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When it is said that Western society has viewed the either/or sets of male/female,
masculine/feminine, and heterosexuality/homosexuality, what is meant we consider sexual
orientation?
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The so-called "natural" dichotomies natural" of both previous
sociological research and common perception.
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These are intersecting oppressions.
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What is meant here is the neat arrangement of sexual expression.
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These were once culturally prescribed legitimate-and illegitimatesexual orientations.
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"Binary categories of sex" can best be understood by which of the following?
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These are social constructs that divide male and female and
heterosexual and homosexual into categorized sex relationships.
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It is another way of describing biological sex differentiation.
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Binary categories of sex are the two sets of our primary cultural
images of gender.
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These are stereotypes of gender relationships that reinforce
inequality.
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How can gender be "fluid" if a person is born either male or female?
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Gender and sex are constructs, that is, the way a human being
experiences being male or female, masculine or feminine.
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Surgery allows individuals to cross the lines separating male and
female.
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Certain cultures recognize that people have both male and female
characteristics.
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Such individuals are intersex, that is, the "third gender."
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A male-to-female transsexual who remains married to her female spouse can describe
herself as a lesbian.
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True, she can define herself as a woman and adopt the role of a
lesbian.
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No, given the norms of the gay and lesbian communities.
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True, but she would not be a real or good lesbian.
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False, such transsexuals are still men and outliers as far as gender Incorrect
identity is understood.
Question 5
Research, as well as contemporary culture, reveals the Americans are accepting of
homosexuals as opposed to homosexual acts. Which of the following is a plausible reason?
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Americans are more supportive of civil liberties issues in regard to
inequality, but tend to view specific behaviors as immoral.
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American attitudes are ambivalent.
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Many American are sympathetic because they see gay people as
being born that way. They also see gay people as subverting
straight culture.
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Men are less tolerant of gay people than women are, hence the
divided opinion.
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Despite being a minority that has suffered the deprivation of civil rights as other inequalities,
Blacks tend to be more hostile to homosexuals than Whites. Choose the accepted
explanation.
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Blacks tend to have fundamentalist religious views that consider
homosexuals sinful.
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Blacks fear getting AIDs and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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Black men see homosexuals as threats to their romantic sense of
the masculine role.
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Blacks reject comparisons made about their minority status to that
of homosexuals.
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Question 7
Numerous studies all indicate that negative attitudes about gays and lesbians are reduced
by what process or phenomenon?
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regular contact
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television programs with positive gay characters
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a desegregation process similar to the Civil Rights era
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the activities of groups such as Act Up
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The gay scholar Stephen Murray has posited the term "quasi-ethnic group" to describe the
homosexual community. Why is might this term be provocative, even for those who agree
with him?
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This point of view suggests that being gay and lesbian is almost
biological in nature.
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It is indicative the extreme status separation that gays and lesbians Incorrect
face according to Weber.
It suggests that gays and lesbians belong to separate castes.
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Murray, by implication, is saying that gays and lesbians share an
ethnicity much the way Blacks, Hispanics, and other minorities do.
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Question 9
Are the specialized reasons for and forms of intolerance of gays and lesbians restricted to
them?
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No, heterosexuals who associate with homosexuals in personal
relationships can suffer social ostracism too.
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Not entirely-heterosexuals who don't marry or live asexual lives are Incorrect
often suspected to be and even teased as homosexuals.
Certain kinds of straight women are often singled out (e.g., with
derogatory terms such as "fag hags").
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The children of gay parents in particular are stigmatized as
homosexuals, too.
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Why did opponents to the Defense of Marriage Act emphasize the need to protect civil
rights?
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Because polls had revealed that Americans are generally
supportive or don't mobilize against civil right issues.
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Because opponents wanted to look moral and upright-indeed,
"quasi-straight."
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Traditionally, civil rights issues are more valid than morally tinged
ones.
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Civil rights are more exemplary of a civil society.
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Why is the language in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act so problematic in its application
in deciding cases of discrimination based on sex?
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Congress provided no definition of sex and so Title VII is
interpreted narrowly.
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Senator Howard Smith (D) of Virginia introduced the sex
discrimination language as a way to defeat the entire Act.
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Gender behavior is too weak an argument when measured against
biological sex.
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The language is so vague that it can mean how people engage in
sexual intercourse as much as their biological sex at birth.
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Many states have passed laws against employment discrimination based on sexual
preference. Some have of exclusions for certain occupations. What kind of job is likely
meant here?
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A very limited range of occupations in which biological sex would
prevent one from performing his or her duties or interacting with
people of the opposite sex on religious grounds and the like.
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Jobs in which clients would object to gays or lesbians touching
them.
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Certain kinds of social work, such as those treating women in a
crisis center.
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the basis of sexual orientation or biology.
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In measuring the percentage of homosexuals in the general population, what is the most
problematic issue?
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A person's sexual behavior, as interpreted by that person, may not
be considered homosexuality.
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to be a homosexual act.
Many homosexuals still fear "coming out" and so are not counted.
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Many gay people find being perceived as straight to be a
workaround for the problem of inequality.
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Question 14
The military's former policy of "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was eliminated in 2011. Legally,
what was defective about the law?
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DADT was based on stereotypes and required people to lie about
themselves, which was not standing up in many court cases.
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There were never any injured heterosexual parties, whom the law
was intended to protect.
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Outside of courts martial, DADT could stand up in civilian courts.
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The law became obsolete because the military's leaders as well as
its members did not agree with it.
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Question 15
Attempting to shame gays and lesbians or to force them to adopt a heterosexual lifestyle
can best be described by what term?
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heterosexism
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bullying
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microinequities
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deprogramming
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