Question 1

Recent statistics from the Status of Women in Canada website show that physical and sexual male-to-female violence is both serious and _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  rare 
B)  decreasing, thanks to educational campaigns 
C)  difficult to determine 
D)  pervasive 
A)  rare 
B)  decreasing, thanks to educational campaigns 
C)  difficult to determine 
D)  pervasive

Question 2

As discussed by Jo-Anne Fiske in her guest essay on ASD and FASD discourses, powerful discourses of ____________ often accompany the medicalization of deviant conditions.

Accepted Answer

A)  identity 
B)  identification 
C)  etiology 
D)  self-help 
A)  identity 
B)  identification 
C)  etiology 
D)  self-help

Question 3

According to Statistics Canada data from 2000, how likely is a woman to be injured by spousal violence, as compared to a man?

Accepted Answer

A)  much less likely 
B)  about 3 times more likely 
C)  equally likely 
D)  about 10 times more likely 
A)  much less likely 
B)  about 3 times more likely 
C)  equally likely 
D)  about 10 times more likely

Question 4

What is the name of the methodology that begins from the standpoint of the oppressed and then considers the mechanisms that shape their experiences, as initiated by the Canadian sociologist Dorothy Smith?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnographic research 
B)  institutional ethnography 
C)  feminist epistemology 
D)  conversational analysis 
A)  ethnographic research 
B)  institutional ethnography 
C)  feminist epistemology 
D)  conversational analysis

Question 5

Go to a formal "art" center (such as a museum or art gallery) and notice the relationship between art, gender and power. Develop an essay in which you report on the degree to which your observations fit with, or challenge, recent literature that explores the gendering of art (as cited on pages 193-195).

Accepted Answer

My visit to a formal art center, specifi

Question 6

Recent research into violence against women, such as the work of Joseph Michalski (2004), calls for a focus away from ___________factors to a greater emphasis upon ______________factors.

Accepted Answer

A)  structural/interpersonal 
B)  interpersonal/structural 
C)  political/personal 
D)  personal/political 
A)  structural/interpersonal 
B)  interpersonal/structural 
C)  political/personal 
D)  personal/political

Question 7

A Foucauldian approach to power emphasizes the following dimension:

Accepted Answer

A)  repression 
B)  relationality 
C)  coerciveness 
D)  patriarchy 
A)  repression 
B)  relationality 
C)  coerciveness 
D)  patriarchy

Question 8

Historically, men have been dominant in ________ sphere/s.

Accepted Answer

A)  public but not private 
B)  private but not public 
C)  both private and public 
D)  neither private nor public 
A)  public but not private 
B)  private but not public 
C)  both private and public 
D)  neither private nor public

Question 9

As an alternative to the relational view of power, some theorists -such as Alan Hunt (1993)-have proposed that power is not wholly transitory but that there are structural patterns through which it is reproduced. These structural elements are identified as places of:

Accepted Answer

A)  condensation 
B)  compromise 
C)  exchange 
D)  shifting meaning 
A)  condensation 
B)  compromise 
C)  exchange 
D)  shifting meaning

Recent statistics from the Status of Women in Canada website show that physical and sexual male-to-female violence is both serious and _________.

As discussed by Jo-Anne Fiske in her guest essay on ASD and FASD discourses, powerful discourses of ____________ often accompany the medicalization of deviant conditions.

According to Statistics Canada data from 2000, how likely is a woman to be injured by spousal violence, as compared to a man?

What is the name of the methodology that begins from the standpoint of the oppressed and then considers the mechanisms that shape their experiences, as initiated by the Canadian sociologist Dorothy Smith?

Recent research into violence against women, such as the work of Joseph Michalski (2004), calls for a focus away from _factors to a greater emphasis upon ____factors.

A Foucauldian approach to power emphasizes the following dimension:

Historically, men have been dominant in ________ sphere/s.

As an alternative to the relational view of power, some theorists -such as Alan Hunt (1993)-have proposed that power is not wholly transitory but that there are structural patterns through which it is reproduced. These structural elements are identified as places of:

Exploring Gender: A Multi-Dimensional Approach

Lenses of Gender

Shaping the Socio-Cultural Landscape: Stereotypes and Normative Expectations

Shaping the Socio-Cultural Landscape: Language and Media

Being Gendered: Childhood and Adolescence

Gender in Adulthood and Late Life

Intersectionality

Doing Gender

Sexualities

Families

Gender and Paid Work

Law

Religion

Crime As Case Study

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Exam 10: Negotiating Power

Recent statistics from the Status of Women in Canada website show that physical and sexual male-to-female violence is both serious and _________.

As discussed by Jo-Anne Fiske in her guest essay on ASD and FASD discourses, powerful discourses of ____________ often accompany the medicalization of deviant conditions.

According to Statistics Canada data from 2000, how likely is a woman to be injured by spousal violence, as compared to a man?

What is the name of the methodology that begins from the standpoint of the oppressed and then considers the mechanisms that shape their experiences, as initiated by the Canadian sociologist Dorothy Smith?

Recent research into violence against women, such as the work of Joseph Michalski (2004), calls for a focus away from ___________factors to a greater emphasis upon ______________factors.

A Foucauldian approach to power emphasizes the following dimension:

Historically, men have been dominant in ________ sphere/s.

As an alternative to the relational view of power, some theorists -such as Alan Hunt (1993)-have proposed that power is not wholly transitory but that there are structural patterns through which it is reproduced. These structural elements are identified as places of:

Exploring Gender: A Multi-Dimensional Approach

Lenses of Gender

Shaping the Socio-Cultural Landscape: Stereotypes and Normative Expectations

Shaping the Socio-Cultural Landscape: Language and Media

Being Gendered: Childhood and Adolescence

Gender in Adulthood and Late Life

Intersectionality

Doing Gender

Sexualities

Families

Gender and Paid Work

Law

Religion

Crime As Case Study

Filters

Recent research into violence against women, such as the work of Joseph Michalski (2004), calls for a focus away from _factors to a greater emphasis upon ____factors.