Exam 11: How Does Gender Help Determine Who Has Power and Who Doesnt

Wesely and Gaarder's interviews of women who used a public park found that often their fear of certain trails was grounded in specific experiences.

As a result of various political actions of erasure and exclusion, the Trump administration has been said to attempt legislating _______ out of existence.

Seeing the hijab or burka as a form of oppression against women can be an ethnocentric way that non-Muslims view the women who wear them.

______ refers to patterns of speech or action that are regularly followed to accomplish some task in an interaction.

Head and master laws dictated that wives had final say regarding household decisions.

Often in rape cases, there is a tendency to blame the victim.

The Trump administration's attempts to impose a biological definition of gender are good examples of gender neutralization.

The case of women and their use of South Mountain Park highlights the ways in which the problem of coercive power used against women is perceived as primarily a ______ problem.

Men tend to be more concerned about people interfering with each other's rights in moral dilemmas. This tendency is referred to as an 'ethic of care'.

According to the text, ______ is the ability of some actors to influence the behavior or others.

Explain the differences between descriptive and substantive representation. Make sure to describe what each is and how they are both related to gender.