Sexism, Coverture, and the Gender Order — Quiz

Under the English common law doctrine of coverture, which of the following could a married woman NOT do?

Which country was the last in Western Europe to grant women the federal vote, doing so only in 1971?

Goldin's (2014) 'last chapter' argument attributes the remaining gender wage gap primarily to which factor?

What did Correll, Benard, and Paik's (2007) experimental study find about how employers evaluate mothers compared to non-mothers?

What is the key sociological claim of Crenshaw's (1989) concept of intersectionality?

According to Arlie Hochschild's concept of the 'second shift,' and subsequent time-use research, what is the approximate remaining gap in unpaid domestic work between women and men in recent US and European data?

Which of the following best describes the 'Nordic pattern' of gender policy as discussed in the cross-national variation page?

What does Blau, Brummund, and Liu's (2013) analysis of the Duncan index of occupational segregation show about trends since the 1990s?

Explain what Reva Siegel means when she argues that the formal abolition of a husband's right to physically correct his wife did not translate directly into legal protection from marital violence. What legal categories absorbed the old authority?

What does cross-national variation in gender outcomes — particularly the contrast between Nordic and liberal welfare states — tell us about the causes of gender inequality? What does it rule out?

What is the difference between the 'raw' and 'adjusted' gender wage gap, and why does the distinction matter for sociological analysis?

Drawing on at least four of the authors or studies discussed in this topic, evaluate the claim that 'the subordination of women in Western societies is a historical relic that has been substantially overcome through legal reform.' In your answer, distinguish between formal legal change and substantive social change, and consider both what has changed and what has not.