Gender Perspectives
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- 1.
In whitmans "I hear america singing" who is missing?
- A.
Men
- B.
Women
- C.
People of color
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
C. People of color -
- 2.
There is a gendered divison of labor in Whitmans " I hear America singing"
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 3.
In Hughes "I too sing America" how does he describe the present and the future?
- A.
The present as discriminating against people of color, the future as more equality
- B.
The present as equal, the future as favoring people of color
- C.
No differences between the present and the future
- D.
Hughes does not discuss the present or future in this poem
Correct Answer
A. The present as discriminating against people of color, the future as more equality -
- 4.
In Kinnels "After making love we hear footsteps" how does the author portray sexual intimacy?
- A.
As belonging to a man
- B.
Women having little choice in engaging in intimacy
- C.
Loving and familiar between a long married couple
- D.
Lacking emotional intimacy, just a physical pleasure
Correct Answer
C. Loving and familiar between a long married couple -
- 5.
Hughes's poem "I too, Sing America" is a response to Whitman's "I hear America singing" and the lack of people of color in the descriptions of American laborers
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 6.
The child in Kinnels "After making love we hear footsteps" the child represents?
- A.
There is no child in this poem
- B.
He iis a representation of the future for the couple
- C.
He is the property of his father
- D.
A representation of love and intimacy
Correct Answer
D. A representation of love and intimacy -
- 7.
Allison's "The women who hate me", men are depicted as the worst in their treatment and degredation of women
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 8.
In Thorpe's "veteran dance" how does the military fuel cultural ideas of masculinity?
- A.
It portrays civilians as weak "sissy's"
- B.
It brainwashes men to be cruel
- C.
Masculinity as violent, emotionless, brave, and heroic
- D.
The military doesn't affect ides of masculinity
Correct Answer
C. Masculinity as violent, emotionless, brave, and heroic -
- 9.
How does Guo's "Reunion" portray gendered power relations?
- A.
The men who have power have money, and are able to buy sex from powerless women
- B.
The women who have power take advantage of men
- C.
There is no connection between power and gender in this story
- D.
Men who are powerless are portrayed as weak and passive while the men who have power are portrayed as strong
Correct Answer
A. The men who have power have money, and are able to buy sex from powerless women -
- 10.
In Allison's "The women who hate me" bravado means bravery, being strong, and not showing weakness
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 11.
Duffy's "Mrs. Rip Van Winkle" portrays women of middle age wanted so badly to have sex but middle aged men not having sexual desires
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 12.
How does Allison's "The women who hate me" portray women reacting to other women who violate gender norms?
- A.
They are still caring towards other women and treat them with love and respect
- B.
They don't react to it at all
- C.
The author does not talk about other women's reactions in this poem
- D.
The women call her names, punish her, ostracize her, and call her an abomination
Correct Answer
D. The women call her names, punish her, ostracize her, and call her an abomination -
- 13.
In Guo's "reunion" men in the karaoke bar __________
- A.
Are middle aged, bitter men looking for young girls to make them feel better
- B.
Are young successful men just looking for a good time
- C.
Are the outcasts of society who cannot get sex on their own
- D.
Are men who are confused about their sexuality
Correct Answer
A. Are middle aged, bitter men looking for young girls to make them feel better -
- 14.
Middle aged men in "Mrs. Rip Van /winkle are portrayed as caring, intimate, and compassionate lovers
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 15.
In Seamus Dean's "The accident" what is the boys secret?
- A.
He killed the young boy
- B.
He lies about who killed the boy because he doesn't know
- C.
The police killed the young boy, but he is afraid to say so
- D.
He knows the police didn't kill the young boy, it was actually another catholic
Correct Answer
D. He knows the police didn't kill the young boy, it was actually another catholic -
- 16.
In Cofer's "The changling" the mother is depicted as supportive of the girls transformation, while the father is depicted as angry
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 17.
In Kincaid's "girls" the author describes ethnoracial representations of girlhood....
- A.
The authors race has nothing to do with her experiences of girlhood
- B.
As being the same for all girls regardless of race
- C.
She talks about the betrayal of her skin and its ashyness because women of color aren't representated in media portrayals of "beauty"
- D.
Option 4
Correct Answer
C. She talks about the betrayal of her skin and its ashyness because women of color aren't representated in media portrayals of "beauty" -
- 18.
In Divakaruni's "clothes" what is the connection between clothes and sexuality?
- A.
There is no connection between the clothes in India and the U.S, and sexuality
- B.
Clothes in the U.S are form fitting, and women are allowed to chose what they want to wear, and experience more sexual freedom. in India women are required to wear loose fitting suris and have very little sexual freedome
- C.
Indian clothes are much more beautfiul and expensive and this is used symbollically to represent modesty and the clothes in the U.S are cheap and represent how little sex is valued in the U.S
- D.
U.S women dress provacatively because they are loose and only interested in sex
Correct Answer
B. Clothes in the U.S are form fitting, and women are allowed to chose what they want to wear, and experience more sexual freedom. in India women are required to wear loose fitting suris and have very little sexual freedome -
- 19.
Divakaruni's "clothes" portrays Indian women as living to please their husbands
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 20.
The major change in the portrayal of women in the media is that they are no longer the passive domestic helpmate
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 21.
The major change in the media portrayals of men is that they are no longer portrayed as the strong, primary breadwinner
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 22.
What is the root of male violence?
- A.
Male biological propensity to violence
- B.
Gender inequality and devaluing of women
- C.
Ethnic background
- D.
Mental illness
Correct Answer
B. Gender inequality and devaluing of women -
- 23.
Which is NOT a cultural theme in soceities with high levels of violence?
- A.
Masculinity portrayed as feirce and handsome warriors
- B.
Seperation of boys and girls at a young age
- C.
Men are dominated by women from a young age and then learn to hate women as they get older
- D.
Women prohibited from political/pblic participation
Correct Answer
C. Men are dominated by women from a young age and then learn to hate women as they get older -
- 24.
Militarism, high violence levels, male toughness as ideology, and distant father son relationships are the best predictors of high levels of rape proness in a society
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 25.
What is the sturdy oak?
- A.
A gender stereotype that depicts the male as idealized patriarch
- B.
A gender stereotype that depicts the male as the man in charge
- C.
A gender sterotype that depicts the male as dont be a girly man
- D.
Option 4
Correct Answer
A. A gender stereotype that depicts the male as idealized patriarch -
- 26.
The masculine sex role identitiy Paradigm assrets the violence against women is a result of dominating and overpowering women in childhood
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 27.
No sissy stuff portrays masculinity as being similar but sllightly different than femininity
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 28.
What is a negative consequence of all of the male gender stereotypes?
- A.
Emotional isolation
- B.
Risk to others
- C.
Irresponsibility
- D.
Stress related illness from too much pressure to protect family
Correct Answer
A. Emotional isolation -
- 29.
The masculine sex role identity paradigm is empirically supported
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 30.
The sex role strain theory asserts that gender role expectations.....
- A.
Sex role identity is important for healthy psyche
- B.
People never violate gender role expectations
- C.
Are inborn and not learned from reinforcement
- D.
Are often inconsistent, contradictory, and even sometimes maladaptive
Correct Answer
D. Are often inconsistent, contradictory, and even sometimes maladaptive -
- 31.
According to Stahlys research men who had violent and strong mothers had BETTER attitudes towards women and blamed women victims the LEAST
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 32.
Male students whose fathers abused their mothers had most ________ veiws towards women and blamed women victims the _______
- A.
Negative, most
- B.
Positive, least
- C.
Positive, most
- D.
Negative, least
Correct Answer
A. Negative, most -
- 33.
Violence and abuse have nothing to do with male entitlement of power and control
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 34.
Rape, harassment and battering are about power and not about sex per se
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 35.
About ________% of women will be raped or will suffer an attempted rape in their lifetimes
- A.
40-50
- B.
10-20
- C.
80-90
- D.
70-80
Correct Answer
A. 40-50 -
- 36.
Marital violence occurs in marriages that
- A.
Men and women have unequal status partnerships
- B.
Women are too strong and powerful
- C.
Have equal ppartnerships
- D.
At least one partner is mentally ill
Correct Answer
A. Men and women have unequal status partnerships -
- 37.
Women who work full time still do about ______% of housework
- A.
90
- B.
60
- C.
40
- D.
50
Correct Answer
A. 90 -
- 38.
Males working in female dominated professions make more money and promoted faster
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 39.
Before 1970 spousal rape was not a crime because marriage allowed sexual access to their wives at all times regardless of whether or not she said yes
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 40.
What is NOT an attitude towards women work
- A.
Women don't work as hard because they know they get paid less
- B.
Womens work is undervalued
- C.
More of womens work is unpaid and informal
- D.
Women work more for less pay in almost every society
Correct Answer
A. Women don't work as hard because they know they get paid less -
- 41.
What is the glass ceiling?
- A.
The phenomenon that women are stuck at the lowest levels of organizations
- B.
The phenomenon that men are promoted faster than women in organizations
- C.
An invisable barrier that women in organizations cannot break through in pormotion to higher levels
- D.
Option 4
Correct Answer
C. An invisable barrier that women in organizations cannot break through in pormotion to higher levels -
- 42.
How does the film "Rosie the Riveter" illustrate the social construction of expectations of womens work?
- A.
It doesn't
- B.
Rosie was a passive domestic housemate that was responsible for childcare, and homecare
- C.
It portrayed womens work as being in the home, while mens work was in the factory
- D.
Propoganda portrayed rosie as a strong capable woman who could work in male dominated feilds when needed, and then portrayed women as domestic housemates when their labor was no longer needed
Correct Answer
D. Propoganda portrayed rosie as a strong capable woman who could work in male dominated feilds when needed, and then portrayed women as domestic housemates when their labor was no longer needed -
- 43.
Contraception is a new phenomenon
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 44.
Contraception is a gendered issue because
- A.
Women are seen as responsible for contracepting as well as pregnancy
- B.
Men are seen as responsible for contraception and pregnancy
- C.
There are no options for males looking to contracept
- D.
Women have little contraceptive choices
Correct Answer
A. Women are seen as responsible for contracepting as well as pregnancy -
- 45.
Abortion was illegal in the U.S until roe vs. wade
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 46.
"China's Lost Girls" depicted
- A.
How population control and the valuing of boys leads to abandonment, and abortion of girls, as well as future soceital issues revolving around the disproportionate amount of boys and girls
- B.
The heartlessness of women who give their babies up for adoption
- C.
The fact that china is losing girls to the united states because women are so valued here that americans are willing to pay high prices to adopt them
- D.
Option 4
Correct Answer
A. How population control and the valuing of boys leads to abandonment, and abortion of girls, as well as future soceital issues revolving around the disproportionate amount of boys and girls -
- 47.
There are strict laws regulating surrogacy and adoption
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 48.
It is fairly _______ for men to contracept while it is much _____ for females to contracept
- A.
Hard, easier
- B.
Easy, harder
- C.
Hard, harder
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
B. Easy, harder -
- 49.
Teenagers who are given access and information about contraception are more likely to have sex
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 50.
Which is NOT a myth about abortion?
- A.
37 million abortions are performed worldwide each year
- B.
Women have abortions for selfish reasons
- C.
Women use abortion as a birth control method
- D.
Only low income poeple of color get abortions
Correct Answer
A. 37 million abortions are performed worldwide each year -
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