Deck 3: Sociopolitical Issues in Womens, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Question 1

According to Rebecca Barrett-Fox, what is complementarianism?

A) That God loves men and women differently but has created equal roles for them
B) That the ideal wife should be both beautiful and hardworking
C) The idea that God created everyone with a sex that aligns with a masculine or feminine gender and that God values and loves men and women equally but has created them for different roles
D) That women should be submissive to men within marriage.

Answer 1

C
Explanation: It is defined as "the idea that God created everyone with a sex that aligns with a masculine or feminine gender and that God values and loves men and women equally but has created them for different roles."

Question 2

"_______ has been a place where women lead before they can do so in other domains, such as politics or the workplace."

A) School
B) The home
C) Religion
D) Sexuality

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What does Rebecca Barret-Fox say men and women need for a happy Quiverfull marriage?

A) Men need sex and women need love
B) Men need wisdom and women need affection
C) Men need authority and women need respect
D) Men need respect and women need love

Answer 3

D
Explanation: The text reads, "In this model, men need respect and women need love, and only when they give each other what they require will marriage be happy (Eggerichs 5)."

Question 4

What is the driving theme of neoliberalism, according to Jessica E. Birch?

A) Personal responsibility
B) Capitalism
C) Care work
D) Merit

Question 5

"And I realize something: I know what kind of person my grandmother was. She was unbought and unbossed, her whole life. She helped make a world in which I don't always have to be a hard woman, taught me how to survive when I do have to be. She was a woman whose pride in _______ work was a form of [blank.]"

A) hard, activism
B) care, love
C) paid, pride
D) domestic, progress

Question 6

What term does Jessica Birch use to describe when a woman internalizes oppression so thoroughly that she forgets who she is?

A) Condification
B) Neoliberalism
C) Resizing
D) Codification

Question 7

How does the author describe the roles of migrant men in their familied in comparison to the common cultural narrative about these men?

A) The men cannot provide for their families and are solely breadwinners
B) They are non-normative
C) They incite fear of terrorism
D) They perpetrate the drug war

Question 8

What organization does the author examine in this reading?

A) Fight for Freedom
B) Families for Freedom
C) Families for Families
D) Freedom for Families

Question 9

Simply put, FFF's narratives of good fathering are not just a strategic choice to cast these men as respectable, domesticated, and deserving of public sympathy. They confront us with the ways in which deportation becomes an instrument through which the state continues to define "the _______."

A) men
B) kinship
C) immigrant
D) family

Question 10

Nair pushes against marriage. Fill in the blank in her argument: "So that's my fundamental critique of gay marriage. It's not so much that it represents a cultural or social assimilation but that it is a movement that has helped become a vital cog for _______ and the privatization of resources."

A) liberal politics
B) conservative politics
C) neoliberalism
D) libertarianism

Question 11

Jacobsen plans to remarry. Fill in the blanks of their argument about marriage: "I do believe in things where it must be dismantled in order to change but also believe that some things have to be changed by _______ them. I don't think that I am anyone that does uphold a lot of like, I don't uphold patriarchy."

A) doing
B) rejecting
C) dispelling
D) creating

Question 12

Which statement best summarizes the interview transcript?

A) There is only one type of family.
B) Family values means different things to different people.
C) Everyone thinks marriage is important.
D) Children need parents who are married in order to succeed.
From Labor Market Reform to Mutual Assistance Activism

Question 13

Unionization has what effect on the gender wage gap?

A) It increases the gender wage gap
B) It decreases the gender wage gap
C) It has no effect on the gender wage gap
D) There is no gender wage gap

Question 14

What can be done to end the gender wage gap in the United States?

A) End pay secrecy
B) Encourage unionization
C) Create family-friendly policies that allow women to work so that they do not have to choose between their careers and their families
D) All of the above

Question 15

"Thus, _______-representation in lower-paid jobs and _______-representation in higher-paid ones continue to reduce women's pay."

A) minority; majority
B) under; over
C) over; under
D) majority; minority

Question 16

What issue do "gender transgressive people" not face?

A) Housing discrimination
B) Economic struggle
C) Lack of access to legal advocacy
D) None of the above

Question 17

While Dean Spade says that there has been much discussion of the psychological harm caused by a binary understanding of gender, what aspect has been neglected?

A) The societal consequences
B) The political consequences
C) The economic consequences
D) The familial consequences

Question 18

"Now is the time to recognize that no project of gender and sexual self-determination will be meaningful if it fails to engage resistance to an inherently violent and hierarchical _______ economic system that grounds its control over workers and the poor in oppressive understandings of race, sex, gender, ability, and nationality."

A) Ableist
B) Communist
C) Socialist
D) Capitalist

Question 19

"More specifically, Lean In reveals the ways in which the husk of liberalism is being mobilized to spawn a neoliberal feminism, as well as a new feminist (and not simply a female) subject. Individuated in the extreme, this subject is feminist in the sense that she is distinctly aware of current inequalities between men and women. This same subject is, however, simultaneously neoliberal, not only because she disavows the social, cultural and economic forces producing this inequality, but also because she accepts full responsibility for her own well-being and self-care, which is increasingly predicated on crafting a felicitous work-family balance based on a cost-benefit calculus. The neoliberal feminist subject is thus mobilized to convert continued gender inequality from a _______ problem into an _______ affair."

A) sexist; patriarchal
B) personal; political
C) opinionated; fascist
D) structural; individual

Question 20

The successes of women such as Slaughter and Sandberg come with unacknowledged aid and at the expense of those who are:

A) poor
B) working-class
C) middle-class
D) all of the above

Question 21

Which statement best summarizes Rottenberg's argument?

A) Neoliberal feminism is purging feminism of all elements that work toward a larger public good.
B) Neoliberal feminism is adding to feminism elements that work toward a larger public good.
C) The individual is the most important subject in feminist work.
D) All women benefit from the work of neoliberal feminism.

Question 22

"Moving forward, the American left must refrain from using Puerto Ricans as a _______ in their battles against the Trump administration and afford them a substantive role in these efforts."

A) ally
B) partner
C) pawn
D) enemy

Question 23

What must the Left embrace if it is to defeat neoliberal attacks on public institutions?

A) unions
B) environmentalists
C) farmers
D) all of the above

Question 24

What does the author argue is the catalyst for a new wave of neoliberal attacks on Puerto Rico?

A) The 2016 election
B) Hurricane Maria
C) a tsunami
D) Hurricane Henry
Reproductive Politics

Question 25

"Maybe it's time to stress women's _______-and access to affordable and high quality healthcare would surely be an aspect of that freedom-rather than women's _______ as our primary goal."

A) health; freedom
B) feminism; oppression
C) freedom; health
D) oppression; feminism

Question 26

What does Kathy E. Ferguson say that feminists need to give up?

A) The focus on women's plight
B) The right to birth control
C) The idea that they can have it all
D) The idea that history is on their side

Question 27

This reading calls for the fight for access to birth control to be what?

A) More radical and focused on freedom
B) Less radical and focused on health
C) More immediate
D) Directed at men

Question 28

"Similarly, the prochoice movement, largely directed by _______ women, is oblivious to the role of white supremacy in restricting reproductive options for all women, and, as a result, often inadvertently colludes with it."

A) women of color
B) indigenous women
C) middle-class white
D) wealthy politicians

Question 29

Which statement summarizes Ross's argument best?

A) Both antichoice and prochoice movements have historically denied women of color access to reproductive justice.
B) Prochoice movements have risen above white supremacy.
C) Antichoice activists believe that women of color should have access to reproductive rights.
D) Indigenous women have the most access to reproductive justice.

Question 30

What type of approach does Ross call for in the fight for reproductive justice?

A) liberal
B) conservative
C) intersectional
D) bilateral

Question 31

Which is a falsehood that "population-based approaches to climate change are steeped in"? Choose the best answer.

A) the world's population is exploding
B) the main threat we face is resource scarcity
C) the myth that larger populations accelerate climate change
D) all of the above

Question 32

"That's obvious when you remember that climate chaos is a direct consequence of industrial policy-but recognizing that truth brings you to a very different set of strategies than encouraging poor women to have fewer babies. The scapegoating of women ultimately draws attention away from the real culprits behind our climate catastrophe: _______ and their scandalous success in supplanting government regulation with subsidies and tax loopholes. It diverts attention from the need to change an economic system that demands limitless resource exploitation and profit-seeking."

A) abortion providers
B) farmers
C) water filtration centers
D) fossil fuel and energy companies

Question 33

From what group does the author argue policymakers should learn from?

A) women activists
B) fossil fuel and energy companies
C) governments
D) academics

Question 34

What specifically does Prince say is not really about individuals but is instead about "unravelling the fabric of a community" during times of war?

A) violence
B) rape
C) murder
D) war crimes

Question 35

What does the author say is the most "devastating impact of war" in regards to rape as a war crime?

A) People do not talk about it
B) Families feel shame
C) Rape has the potential to leave its victims incapacitated and unable to raise a family
D) None of the above

Question 36

What historical event happened in 1619 that the author then interrogates throughout the text when thinking about where one is "from"?

A) indigenous people were forced from their lands in what is now called North America
B) John Winthrop fled persecution
C) the Rape of Nanjing
D) the first enslaved people brought from Africa landed in Old Point Comfort

Question 37

Beth Richie argues for a reassessment of what in the context of violence against women of color?

A) The focus on offenders, rather than victims
B) The expansion of state power, especially in the lives of poor women of color
C) The reliance on law enforcement to ensure women's safety
D) The focus on victims, rather than offenders

Question 38

"As members of a social justice movement committed to ending oppression, we must reconsider the complexity of rendering justice by paying attention to specific vulnerabilities of _______."

A) race and class
B) gender and status
C) white and black women
D) feminists

Question 39

Richie observes that many presentations about violence against women begin with what problematic declaration?

A) "It can happen to anyone"
B) "It's everyone's problem"
C) "It's every woman's problem"
D) "It has happened to someone you know"

Question 40

"Women don't want to be subjected to rape and perhaps qualifying as a real (white, cis, straight, middle-class) woman under the dominant rules requires being "rapeable." Perhaps being acknowledged as rapeable brings with it protection-the masculinist, paternalistic and controlling kind.
Yet what do we do when white heteropatriarchy deems white women perfect victims, black and brown women never victims, black and brown men always perpetrators, and white men heroic saviors? What do we do when these systems deny lesbians sexual agency by portraying them either as non-sexual in the absence of straight men or hyper-sexual in the presence of straight men? What do we do when these systems need a clear distinction between men and women and so _______ trans, non-binary, and genderqueer folks?"

A) celebrate
B) confuse
C) justify
D) punish

Question 41

Why does Bailey state that her story will not gain as much media traction as the stories about Cosby and Weinstein?

A) because what happened to her isn't abuse
B) because her story does not fit into the heteronormative discourse of the #metoo movement
C) because stories about queer relationships already get too much attention in the media
D) none of the above

Question 42

Why is it important to Bailey to separate consent from agency?

A) Consent is never possible because it does not exist.
B) Agency does not allow space for consent.
C) If agency is primary and leads to consent, then sexual reciprocity arises from a foundation of personhood and not just one person respecting another.
D) Queer relationships do not require consent or agency.

Question 43

In 2008, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs reported that instances of homophobic and transphobic violence had increased by what percentage since their 2006 report?

A) 0%
B) 26%
C) 62%
D) 5%

Question 44

How did the police respond to April Mora's reported attack?

A) They immediately began an investigation to locate her attackers
B) They insisted on drug-testing Mora, rather than investigating the attack
C) They refused to believe that her wounds were not self-inflicted
D) They targeted Mora's girlfriend as they key suspect

Question 45

What term do Mogul et al. say activists prefer to use to describe the violence that queer people can experience in intimate contexts?

A) LGBT domestic violence
B) Domestic violence
C) Queer violence
D) Same-sex violence

Question 46

Which of the following is the belief that relies on seeing the differences between East and West as a rigid binary that privileges the West and masculinity and as such created a rationalization for the United States going to war in Iraq?

A) Feminism
B) Occident
C) Orientalism
D) Colonization

Question 47

How was the torture at Abu-Ghraib first exposed?

A) In a letter smuggled out of the prison
B) Through reports of released prisoners
C) By the release of several photographs
D) Through reports of the non-participating prison guards

Question 48

"Photos of torture and abuse at Abu-Ghraib are evident of the violent act of unveiling, stripping, and penetration, the ultimate act of cultural and sexual domination over an _______ Iraqi order. Male Iraqi prisoners were represented in the Abu-Ghraib photos as the opposite of what a US militarist and hypersexual soldier should be. The Iraqi prisoners were represented as helpless, obedient, and docile (read feminine) others. They were sexually dominated, degraded, and forced to simulate _______ acts. Within this homophobic, militarized, racist, and sexist representation, US military were defining their position as well as the nature of their domination over Iraqi others."

A) feminized; heterosexual
B) emasculate; homosexual
C) masculine; homosocial
D) masculine; heterosexual
Popular Culture and Media Representation

Question 49

"Black lesbians aren't _______, and that should be reflected onscreen."

A) perfect
B) quiet
C) visible
D) flawed

Question 50

What demographics are more open to queer representation on TV?

A) Millennial
B) Gen-X
C) Gen-Z
D) Both A and C

Question 51

What does the author suggest be done to ensure more diversity on TV programs?

A) get more advertisers to understand the need for diversity
B) diversify the writers' room
C) ask audiences what they want through surveys
D) none of the above

Question 52

Famous or not, Bi+ people don't become less queer when we start dating someone of one gender versus another, so the idea that Cyrus had been "lost" from her community during her relationship with and marriage to Hemsworth is one I take issue with. Most Bi+ people don't think of their identities as being split in half, so why are we asked to quantify our queerness? _______ has always been a cold reminder that even in a space that can be as open and loving as the LGBTQ+ community, there are rules here that can be as rigid as those in hetero spheres. You have to pick a side-and if you don't, well, you're just not like the rest of us.

A) Identity policing
B) Questioning
C) Supporting
D) Interrogating

Question 53

What work should labels within the queer community do?

A) serve as a gatekeeper for queer people
B) provide freedom from the strict binaries and rules imposed on us by cisheteronormative culture
C) police cultural attitudes about the queer community
D) nothing

Question 54

What is the author's call to action to the LGBT community specifically?

A) collaborate more often
B) attend protest marches together
C) pay less attention to social media
D) confront their own internalized homophobia and biphobia

Question 55

According to FBI data, in 2013 girls accounted for nearly what percentage of juvenile arrests?

A) One in six
B) One in five
C) One in three
D) One half

Question 56

What shift in attitude is the author seeking?

A) To keep pushing for more arrests for girls as violence increases
B) To exit any global conversation and focus solely on violence in the United States
C) To stop bashing girls in the United States and shift focus to a larger global conversation about improving girls' lives
D) None of the above

Question 57

"In essence, black and Latina violence is positioned in ways that invite a contrast to the assumed "_______" of white girls."

A) activism
B) crime
C) nonviolence
D) innocence

Question 58

What is homophily?

A) people not being able to freely choosing to associate with those of similar race, ethnicity, religion, social class, gender, and sexual orientation.
B) rules regarding friendship
C) people freely choosing to associate with those of similar race, ethnicity, religion, social class, gender, and sexual orientation.
D) none of the above

Question 59

"Friendship remains more important in contemporary lives than current gender theories attest. It continues to be little theorized even though friendships in fact provide significant emotional support, especially for young adults undergoing the stresses of insecure economies, more mobile relationships, and confusion around gender and sexuality. Although people of all ages enjoy and benefit from friendships, friendship is increasingly associated with youth, leisure, same-sex bonding, and experiences of consumption within shared markets of sports, travel, and shopping. While friendships bless people with the pleasures of similarity and comradeship, I argue that a major function of the institution of friendship is that it _______ individuals that they are performing gender appropriately and so _______ society's established gender norms and other social boundaries. On the other hand, contemporary friendships are indeed changing shape."

A) reassures; reinforces
B) reifies; dismantles
C) undoes; collapses
D) none of the above

Question 60

What are things shaping contemporary friendships?

A) changes in technology
B) changes in the workplace
C) racial, ethnic, and class differences
D) all of the above