirements for employment
a.
can discriminate against most women but not men of Asian, American Indian, or Latino descent.
b.
are legal if they are needed for successful job performance and no nondiscriminatory test is feasible.
c.
can result in unintended negative outcomes, such as removing discriminatory barriers to employment.
d.
are generally legitimate for male-dominated and manual labor jobs.
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20. During a conversation about a promotion, Mary’s supervisor, Tom, tells her that because she refused to meet him at a
motel nearby for a sexual liaison, she will not get the bonus she has been waiting for. Which of the following best
describes this situation?
a.
Sexual harassment and retaliation
b.
Employee favoritism
c.
A harmless joke since Mary is married
d.
Quid pro quo harassment
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09.03 – Explain the effects of sex segregation, sex discrimination, and sexual harassment on
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21. Hostile sexism is antipathy toward women based on faulty and inflexible generalizations.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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Easy
True / False
False
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22. Men comprise about 25% of sexual harassment victims.
a.
True
b.
False
False
1
Easy
True / False
False
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23. Ambivalent sexism is the simultaneous holding of hostile and benevolent sexist beliefs about women.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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Easy
True / False
False
opportunities.
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24. Women working full-time earn about 80 cents to the dollar earned by men who working full-time year-round.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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Easy
True / False
False
levels within and across racial and ethnic groups.
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25. The gap in earnings between women and men is even larger between older women and men than between younger
men and women.
a.
True
b.
False
True
1
Easy
True / False
False
levels within and across racial and ethnic groups.
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26. Women and men can deviate from gender norms but are penalized by society and organizations when they do so.
a.
True
b.
False
True
1
Easy
True / False
False
opportunities.
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27. In the United States, women comprise about two-thirds of the workforce but occupy only 40% of the highest earning
positions.
a.
True
b.
False
False
1
Easy
True / False
False
09.04 – Discuss glass barriers to women’s organizational progress.
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28. In occupational choices, women who deviate from occupations viewed as gender appropriate have the opportunity to
earn higher wages.
a.
True
b.
False
True
1
Moderate
True / False
False
opportunities.
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29. Quid pro quo harassment includes such things as jokes and photographs of scantily clad women (or men).
a.
True
b.
False
False
1
Easy
True / False
False
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30. In the past few years, the number of women working as CEOs in Fortune 500 companies has become greater than the
number of men in those positions.
a.
True
b.
False
1
Easy
True / False
False
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31. Worldwide, women are less likely to live in poverty than men.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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Easy
False
levels within and across racial and ethnic groups.
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32. Referrals from coworkers are often pre-screened based on gender.
a.
True
b.
False
True
1
Easy
True / False
False
opportunities.
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33. Disparate treatment on the basis of sex occurs when an applicant or employee is intentionally treated differently
because of their sex.
a.
True
b.
False
True
1
Moderate
False
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34. Employers may find unintended positive outcomes result from efforts to remove discriminatory barriers to
employment.
a.
True
b.
False
True
1
Easy
False
equity.
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35. There are fewer male-dominated jobs than female-dominated jobs in the United States.
a.
True
b.
False
False
1
Easy
True / False
False
opportunities.
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36. The role of “choice” in jobs occupied by men and women increases the effectiveness of the Equal Pay Act and other
laws against pay discrimination.
a.
True
b.
False
False
1
Easy
False
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37. With the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, women who are unaware of pay discrimination are less likely to run out of time
to file a claim once they find out about it.
a.
True
b.
False
True
1
Easy
True / False
False
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38. After 12 years of working in a female-dominated position, fewer White men will have been promoted into
management than White women.
a.
True
b.
False
False
1
Easy
False
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39. Gender is the social construction of how males and females are or should be or behave.
a.
True
b.
False
True
1
Easy
True / False
False
opportunities.
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40. The glass escalator is the rapid advancement of men working in female-dominated occupations into management.
a.
True
b.
False
1
True / False
False
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