Question 1

What is the basic idea of Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw's theory?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is not always easy to understand situations in which sex and race discrimination have overlapped.
B)   Most people will deny any responsibility when race and sex discrimination cause conflict.
C)   It is usually straightforward to understand who is at fault and why they committed discrimination.
D)   Some people who discriminate are very good at confusing the issue as a way to avoid responsibility.

Question 2

What is the primary difference between second- and third-wave feminism?

Accepted Answer

A)   The second was mostly about economics, the third is about violence.
B)   The third wave excludes white women, the second excluded black women.
C)   The second wave concerned only homosexual women, the third includes all women.
D)   The third wave adds the concerns of women of color and other sexual orientations.

Question 3

Tonya was passed over for a promotion at work in favor of a white man for the third time. She is not sure if she is discriminated against because she is a woman or because she is black, or if it was a coincidence. This illustrates the confusion that can result from ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   essentialism
B)   intersectionality
C)   sexism
D)   racism

Question 4

Feelings of attraction and related behaviors are categorized as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   sexual orientation
B)   gender identity
C)   sexuality
D)   pansexuality

Question 5

The binary distinction between masculine and feminine is an illusion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

People have different stereotypes for gay men and lesbians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is a collective term for people who may be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning?

Accepted Answer

A)   Homosexual
B)   Deviant
C)   LGBTQ
D)   Confused

Question 8

Why did Karl Marx not write about women's issues in his manifesto?

Accepted Answer

A)   He was only concerned with working-class men, not working-class women.
B)   Gender equality was not a popular topic of his time.
C)   In Marx's day, women were not allowed to work outside the home.
D)   He was male, and could not understand the concerns of women.

Question 9

A person's sex is based on biology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Why did companies begin to consider women better suited to secretarial work than men?

Accepted Answer

A)   They discovered that women have more dexterity for faster typing speed.
B)   They found that more clerical staff were needed to do smaller parts of the overall job, with fewer opportunities for advancement.
C)   They determined that women prefer repetitive tasks that do not require much attention.
D)   They found that men do not like working in office buildings. B

Question 11

Kinsey found that desires can change over a person's life, and categorizing them as gay or straight is misleading. He developed an alternate way of understanding sexual orientation, the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   sexuality continuum
B)   gender-sexuality dilemma
C)   heterosexual-homosexual rating scale
D)   queerness quotient

Question 12

How does women's unpaid domestic labor benefit capitalists?

Accepted Answer

A)   Women care for and raise future workers for free.
B)   Keeping women at home opens more jobs for men.
C)   It frees up more money to pay men higher wages.
D)   It provides valuable experience for when women get jobs outside the home.

Question 13

Of the following, which country has the highest proportion of women in politics?

Accepted Answer

A)   United States
B)   Cuba
C)   Rwanda
D)   Sweden

Question 14

Michelle thinks she can prevent her child from being homosexual by modeling heterosexual relationships and making sure her child knows Michelle thinks homosexuality is a sin. This is an example of ______ behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)   heteronormative
B)   homophilic
C)   essentialist
D)   sexist

Question 15

Halpern and Perry-Jenkins researched how gender ideology and gender behaviors are socialized by parents to children. What is their main result?

Accepted Answer

A)   Mothers shape gender behaviors, and fathers shape their son's gender stereotypes.
B)   Fathers influence their daughters more, and mothers influence their sons more.
C)   Mothers help form ideology, while fathers model behaviors for sons and daughters.
D)   Fathers model behavior and ideology for sons, mothers do the same for daughters.

Question 16

Describe a situation that illustrates at least three of Messner's costs of masculinity. How does society restrict the behavior of men? What could be done to change these norms?

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

What does feminist scholar Judith Butler say is wrong with viewing gender as binary?

Accepted Answer

A)   It leads to people accepting homosexuality.
B)   People are led to believe sexuality is binary, too.
C)   The support for viewing gender as a continuum increases.
D)   It could lead to women being masculine and vice versa. B

Question 18

According to feminist scholar Judith Butler, how is gender created and sustained?

Accepted Answer

A)   Performativity
B)   Experimentation
C)   Innate identity
D)   Genetics

Question 19

Herek's research revealed that people most likely to be homophobic are those identified as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   high income, high self-esteem, and higher education
B)   low income, low education, low self-esteem
C)   high income, low self-esteem, urban dweller
D)   rural dweller, high income, low self-esteem

Question 20

The double shift and the second shift for women refer to two different types of cultural discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Exam 6: Gender at the Intersections

What is the basic idea of Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw's theory?

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What is the primary difference between second- and third-wave feminism?

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Tonya was passed over for a promotion at work in favor of a white man for the third time. She is not sure if she is discriminated against because she is a woman or because she is black, or if it was a coincidence. This illustrates the confusion that can result from ______.

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Feelings of attraction and related behaviors are categorized as ______.

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The binary distinction between masculine and feminine is an illusion.

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People have different stereotypes for gay men and lesbians.

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What is a collective term for people who may be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning?

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Why did Karl Marx not write about women's issues in his manifesto?

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A person's sex is based on biology.

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Kinsey found that desires can change over a person's life, and categorizing them as gay or straight is misleading. He developed an alternate way of understanding sexual orientation, the ______.

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How does women's unpaid domestic labor benefit capitalists?

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Of the following, which country has the highest proportion of women in politics?

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Michelle thinks she can prevent her child from being homosexual by modeling heterosexual relationships and making sure her child knows Michelle thinks homosexuality is a sin. This is an example of ______ behavior.

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Halpern and Perry-Jenkins researched how gender ideology and gender behaviors are socialized by parents to children. What is their main result?

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