Which of the Following Is NOT a Reason Why Sociologists

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a reason why sociologists view gender as a social construction rather than a biological given?

• A) Our understandings of, categorizations of, and behaviors toward what it means to be a man or woman have changed throughout history.
• B) Cross-cultural studies show us that there is enormous variation in how people
• "do gender."
• C) Societies in various historical periods have made sense of the "plumbing" in very different ways.
• D) Contemporary studies show us that men and women have different personality structures, the innate by-product of existing social structural relations.

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Definitions:

Control

The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.

Owners

Individuals or entities that hold legal title or possessory rights to assets or properties.

Exerting Effort

The action of applying physical or mental energy to achieve an objective.

Income

The money received, typically on a regular basis, by a person or household for work or through investments.