Linguist Marjorie Swacker recorded question-and-answer sessions at academic conferences. Women were highly visible as speakers at the conferences studied, but when it came to volunteering and being called on to ask questions, women contributed
a. only 2 percent.
b. less then ten percent.
c. only 27.4 percent.
d. over half the responses.
C
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a. 65 b. 78 c. 85 d. 90 e. 98
Latoya is a Black woman. Her parents were born in Jamaica and Latoya was born in the United States. According to the chapter's definitions:
a) she is African-American. b) she is not a minority. c) her race is Black. d) her ethnicity is Black. e) she is Caucasian.
Gender stratification is supported by
A. a belief that views gender inequality as natural. B. individual sexism, not institutional sexism. C. the matriarchal structure of American society. D. norms and values encouraging gender equality.
Which of the following statements about Arab Americans is true?
A. Arab Americans are not urbanized. B. Arab Americans tend to have low levels of education and skills. C. Arab Americans include both Muslims and Christians. D. Arab Americans rank relatively low in terms of income and occupation. E. Arab American men are overrepresented in occupations involving manual labor.