60. Discuss your view of the differences between sex and gender. (p.320)
61. Physical strength was identified during the Agrarian period as a reason for the division of labor,
moving men into more production related roles and more into the marketplace. Consider jobs where
physical strength is an issue and discuss how women can access these positions. (p.321)
62. Discuss how you might raise your children, assuming you have one male and one female. (p. 320)
63. Has the move away from higher paying industrial jobs, to post-industrial jobs helped or hurt women
as they strive to achieve equality? (p.323)
64. The percentage of women is increasing in traditional male occupations and decreasing in traditional
female occupations (Figure 11.1). Comment on whether the ideal situation would be absolute balance
across all occupations and professions. Why or why not?
65. Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, has stated women need to make better choices in order to
be more successful professionally. The author calls this an example of modern sexism. Can a successful
career woman be sexist or is her point of view just unpopular among those who are of a different
opinion. Discuss. (p. 335)
66. Are women who do not agree with feminist theory and wish to be stay–at-home mothers being
victimized by lingering gender role expectations or simply choosing a path that they desire? There is
really no discussion of this choice in the text. Should this view be advocated as a legitimate choice for
women? (p. 339)
67. Should all sexual scripts be criticized or is it still legitimate to treat boys and girls differently from
birth to adulthood? In what ways? (p. 338)