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Gender shapes the language we use because
 
  a. men typically use male pronouns to describe possessions such as cars or boats.
  b. women's traditional titles are often more positive than men's.
  c. the English language tends to treat what is masculine as having more value than what is feminine.
  d. men are as likely to take a woman's name after marriage as women are to take a man's name.

Question 2

Social-conflict theories of gender
 
  a. focus on the gender inequalities by which men have had power over women.
  b. put a human face on gender, showing how gender is at work in everyday life.
  c. help explain how gender roles have, throughout history, been useful to society's operation.
  d. promote the integration of society.



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Answer to Question 1

(Answer: c)

Answer to Question 2

(Answer: a)



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