Anthony Giddens • Sociology 5th Edition

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Chapter 12 - Sexuality and Gender

  1. According to UN figures, in which one of these countries does more than 75% of married women use contraception?



  2. According to Social Trends data for 2000, what percentage of the population believe that a married person having sexual relations with someone other than their spouse is always wrong?


  3. 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?


  4. The Stonewall Riots were a significant event in:


  5. Sociologists use the term 'sex' to refer to:


  6. The top position in the gender hierarchy is held by:


  7. Which one of these is not one of the three 'crisis tendencies' in the gender order identified by Connell?


  8. According to Parsons' functionalist approach, the sexual division of labour in the family should ensure that women occupy which role?


  9. Which form of feminism draws on Marxist theory?


  10. Which form of feminism is most committed to challenging the essentialist nature of the category 'woman'?


  11. The 'double standard' normally refers to the difference in social attitudes towards:


  12. Transvestism requires a change of:


  13. What fundamental value does Ronald Dworkin argue is shared by the deeply opposed 'pro-choice' and 'pro-life' positions in the abortion debates?


  14. Gagnon and Simon argue that all sexual encounters are guide by ‘sexual scripts’. Which approach to the study of sexuality were they influential in shaping?


  15. In which century was the term ‘homosexual’ coined to describe a distinct type of person?