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1、Unit6GenderDifferencesTextIExercisesIReadingComprehensionAnswerthefollowingquestionsbasedonthetext.1.Whatismasculinityusuallycharacterizedby?Masculinityisusuallycharacterizedbydominanceandaggression.2.Whatisfemininityusuallycharacterizedby?Femininityi
2、scharacterizedbypassivityandsubmission.3.Whathappenswhenapersonsucceedsinperformingthetasksconsiderednotappropriateforhis/herowngender?Iftheysucceedadequately,orevenwell,attheirendeavors,theymayberewardedwithridiculeorscornforblurringthegenderdividing
3、line.4.Whatarethoughttobeintrinsictothefemalefacilityfor?Femininecharacteristicsarethoughttobeintrinsictothefemalefacilityforchildbirthandbreastfeeding.5.Accordingtothetext,whatdriveswomentodress,move,speakandactinwaysappealtomen?Aheterosexualorientat
4、ionrequireswomentodress,move,speak,andactinwaysthatmenwillfindattractive.6.Inwhatwaydoesapersonappearfeminine?Bodyposturesanddemeanorswhichcommunicatesubordinatestatusandvulnerabilitytotrespassthroughamessageof“nothreat”makepeopleappeartobefeminine.Pe
5、oplealsolookfemininewhentheypointtheirtoesinwardandusetheirhandsinsmallorchildlikegestures.Otherpeoplealsotendtostandclosertopeopletheyseeasfeminine,ofteninvadingtheirpersonalspace,whilepeoplewhomakefrequentappeasementgestures,suchassmiling,alsogiveth
6、eappearanceoffemininity.7.Inwhatfieldsdowomentendtoexcelovermen?Womentendtoexcelovermenattheabilitytocorrectlyinterpret,andeffectivelydisplay,nonverbalcommunicationcues.8.Whenspeaking,whomaybeconsideredmoremasculine?Peoplewhoattempttocontrolthedirecti
7、onofconversationsseemmoremasculine.Thosewhotendtospeakmoreloudly,uselesspoliteandmoreassertiveforms,andtendtointerrupttheconversationsofothersmoreoftenalsocommunicatemasculinitytoothers.9.Accordingtothetext,whatdogenderrolecharacteristicsreflect?Gende
8、rrolecharacteristicsreflecttheideologicalcontentionsunderlyingthedominantgenderschemainNorthAmericansociety.610.Accordingtothetext,whydoesauthorsaygenderrolesmaybetheresultofsystematicpowerimbalancesbasedongenderdiscrimination?Peoplebelievetha