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November 9
For this week's quiz you will need to know the following:
  1. The main ideas in pages 154–167 of Chapter 6 and in the article by Scott Russell Sanders "The Men We Carry in Our Minds"

    What you will need to know from these readings:
    a. three forms of social stratification
    b. how the article by Sanders links views of gender to social class inequality
    c. how the women Sanders met at college viewed men
    d. why American companies move their factories to poor countries
    e. three reasons why those companies prefer to hire women workers 

    For additional study questions to guide your reading, click here.

  2. Definitions and examples of the following concepts:
sex and gender

institutional sexism

occupational concentration

feminization of poverty


You will also need to review concepts from previous weeks.

For a printable list of definitions of all of these concepts, click here.

For a definition and example, click on a concept and a link will open. The best way to learn this information is to use 3"x5" index cards, writing the concept on one side of the card and the definition and example on the other side.

EXTRA CREDIT ! ! !
If you hand in typewritten answers to the study questions by Thursday, November 4, you may gain extra credit to increase your grade for this week's test. You may also use your answers to the study questions as a substitute for the quiz.