Question 1

What does the acronym SEWA stand for?

Accepted Answer

A)  Self-Employed Workers Association 
B)  Sassy Energetic Women Activists 
C)  Self-Employed Women's Agency 
D)  Sustainable Economics for Women's Agencies 
A)  Self-Employed Workers Association 
B)  Sassy Energetic Women Activists 
C)  Self-Employed Women's Agency 
D)  Sustainable Economics for Women's Agencies A

Question 2

Using the work of Eleanor Leacock, discuss how a Marxist-feminist perspective has influenced the way feminists think about women's work around the globe.

Accepted Answer

Eleanor Leacock's work has been influential in shaping the Marxist-feminist perspective on women's work around the globe. This perspective emphasizes the intersection of class and gender in understanding women's labor and the exploitation they face in capitalist societies.

Leacock's research highlighted the important role of women in pre-capitalist societies, challenging the traditional Marxist view that women's work was insignificant. She argued that women's labor was essential for the functioning of these societies and that their contributions were devalued and exploited under capitalism.

From a Marxist-feminist perspective, women's work is seen as essential for the reproduction of labor power and the maintenance of the capitalist system. This includes both paid and unpaid labor, such as domestic work, caregiving, and emotional labor. Women are often concentrated in low-wage and precarious jobs, and they face discrimination and exploitation in the workplace.

This perspective has influenced feminists to advocate for policies and practices that recognize and value women's work, such as equal pay, affordable childcare, and better working conditions. It has also led to a greater focus on the global division of labor and the exploitation of women in the global South through sweatshops and other forms of exploitation.

Overall, the Marxist-feminist perspective has deepened our understanding of the ways in which gender and class intersect to shape women's work around the globe, and it has inspired feminist activism and scholarship to address these issues.

Question 3

What does the empowerment approach of development agencies assert?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women need to perform in the economy in a more professional, businesslike manner. 
B)  Racial and class prejudices are more significant than sexism. 
C)  Nations will take better care of their poor and sick if they adopt female world leaders. 
D)  Governments should listen to suggestions Western feminists offer about solving inequality. 
A)  Women need to perform in the economy in a more professional, businesslike manner. 
B)  Racial and class prejudices are more significant than sexism. 
C)  Nations will take better care of their poor and sick if they adopt female world leaders. 
D)  Governments should listen to suggestions Western feminists offer about solving inequality. B

Question 4

Which of the following is no longer a current category of life circumstance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Third World 
B)  First Nations 
C)  First World 
D)  Second World 
A)  Third World 
B)  First Nations 
C)  First World 
D)  Second World

Question 5

Describe the organization known as SEWA, and address the major resources it offers to women. Why are organizations like SEWA so desperately needed?

Accepted Answer

SEWA, or the Self-Employed Women's Assoc

Question 6

Malaysian factory workers have to obey rules _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  about what to wear and what to keep private, especially about matters related to reproduction 
B)  enforced by other poor women who work as managers and disciplinarians 
C)  that commit them to work at these factories for upwards of 20 or 30 years 
D)  all of the above 
A)  about what to wear and what to keep private, especially about matters related to reproduction 
B)  enforced by other poor women who work as managers and disciplinarians 
C)  that commit them to work at these factories for upwards of 20 or 30 years 
D)  all of the above

Question 7

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are extremely contagious, especially relative to other diseases 
B)  are more dangerous to women than to men 
C)  including AIDS, are the leading cause of death for women of childbearing age in many major cities 
D)  all of the above 
A)  are extremely contagious, especially relative to other diseases 
B)  are more dangerous to women than to men 
C)  including AIDS, are the leading cause of death for women of childbearing age in many major cities 
D)  all of the above

Question 8

Lewis Henry Morgan observed the following about land ownership in the Iroquois Nation: __________

Accepted Answer

A)  As in colonial America, only men were allowed to own land, although women farmed it. 
B)  Iroquois women were the first people to be alienated from the products of their labor. 
C)  Matrilineal groups farmed the land jointly, and cultivation not ownership determined use-rights. 
D)  Women owned land and required men to pay a fee every time they needed to plant something. 
A)  As in colonial America, only men were allowed to own land, although women farmed it. 
B)  Iroquois women were the first people to be alienated from the products of their labor. 
C)  Matrilineal groups farmed the land jointly, and cultivation not ownership determined use-rights. 
D)  Women owned land and required men to pay a fee every time they needed to plant something.

Question 9

_______ viewed monogamous marriage as the male justification for treating women like property.

Accepted Answer

A)  Frederick Engels 
B)  Hilary Clinton 
C)  Karl Marx 
D)  Ela Bhatt 
A)  Frederick Engels 
B)  Hilary Clinton 
C)  Karl Marx 
D)  Ela Bhatt

Question 10

The postmodernist perspective challenges simple cultural typologies like those Margaret Mead proposed. What characterizes the postmodernist perspective? Consider how this perspective influences how international development projects take shape.

Accepted Answer

The postmodernist perspective is charact

Question 11

Female-headed households are the fastest growing family form on the planet. What social and economic consequences does this have for women?

Accepted Answer

The increasing prevalence of female-head

Question 12

Which of the following statements about maternal mortality is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maternal mortality remains high in many countries even though methods of reducing maternal mortality are well known. 
B)  Maternal mortality does not occur in matrilineal societies. 
C)  In developed countries like the United States, women no longer die during childbirth. 
D)  All maternal mortality deaths are preventable. 
A)  Maternal mortality remains high in many countries even though methods of reducing maternal mortality are well known. 
B)  Maternal mortality does not occur in matrilineal societies. 
C)  In developed countries like the United States, women no longer die during childbirth. 
D)  All maternal mortality deaths are preventable.

Question 13

Historically, modernization and development projects _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  have helped women increase their status but have also increased their workload 
B)  have highlighted the importance of the female workforce 
C)  made women poorer and sicker than before the projects began 
D)  have given women access to the means of production 
A)  have helped women increase their status but have also increased their workload 
B)  have highlighted the importance of the female workforce 
C)  made women poorer and sicker than before the projects began 
D)  have given women access to the means of production

Question 14

At the present time, around the world _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  women are able to earn the same salaries as men 
B)  few women die in childbirth 
C)  women receive the same education as men 
D)  fewer women are getting married 
A)  women are able to earn the same salaries as men 
B)  few women die in childbirth 
C)  women receive the same education as men 
D)  fewer women are getting married

Question 15

The lowest paid members of the Malaysian factory workforce are known as_________.

Accepted Answer

A)  invisible workers 
B)  factory daughters 
C)  household workers 
D)  daughters of capitalistism 
A)  invisible workers 
B)  factory daughters 
C)  household workers 
D)  daughters of capitalistism

Question 16

Eleanor Leacock argued all of the following except that _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  female subordination results from restricting women's diets 
B)  food gathering societies are relatively egalitarian in their treatment of women and men 
C)  stratification, monogamy, and private property together create the conditions for female subordination 
D)  childbirth and childcare do not automatically subordinate women to men 
A)  female subordination results from restricting women's diets 
B)  food gathering societies are relatively egalitarian in their treatment of women and men 
C)  stratification, monogamy, and private property together create the conditions for female subordination 
D)  childbirth and childcare do not automatically subordinate women to men

Question 17

The phenomenon known as housewifization __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  has been women's primary role in First World countries since the Middle Ages 
B)  means women are recognized for their contribution to the family income 
C)  could help millions of poor women learn to better care for their children 
D)  uses the Western version of a wife as the model for women's work in capitalist and postcolonial labor systems 
A)  has been women's primary role in First World countries since the Middle Ages 
B)  means women are recognized for their contribution to the family income 
C)  could help millions of poor women learn to better care for their children 
D)  uses the Western version of a wife as the model for women's work in capitalist and postcolonial labor systems

Question 18

The protests at the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  were organized by Marxist-feminists 
B)  were organized by women whose family members had been "disappeared" by the government 
C)  convinced the pope to intervene on behalf of Argentinians who disappeared 
D)  advocated peaceful compliance with the military government 
A)  were organized by Marxist-feminists 
B)  were organized by women whose family members had been "disappeared" by the government 
C)  convinced the pope to intervene on behalf of Argentinians who disappeared 
D)  advocated peaceful compliance with the military government

Question 19

Discuss what we mean when we talk about women's invisible labor in developing countries. What examples of women's invisible labor exist in United States society?

Accepted Answer

When we talk about women's invisible lab

Question 20

Despite the vast variety in women's work, it generally boils down to the following __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  status enhancement, emotional work, healing, and witchcraft 
B)  production, reproduction, status enhancement, and emotional work 
C)  production, reproduction, household and factory labor 
D)  social production, economic production, biological production 
A)  status enhancement, emotional work, healing, and witchcraft 
B)  production, reproduction, status enhancement, and emotional work 
C)  production, reproduction, household and factory labor 
D)  social production, economic production, biological production

What does the acronym SEWA stand for?

Using the work of Eleanor Leacock, discuss how a Marxist-feminist perspective has influenced the way feminists think about women's work around the globe.

What does the empowerment approach of development agencies assert?

Which of the following is no longer a current category of life circumstance?

Describe the organization known as SEWA, and address the major resources it offers to women. Why are organizations like SEWA so desperately needed?

Malaysian factory workers have to obey rules _________.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) _________.

Lewis Henry Morgan observed the following about land ownership in the Iroquois Nation: __________

_______ viewed monogamous marriage as the male justification for treating women like property.

The postmodernist perspective challenges simple cultural typologies like those Margaret Mead proposed. What characterizes the postmodernist perspective? Consider how this perspective influences how international development projects take shape.

Female-headed households are the fastest growing family form on the planet. What social and economic consequences does this have for women?

Which of the following statements about maternal mortality is true?

Historically, modernization and development projects _________.

At the present time, around the world _________.

The lowest paid members of the Malaysian factory workforce are known as_________.

Eleanor Leacock argued all of the following except that _______.

The phenomenon known as housewifization __________.

The protests at the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina _______.

Discuss what we mean when we talk about women's invisible labor in developing countries. What examples of women's invisible labor exist in United States society?

Despite the vast variety in women's work, it generally boils down to the following __________.

Introduction

Whats for Dinner Honey Work and Gender

Love and the Work of Culture

Blood and Milk: Biocultural Markers in the Lives of Women

Patterns of Partnering From Romance to Resistance

Everyday Power: Womens Agency, Authority, and Influence

A Two-Bodied World

A Third Sex

Lifes Lesions

Who Owns Her Body

Filters

Exam 11: Invisible Workers

What does the acronym SEWA stand for?

Using the work of Eleanor Leacock, discuss how a Marxist-feminist perspective has influenced the way feminists think about women's work around the globe.

What does the empowerment approach of development agencies assert?

Which of the following is no longer a current category of life circumstance?

Describe the organization known as SEWA, and address the major resources it offers to women. Why are organizations like SEWA so desperately needed?

Malaysian factory workers have to obey rules _________.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) _________.

Lewis Henry Morgan observed the following about land ownership in the Iroquois Nation: __________

_______ viewed monogamous marriage as the male justification for treating women like property.

The postmodernist perspective challenges simple cultural typologies like those Margaret Mead proposed. What characterizes the postmodernist perspective? Consider how this perspective influences how international development projects take shape.

Female-headed households are the fastest growing family form on the planet. What social and economic consequences does this have for women?

Which of the following statements about maternal mortality is true?

Historically, modernization and development projects _________.

At the present time, around the world _________.

The lowest paid members of the Malaysian factory workforce are known as_________.

Eleanor Leacock argued all of the following except that _______.

The phenomenon known as housewifization __________.

The protests at the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina _______.

Discuss what we mean when we talk about women's invisible labor in developing countries. What examples of women's invisible labor exist in United States society?

Despite the vast variety in women's work, it generally boils down to the following __________.

Introduction

Whats for Dinner Honey Work and Gender

Love and the Work of Culture

Blood and Milk: Biocultural Markers in the Lives of Women

Patterns of Partnering From Romance to Resistance

Everyday Power: Womens Agency, Authority, and Influence

A Two-Bodied World

A Third Sex

Lifes Lesions

Who Owns Her Body

Filters