Exam 8: T: Communicating Gender at Work

______ feminism is "woman centered."

Critics of liberal feminism say that it often treats gender as an unproblematic organizational variable, that it ignores material realities of women in lower-level positions, and it______.

Costen is an elementary school teacher. He, the principal, and the custodian are the only men who work in the building. Costen is good with his students, but he is neither the strongest teacher nor the strongest leader in the building. He often receives awards, however, and is earmarked to become the new assistant principal when he finishes up his master's degree. Which of the following provides a critical feminist read of this situation?

Sexual harassment experiences are often explained ______.

Aila Brown has a PhD in organizational communication and is a professor, yet generally insists that her students address her by first name. Aila is an excellent writer, a well-respected scholar in her (and other) fields, and a superb lecturer frequently sought after to give guest lectures. Contrary to the typical model of an "independent scholar" working alone, however, Alia frequently co-teaches and co-authors with other female scholars. She is deeply invested in mentoring younger women, and all of her work is characterized by a profound ethic of care that emphasizes sensitivity, connectedness, and nurturance. She describes herself as a feminist committed to re-making the academy with a different set of values and operating principles. Based on the different "strands" of feminism of which you've learned, which feminist project rings truest to this description of Aila's work?

The relationship between gender and ______ shapes everyday work and professional contexts.

______ reproduction is a phrase used to describe the ways in which men tend to hire people who look, speak, and think like them.

In the United States, women might choose to opt out of their company's parental-leave program because they fear that their colleagues might believe ______.

There are many kinds of masculinity.

The idea that certain jobs are "feminine" and others are "masculine" indicates that jobs are ______.

In order for a feminist organization to truly advocate for women for the long-term, the organization must adapt to changes in the environment and interact with other organizations.

Which of the following best describes feminism?

Feminism is a single, unified, collective movement.

Jacque has always been labeled a "dynamo." Whip-smart, a gifted leader, and a cunning businessperson, her mentors long assumed that she would soar to the top roles in the consulting firm where she worked. One of just a few women in male-dominated organizations (in a male-dominated field), Jacque has now spent 10 years in mid-management in three different companies. Despite impeccable reviews and consistently high reviews from the organization's clients, she never seems to get a promotion. What term could best describe Jacque's predicament?

The project of radical feminism has been realized in our postmodern society.

Which of the following best describes tokenism in a corporate setting?

Radical feminism was, in many ways, a ______ project, seeking to make the world better.

Robin is furious with her brother Zan, who recently told her 12-year old son (his nephew) that in order to "be a man," he needed to be more aggressive, get stronger, rely less on others, be more independent, and "talk about girls" with his guy friends. Robin has been very careful to create space for her son to grow into the kind of man he needs to be, but Zan's ideas about masculinity can best be described as ______.

Social, economic, and labor upheaval around the end of the 19th century caused a broad-scale middle-class redefinition of what it meant to "be a man."

Radical feminism adopts ______ views of men and women, uncritically associating men with "typical masculinity" and women with "typical femininity."