Suppose that you hear a lecture about gender, and the speaker emphasizes how each culture creates its own set of ideas about gender. Thus, our current conceptions about gender are not inevitable. Based on this information, which of the following approaches is the speaker most likely to support?
a. Social constructionism
b. The differences perspective
c. Cultural feminism
d. Essentialism
Question 2
According to the similarities perspective on gender,
a. men and women are quite similar to one another.
b. men are quite similar to one another, but women are quite different from one another.
c. men are quite different from one another, and women are quite similar to one another.
d. men are quite different from one another, and women are quite different from one another; however, we construct similarities within each gender.