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What is labor market segmentation, and what is its relevance for gender inequality?

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______________refers to the means by which a society gains the basic necessities of life, including food, shelter, and clothing.

A) Technoeconomic base
B) Division of labor
C) Subsistence
D) Pastoralism

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In ______________societies, a steady source of food becomes available. People grow their own food using simple hand tools, such as the digging stick and the hoe.

As societies begin to industrialize, women's status tends to decline further.

______________refer(s) to the culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with "femininity" and "masculinity."

In discussing peers and gender socialization, the text points out that______________ .

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2014 ______________percent of all secretaries in the United States were women, and______________ percent of all mechanical engineers in the United States were men.

In which of these types of societies do women have relative equality with men?

A chromosomally normal (XY) male was born with a penis just one centimeter long and a small opening similar to that of a female vagina. This individual would be referred to as______________ .

A transgender person is an individual whose gender identity does not match the person's assigned identity.

______________is the belief that wages ought to reflect the worth of a job, not the gender or race of the worker.

Having engaged in a homosexual behavior does not necessarily classify a person as homosexual.

Each of the following is an example of a secondary sex characteristic in women except:

According to sociologist Talcott Parsons, the wife assumes the______________ tasks of providing affection and emotional support for the family.

Explain why hunting and gathering societies tended to be very egalitarian and had relative equality between men and women.

At the core of the differences between gender and sex is the chromosomal information transmitted at the moment a child is conceived. An XX chromosome pairing is associated with a ______________.

The text observes that although most married women now share responsibility for the breadwinner role, many men do not accept their share of domestic responsibilities. Hochschild terms this disparity the______________ .