Exam 4: Intersections

Describe at least three reasons why gay men,lesbians,and bisexuals might adopt a Not Too Queer gender strategy.Then describe some of the potential constraints and opportunities that African American lesbians and Asian lesbians might face in adopting the Not Too Queer strategy.

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Answers should draw on concepts like heterosexism,compulsory heterosexuality,and homonormativity.For opportunities and constraints,students can focus on how race intersects with sexuality.Sexual minorities of color often find that queer spaces are viewed as white spaces and that communities of color can be homophobic spaces.African American lesbians have to contend with both African American women and lesbian stereotypes,both of which suggest that they are masculine and not feminine.Asian lesbians may become invisible due to feminine stereotypes.

What is one reason why some lesbians and gay men choose not to conform to gender rules?

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What is one particular cost black women who employ the Girly Girl gender strategy may face?

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How do class and ability intersect in the gendered strategies men adopt?

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Question 4

Compare and contrast the gender stereotypes for any three of the following six groups in the United States: black women,black men,Asian women,Asian men,white women,and white men.Explain how these stereotypes shape the range of choices of gender strategies for members of each of these groups.

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Question 5

Andre and Anna are both plumbers.Which category do Andre and Anna belong to?

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What is one way in which some Asian American men and women resist the stereotypes associating them with femininity?

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What is one example of how gendered rules apply differently to men and women as they age?

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Question 8

What term describes the set of actions we take to manage opportunities and constraints as well as affirm a valued gender identity in a specific way?

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Question 9

According to the authors of your textbook,what does a "gaydar" really detect?

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Question 10

First,explain the kinds of challenges that women and men with physical disabilities face in designing strategies with which to do gender.Make sure to address whether there are strategies that are differently available to women and men,especially women and men of different class statuses.Then,pick one intersectional situation to put in the center and compare the strategies of disabled people with at least four different life situations (e.g. ,class status,urban or rural location,family structures,and race)to this "reference person."

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Question 11

What is one strategy that some gay men,lesbians,and bisexuals adopt to resist homophobia?

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Question 12

What is one gender strategy that is available to many attractive middle-class white women,based largely on how they look,that is not as easily available to black and Asian women?

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Willow believes that gender is the most important social identity.According to the textbook,is Willow correct?

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Question 14

What conditions make it more likely that Danielle will adopt a Super Mom gender strategy?

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Compulsory heterosexuality can be defined as

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Question 16

Kiki is an able-bodied,African American sexual minority.Her __________ helps her do gender in a way that accounts for all of her social identities.

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Question 17

If a lesbian woman who moved to France from the United States conformed to French expectations,she would

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Question 18

__________ is the most likely to be negatively affected by aging.

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Question 19

In the United States,Asian American men became stereotyped as less masculine than white men as a result of what historical fact?

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Describe at least three reasons why gay men,lesbians,and bisexuals might adopt a Not Too Queer gender strategy.Then describe some of the potential constraints and opportunities that African American lesbians and Asian lesbians might face in adopting the Not Too Queer strategy.

What is one reason why some lesbians and gay men choose not to conform to gender rules?

What is one particular cost black women who employ the Girly Girl gender strategy may face?

How do class and ability intersect in the gendered strategies men adopt?

Compare and contrast the gender stereotypes for any three of the following six groups in the United States: black women,black men,Asian women,Asian men,white women,and white men.Explain how these stereotypes shape the range of choices of gender strategies for members of each of these groups.

Andre and Anna are both plumbers.Which category do Andre and Anna belong to?

What is one way in which some Asian American men and women resist the stereotypes associating them with femininity?

What is one example of how gendered rules apply differently to men and women as they age?

What term describes the set of actions we take to manage opportunities and constraints as well as affirm a valued gender identity in a specific way?

According to the authors of your textbook,what does a "gaydar" really detect?

What is one strategy that some gay men,lesbians,and bisexuals adopt to resist homophobia?

What is one gender strategy that is available to many attractive middle-class white women,based largely on how they look,that is not as easily available to black and Asian women?

Willow believes that gender is the most important social identity.According to the textbook,is Willow correct?

What conditions make it more likely that Danielle will adopt a Super Mom gender strategy?

Compulsory heterosexuality can be defined as

Kiki is an able-bodied,African American sexual minority.Her __________ helps her do gender in a way that accounts for all of her social identities.

If a lesbian woman who moved to France from the United States conformed to French expectations,she would

__________ is the most likely to be negatively affected by aging.

In the United States,Asian American men became stereotyped as less masculine than white men as a result of what historical fact?

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