GENDER PRIMER EXERCISE:

GENDER QUIZ

For each question, identify whether the difference between men and women is based on sex
(biological) or on gender (a difference constructed by society). Circle the correct answer.

1. Women give birth to babies, men don’t.

Sex Gender
2. Little girls are gentle, little boys are tough.
Sex Gender
3. Boys do better in science and math; girls do better in art and literature.
Sex Gender
4. Amongst agricultural workers, women are paid only 40-60 percent of the male wage.
Sex Gender
5. Women can breastfeed babies, men can bottle-feed babies.
Sex Gender
6. In ancient Egypt men stayed at home and did weaving. Women handled family business.
Women inherited property and men did not.
Sex Gender
7. Men’s voices change at puberty, women’s do not.
Sex Gender
8. In one study of 224 cultures, there were 5 in which men did all the cooking and 36 in
which women did all the house building.
Sex Gender
9. According to UN statistics, women do 67 percent of the world’s work, yet their earnings
for it amount to only 10 percent of the world’s income.
Sex Gender
10. According to statistics from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, only 20 percent of
parliamentarians worldwide are women despite the fact that women represent roughly 50
percent of the population.
Sex Gender

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GENDER PRIMER EXERCISE:

GENDER QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Women give birth to babies, men don’t.

Sex
2. Little girls are gentle, little boys are tough.
Gender
3. Boys do better in science and math; girls do better in art and literature.
Gender
4. Amongst agricultural workers, women are paid only 40-60 percent of the male wage.
Gender
5. Women can breastfeed babies, men can bottle-feed babies.
Sex
6. In ancient Egypt men stayed at home and did weaving. Women handled family business.
Women inherited property and men did not.
Gender
7. Men’s voices change at puberty, women’s do not.
Sex
8. In one study of 224 cultures, there were 5 in which men did all the cooking and 36 in
which women did all the house building.
Gender
9. According to UN statistics, women do 67 percent of the world’s work, yet their earnings
for it amount to only 10 percent of the world’s income.
Gender
10. According to statistics from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, only 20 percent of
parliamentarians worldwide are women despite the fact that women represent roughly 50
percent of the population.
Gender