Davao Wisdom Academy

Senior High School Unit

F. Torres St. Davao City

Discipline and Ideas in Social Sciences

Name: ______________________________________________ Score: ____________________

Multiple Choice (10 points)

Directions: Read and choose the correct answer. Write the letter of your choice on the space provided.

_____1. What is the theory that focuses on understanding the nature of gender inequality and delves into topic such as
the roles of women in society?
a. Rational Choice Theory b. Psychoanalytic Theory c. Feminist Theory d. Marxist Theory
_____2. When did the movement feminism start?
a. 1960 b. 1970 c. 1980 d. 1990
_____3. What is the term used to describe an individual’s personal sexual identity regardless of their biological sex?
a. sex b. sex roles c. gender d. gender roles
_____4. What social position does Feminism primarily focuses?
a. men b. children c. women d. workplace
_____5. Until early in the 19th century, what concept does the Western world have about women having rights that are
obtuse?
a. patriarchal b. patriarchal and matriarchal c. matriarchal d. neither of the above
_____6. What is the main principle of gender equality?
a. all females being treated equally c. females should be treated the same as men
b. all males being treated equally d. females should be equal unless special circumstances apply
_____7. What hierarchical system in which cultural, political and economic structures are dominated by males?
a. pluralist model b. elite model c. patriarchy d. gendered division of labour
_____8. What most closely linked to the term’s masculinity and femininity?
a. Patriarchy b. gender c. sexism d. sex
_____9. What do you call a set of cultural characteristics given by the society?
a. Masculine b. feminine c. male d. female
_____10. What is the difference between sex and gender?
a. In sociology, as in everyday life, the terms are interchangeable.
b. Sex refers to physical differences in the body; gender concerns the psychological, social and cultural
differences between males and females
c. A culture's understanding of gender determines what types of physical intimacy constitute sex.
d. None of these

II. Identification (10 points)

Identify the given statement if it is first wave, second wave or third wave.

__________1. A feminism that talks about suffrage or having no right to vote?

__________2. It was easier to gain a divorce but socially frown upon.
__________3. A feminism where in a married women’s property and salary were owned by her husband?
__________4. Divorce available to men but far more difficult to women.
__________5. A woman is no longer obligated to marry or have children, and marriage is more equal.
__________6. Rape and physically abuse within marriage were illegal but husbands were rarely convicted.
__________7. A woman had no right to their children if they left a marriage.
__________8. Women’s body were objectified in advertising.
__________9. Women achieved abortion rights and reproductive freedom.
__________10. The legal system is better at protecting women’s right.