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Which view says gender roles are renegotiated by individuals?Read the answer and worked solution →A teacher calls rowdy boys 'adventurous' but rowdy girls 'silly'. This is what?Read the answer and worked solution →Girls using 'rough' speech are 'unladylike'. This shows what?Read the answer and worked solution →Calling every dinosaur and panda 'he' suggests what to children?Read the answer and worked solution →In Nepal, Khanal found parents spent about how much less on girls' schooling?Read the answer and worked solution →Which children hold the strongest gender role stereotypes, per Halim (2013)?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the 'Gender Equality Paradox' say about wealthy countries?Read the answer and worked solution →Gender role theory sees what as the main origin of social behaviour?Read the answer and worked solution →Teachers' biased beliefs about boys and girls can produce what in pupils?Read the answer and worked solution →Rodgers found stereotypes in primary classrooms in what form?Read the answer and worked solution →How does gender bias persist over time?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which view says gender roles are renegotiated by individuals?

  1. Sociobiological view
  2. Positivist view
  3. Essentialist view
  4. Interactionist view
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Correct answer: D. Interactionist view

1. The interactionist approach treats gender roles as not fixed. 2. They are constantly renegotiated between individuals. 3. Sociobiology ties roles to evolution instead. _Source: Wikipedia, "Gender role" (rev 1375920798, CC BY-SA 4.0), section "Talcott Parsons"_

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A teacher calls rowdy boys 'adventurous' but rowdy girls 'silly'. This is what?

  1. Fair discipline
  2. Role modelling
  3. Positive reward
  4. Linguistic sexism
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Correct answer: D. Linguistic sexism

1. Clarricoates found boys' misbehaviour described with positive words like adventurous. 2. Girls were called fussy, giggly or silly for similar acts. 3. Such unconscious word choice is linguistic sexism. _Source: Wikipedia, "Sex differences in education" (rev 1374878299, CC BY-SA 4.0), section "Linguistic sexism"_

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Girls using 'rough' speech are 'unladylike'. This shows what?

  1. A language double standard
  2. Equal treatment of both
  3. A biological difference
  4. A written school rule
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Correct answer: A. A language double standard

1. Girls were censured more harshly than boys for improper language. 2. The same speech from boys was seen as normal masculine behaviour. 3. This creates a linguistic double standard. _Source: Wikipedia, "Sex differences in education" (rev 1374878299, CC BY-SA 4.0), section "Linguistic sexism"_

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