Author Question: Which of the following describes the conflict perspective to gender inequality? a. Women maintain ... (Read 62 times)

dejastew · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Which of the following describes the conflict perspective to gender inequality?

a. Women maintain positions of privilege and power through the control of individual women and social institutions.
b. Capitalism and private ownership of the means of production are primary causes of economic and social inequalities between women and men in contemporary industrial societies.
c. All men are privileged equally when it comes to domination over women.
d. Gender inequality is based on the assumption that social life is a struggle in which members of weak groups seek to maintain control of scarce resources.

Question 2

Which of the following refers to the power to discriminate at the organizational level based on one's sex?

a. Institutionalized sexism
b. Individual sexism
c. Gendered prejudice
d. Sexualized prejudice

bob · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: b. Capitalism and private ownership of the means of production are primary causes of economic and social inequalities between women and men in contemporary industrial societies.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a. Institutionalized sexism