1. Which of the following is true regarding women'smobility?

working women are less mobile than working men

working women and homemakers exhibit identical mobilitypatterns

women are more likely to inherit their father's occupationalstatus than men

working women are more mobile than working men

2. According to Beller and Hout, how does the U.S. compare toother rich societies (e.g., German, UK, Sweden) in terms ofoccupational mobility?

there is more mobility in the U.S. than in other richsocieties

there is less mobility in the U.S. than in other richsocieties

the U.S. is about average (i.e., more mobile than some, lessmobile than others)

the mobility of men is higher than in other rich societies, butthe mobility of women is lower

3. Gender inequality has been a pervasive feature of mostsocieties throughout history. Our quick look in class at the gendercomposition of key economic and political positions in the U.S., inIndiana, and in Bloomington reveals that:

gender inequality is no longer a noticeable feature ofcontemporary American society

women have made far greater inroads into the world of politicsthan they have into the world of academia

while lower than in the past, gender inequality remains apervasive feature of American society

women are now “over-represented” in the worlds of politics andacademia 4. England characterizes the contemporary gender revolution as“uneven and stalled.” According to England, what explains this? It is attributable to the movement of men into positions andactivities previously dominated by women it is attributable to changes in the types of jobs produced bythe U.S. economy it is attributable to the fact that gender attitudes have grownincreasingly conservative in recent decades It is attributable to the fact that the behavior of women haschanged a lot more than the behavior of men