For Many Years,Saturday Night Live Ran a Series of Skits

question 52

Multiple Choice

for many years,Saturday Night Live ran a series of skits about a character named Pat.The premise of each skit was that no one could tell if Pat was male or female,and ingenious plots to determine his or her gender all failed.The humor in these skits is based on the fact that:

• A) men have historically had access to most of society's material resources and privileges; consequently, they generally seek to maintain their dominant status.
• B) gender identity is so important to our social selves that we can barely interact with anyone without first determining that person's gender.
• C) Pat was trying to avoid being classified as a woman, because expressive and instrumental roles may be complementary but the social rewards for filling them are far from equal.
• D) transgender and gender-nonconforming people are challenging old ideas about the relationship between sex and gender.

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Definitions:

Big Five Factor Model

A model that identifies five broad dimensions of personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Extraversion

is a personality trait characterized by outgoingness, high energy, and positive emotions, preferring social gatherings and being energized by external stimuli.

Neuroticism

A personality trait characterized by long-term tendencies to experience negative emotional states such as anxiety, anger, or depression.

Metaconscious

An awareness of one's own consciousness, or the ability to think about one’s own thought processes.