Gender-Senstitive Therapy

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Gender sensitive therapy
-Feminist
-male-centered

Questions and Answers

1.

From a gender-sensitive perspective, most modern psychotherapy fundamentally is:
- A.
  
  Androcentric
- B.
  
  Female centered because most clients are women
- C.
  
  Oppressive to women
- D.
  
  Too costly for women
Correct Answer
A. Androcentric
2.

Feminist therapy proceeds from the conviction that:
- A.
  
  Women will never get a fair share of social, economic, and political rights
- B.
  
  Women have been denied equal rights and share characteristics with other oppressed groups
- C.
  
  Women are superior to men in many respects and are entitled to better access to power
- D.
  
  Women are better at relationships than men and would use political and social power more wisely
Correct Answer
B. Women have been denied equal rights and share characteristics with other oppressed groups
3.

Feminist psychotherapy fundamentally emphasizes that:
- A.
  
  A person's identity is profoundly influenced by gender roles
- B.
  
  Male-centered personality theories can never explain female development
- C.
  
  Therapy should focus on the elimination of social and political oppression
- D.
  
  Women are better suited to treat women and less likely to reinforce oppressive beliefs
Correct Answer
A. A person's identity is profoundly influenced by gender roles
4.

Socialization of men according to traditional stereotypes has left men to negotiate between which of the following two perils:
- A.
  
  The big wheel or no sissy stuff
- B.
  
  Alexithymia or give em' hell
- C.
  
  The need to conform to stereotypes or risk being ostracized as unmasculine
- D.
  
  Enacting the byproducts of male socialization or becoming the sturdy oak and give em hell
Correct Answer
A. The big wheel or no sissy stuff
5.

Research on the effectiveness of feminist and related therapy issues:
- A.
  
  Is largely based in open uncontrolled studies
- B.
  
  Has not been sufficiently evaluated
- C.
  
  Shows some effects of therapist gender on Tx process but not outcome
- D.
  
  All of the above
Correct Answer
D. All of the above

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Gender-senstitive Therapy

From a gender-sensitive perspective, most modern psychotherapy fundamentally is:

Feminist therapy proceeds from the conviction that:

Feminist psychotherapy fundamentally emphasizes that:

Socialization of men according to traditional stereotypes has left men to negotiate between which of the following two perils:

Research on the effectiveness of feminist and related therapy issues: