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Preliminary Examination Gender and Society

The document is a preliminary examination on gender and society. It contains multiple choice and true/false questions that test understanding of key concepts relating to sex, gender, gender roles, gender stereotypes, and sexual orientation. Specifically, the questions address the differences between sex and gender, the social construction of gender roles and expectations, categories of sexual orientation, and examples of commonly held gender stereotypes. The examination appears aimed at assessing a student's foundational knowledge of how gender influences social behaviors and interactions in society.

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Preliminary Examination Gender and Society

The document is a preliminary examination on gender and society. It contains multiple choice and true/false questions that test understanding of key concepts relating to sex, gender, gender roles, gender stereotypes, and sexual orientation. Specifically, the questions address the differences between sex and gender, the social construction of gender roles and expectations, categories of sexual orientation, and examples of commonly held gender stereotypes. The examination appears aimed at assessing a student's foundational knowledge of how gender influences social behaviors and interactions in society.

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Preliminary Examination

GENDER AND SOCIETY

Name: _____________________________________________ Date: _____________

I. Write true if the statement is true. Otherwise, write false in the space provided.
1. What do you call the physical and physiological differences between male and female?
A. Gender B. Sex C. Gender Identity D. All of the above
2. What is the subjective sense of being male/female?
A. Gender Identity B. Gender C. Sex D. All of the above
3. Which of the following is an example of female sex role?
A. Bears offspring B. Passivity C. Nurturing D. All of the above
4. Social construct that determines one’s roles, expected behavior, values and interaction in relationships
involving men and women is called as _____________.
A. Sex B. Gender Identity C. Gender D. All of the above
5. Which of the following is the female chromosome?
A. XX B. XY C. YY D. All of the above
6. Which of the following is the male chromosome?
A. XX B. XY C. YY D. All of the above
7. What do you call the behaviors determined by biological sex?
A. Sex Roles B. Gender Roles C. Sexuality D. All of the above
8. What do you call the society’s concept of how men and women are expected to act and how they should
behave?
A. Sex Roles B. Gender Roles C. Sexuality D. All of the above
9. A person who has low masculine and feminine traits is called _____________.
A. Androgyny B. Undifferentiated C. Feminine D. All of the above
10. A person who has low masculine and feminine traits is called _____________.
A. Androgyny B. Undifferentiated C. Feminine D. All of the above
11. What do you call the defined expectation of the traits and behaviors of males and females?
A. Stereotypes B. Judgement C. Bias D. All of the
above
12. Which of the following is a masculine role?
A. Dominant B. Nurturing C. Subordinate D. All of the above

II. Write the 4 categories of Sexual Orientation and their differences.

1.
2.
3.
4.

III. Write the main differences between Sex and Gender.

IV. Identify which gender stereotypes are the following statements.

1. Being a gentleman is a must here in the Philippines that is why men are always careful with their actions
when they are around women.
________________________________________________________________________

2. People think that men’s traits are better than women’s.


________________________________________________________________________

3. Not all countries in the world see women as equal as men.


________________________________________________________________________

4. There are lots of changes with the traits and behaviors of men and women that we do not know which
ones are accepted in the society anymore.
________________________________________________________________________

5. Men are expected to become breadwinners while women as wives.


________________________________________________________________________

6. If a man is considered as independent, a woman is seen as dependent.


________________________________________________________________________

7. Women are considered as less mentally healthy compared to men.


________________________________________________________________________

8. If a woman thinks that men values traditional women, she will dress in a more feminine manner and wear
jewelry and makeup.
________________________________________________________________________

9. Women from different parts of the world may differ in their behaviors.
________________________________________________________________________

10. Before, men are not emotionally sensitive or self-revealing but now, men are getting emotionally
sensitive and self-expressive with women.
________________________________________________________________________

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