Workers picking strawberries can pick 100 baskets per hour, but the value of 20 baskets is all it costs the employer to pay them their hourly wages. According to Karl Marx, the income the employer collects from the extra baskets is

How does the government determine the poverty line?

Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies the concept of the motherhood penalty?

Which reform strategy would liberal feminists encourage to promote gender equality?

How does evidence about aggression and testosterone in males contradict the idea that biology alone defines the difference between male and female?

How does the idea of “doing gender” differ from biological essentialism?

Which of the following is an example of aggression that is consistent with female gender role socialization?

According to your textbook, why are sociologists interested in understanding gender from an intersectional perspective?

John is an elementary school teacher who is encouraged to apply for the vacant principal position at his school. Even though there are equally qualified or more qualified female teachers, he is told he will get excellent recommendations. In this example, John is likely

Judy and her female colleagues are financial advisers at a bank. Their employer gave higher-profile and more profitable clients to male colleagues, leading to bigger annual bonuses and more rapid ascents up the corporate ladder. What is the most likely explanation for why women, such as Judy and her colleagues, hit a glass ceiling?