Question 1

Research suggests that media coverage tends to focus most on female athletes who fall within the parameters of dominant femininity, which means, NECESSARILY:

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A)   They are able-bodied and compete in the most high-profile sports, like hockey
B)   They are white and middle-class, and compete in typically male-dominated sports like football and wrestling
C)   They are women of colour and considered conventionally attractive, competing in feminine-appropriate sports like tennis
D)   They are white, able-bodied, middle-class and considered conventionally attractiveE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

A news story of an Olympic snowboarder that focuses on her role as a mother and wife could be understood clearly to be doing all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)   Trivialize her skills and talents
B)   Sexualize her body
C)   Obscure her achievements
D)   Positioning her within a heteronormative frameE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

That many sports are still considered more appropriate for one sex than for the other is referred to as:

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A)   sport typing
B)   sport desegregation
C)   a sport binary
D)   sport dualismE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

As a theoretical perspective, social constructionism reminds us that:

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A)   what is considered normal in terms of masculinity and femininity varies across cultures and time periods
B)   masculinity is defined similarly across all cultures; femininity is not
C)   femininity is a cultural universal in terms of the behaviours and appearance expected of women
D)   biology determines both masculinity and femininity across all time periodsE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 5

Sociologist R. W. Connell has argued that _____ has come to be the leading definer of masculinity in mass culture.

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A)   Media
B)   Family
C)   Education
D)   SportE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Hegemonic masculinity:

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A)   has long been discredited as useful or necessary in Canadian sport in the 21st century
B)   is functional and needed in Canadian professional sports
C)   is the ideal that helps secure patriarchal power
D)   perpetuates the marginalization of white men in Canadian sportE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

According to Statistics Canada's General Social Survey from 2010, participation rates between 2005 and 2010:

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A)   Showed declining participation among both men and women
B)   Showed significant declining participation only among men
C)   Showed significant declining participation only among women
D)   Showed increasing participation among both men and womenE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

The term cisgender would most accurately describe:

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A)   A person whose gender identity lines up with the sex assigned to them at birth
B)   A person who identifies as a gender different to the one assigned to them at birth
C)   A person who was identified as neither male nor female at birth
D)   A person whose gender identity does not line up with the sex they were assigned to at birthE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

In Canada, 39% of those registered in _____ are female - one of the highest female sport participation rates of any sport.

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A)   Hockey
B)   Football
C)   Baseball
D)   soccerE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

A study of interuniversity sport in Canada in 2012-13 illustrated that:

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A)   The number of male and female varsity teams was nearly equal
B)   The proportion of university athletes, among the wider student population, that were women was equal to that of men
C)   Women made up close to 40% of university coaches
D)   The number of male varsity teams far outnumbered the number of women's varsity teamsE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

According to the Intersex Society of North America, the rate of sexual indeterminacy is estimated to be about one in:

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A)   250
B)   700
C)   2000
D)   15,000E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Your friend Johnny confides in you that he is going to start living his life as a woman, even though he was born male. Johnny plans to take hormones, begin living his life as a woman, and, perhaps later, have surgery to change his genitalia. Johnny is best described as:

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A)   Cisgendered
B)   Transgendered
C)   a transsexual
D)   genderlessE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 13

Caster Semenya is best known as:

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A)   The Jamaican sprinter who was banned for taking testosterone to enhance her performance
B)   The woman responsible for whistle-blowing on athletes masquerading as men competing in women's athletic events
C)   The South African middle-distance runner who was subjected to extensive sex testing after officials and other competitors accused her of not being a 'real' woman
D)   The 200m sprinter from India who was disqualified from the Commonwealth Games for having 'too much' naturally occurring testosterone to compete against other womenE) All of the above
F) C) and D) C

Question 14

In studies of gender, _____ came to prominence as a critique of biological determinism.

Accepted Answer

A)   structural-functionalism
B)   symbolic interactionism
C)   feminism
D)   social constructionismE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 15

In 2016, Tim Howell received notoriety in Canadian sport, for doing what?

Accepted Answer

A)   He outed himself as the first gay professional hockey player (for the Edmonton Oilers)  in Canada, bringing forth nationwide praise for his courage
B)   He resigned as a softball coach in Edmonton because of rules stating that trans players must provide medical proof of their ongoing gender transition
C)   He became the first transgender male athlete to play on a professional women's hockey team
D)   He was held responsible for the violent hazing rituals at McGill University, where teammates were sexually assaultedE) None of the above
F) All of the above B

Question 16

References to and discussions about Hayley Wickenheiser, arguably the best female hockey player in history, is often accompanied by some mention of her son and parenting responsibilities. What would a sociologist of sport argue this demonstrates?

Accepted Answer

A)   That female athletes are being treated more and more equally by the media.
B)   That male athletes are unfairly not discussed in terms of their parenting skills.
C)   This imposes a heteronormative frame over narratives that might otherwise threaten conventional assumptions about sex and gender.
D)   This frames a woman's life in the only terms that the public can understand while, simultaneously, creating for women an athletic persona.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Which of the following is true of the inaugural Modern Olympic Games in 1896?

Accepted Answer

A)   Women were not allowed to enter the stadium, even as spectators
B)   Women were allowed to participate on in 'gender-appropriate' sports like gymnastics and tennis
C)   Women were not allowed to compete in any events
D)   The idea of women participating as competitors was supported by Pierre de Coubertin, who was outnumbered by those that felt they should not be allowedE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Discipline, obedience and deference to authority were qualities that sport was expected to instil among which population in the mid-1800s?

Accepted Answer

A)   Teenage girls
B)   Upper-class boys
C)   Schoolmasters
D)   Lower-class boysE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

The classificatory scheme whereby we divide humans into groups based on their reproduction capacities is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)   Gender
B)   Sex
C)   Sexuality
D)   sexual orientationE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

An unequal hierarchical social system in which men have ore power over women is called a:

Accepted Answer

A)   Patriarchy
B)   Mertiocracy
C)   Oligarchy
D)   Binary societyE) All of the above
F) A) and B) A

Exam 6: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Research suggests that media coverage tends to focus most on female athletes who fall within the parameters of dominant femininity, which means, NECESSARILY:

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A news story of an Olympic snowboarder that focuses on her role as a mother and wife could be understood clearly to be doing all of the following EXCEPT:

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That many sports are still considered more appropriate for one sex than for the other is referred to as:

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As a theoretical perspective, social constructionism reminds us that:

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Sociologist R. W. Connell has argued that _____ has come to be the leading definer of masculinity in mass culture.

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Hegemonic masculinity:

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According to Statistics Canada's General Social Survey from 2010, participation rates between 2005 and 2010:

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The term cisgender would most accurately describe:

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In Canada, 39% of those registered in _____ are female - one of the highest female sport participation rates of any sport.

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A study of interuniversity sport in Canada in 2012-13 illustrated that:

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According to the Intersex Society of North America, the rate of sexual indeterminacy is estimated to be about one in:

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Your friend Johnny confides in you that he is going to start living his life as a woman, even though he was born male. Johnny plans to take hormones, begin living his life as a woman, and, perhaps later, have surgery to change his genitalia. Johnny is best described as:

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Caster Semenya is best known as:

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In studies of gender, _____ came to prominence as a critique of biological determinism.

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In 2016, Tim Howell received notoriety in Canadian sport, for doing what?

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References to and discussions about Hayley Wickenheiser, arguably the best female hockey player in history, is often accompanied by some mention of her son and parenting responsibilities. What would a sociologist of sport argue this demonstrates?

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Which of the following is true of the inaugural Modern Olympic Games in 1896?

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Discipline, obedience and deference to authority were qualities that sport was expected to instil among which population in the mid-1800s?

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The classificatory scheme whereby we divide humans into groups based on their reproduction capacities is known as:

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An unequal hierarchical social system in which men have ore power over women is called a:

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