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

Question 1

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

A) Power
B) Coercion
C) Authority
D) Persuasion

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The ability to impose one's will by force, threats, or deceit is known as:

A) Authority
B) Institutionalized power
C) Coercive power
D) Emasculation

Answer 2

C

Question 3

_______ is the power that comes from a position in an organization or institution and is widely regarded as legitimate.

A) Individual power
B) Authority
C) Coercive power
D) Emasculation

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Across human societies, women have had ______ opportunities to make laws, start wars, interpret religious texts, and otherwise shape basic aspects of human life and opportunity than men.

A) fewer
B) more
C) equal
D) fair

Question 5

Even though men commonly enjoy gender-specific privileges in society, they often report feeling _______.

A) Angry
B) Compulsive
C) Powerless
D) Weak

Question 6

Taking away or reducing masculinity, whether by women or other men, is known as:

A) Acculturation
B) Deculturation
C) Patriarchal deprivation
D) Emasculation

Question 7

Many feminists have pointed to marital rape as an example of _______ power.

A) insidious
B) institutionalized
C) coercive
D) judicious

Question 8

Women are often placed in the position of assessing their vulnerability in certain spaces due to the threat of potential violence, assault, or harassment. This process is known as ______.

A) the mace conundrum
B) the geography of fear
C) the culture of violence
D) the feminine mystique

Question 9

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.

A) man's
B) woman's
C) lesbian's
D) community's

Question 10

In 2007, the Department of Justice found that ____women would experience attempted or completed sexual assault during their time in college.

A) 1 in 20
B) 1 in 10
C) 1 in 5
D) 1 in 3

Question 11

________, passed in 1972, banned discrimination on the basis of sex from all education programs and institutions receiving Federal financial assistance.

A) The 19^th Amendement
B) Title VI
C) The Roe v. Wade ruling
D) Title IX

Question 12

On college campuses, many women report ______, which has the power to diminish (or negate) their capability to consent to sexual activity.

A) being pressured to drink alcohol
B) the desire to enter a longterm relationship
C) competition with other women
D) being asked to dance by men

Question 13

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

A) Interaction socialization
B) Interaction routines
C) Interaction deference
D) Interaction power

Question 14

As suggested by research by Elizabeth Armstrong and colleagues, which of the following organizations facilitate rape culture at universities?

A) Academic departments
B) Athletic teams
C) Fraternities
D) Sororities

Question 15

When women at university fraternity parties do not call attention to inappropriate behaviors on the part of men because they do not want to make a scene, they are displaying:

A) Emasculation
B) Coercive power
C) Denial
D) Deference

Question 16

______ refers to the vulnerability faced by women who inreasingly bear the burden of economic inequality.

A) The globalization of the South
B) Feminization of poverty
C) Gendering of the economy
D) State feminism

Question 17

The phenomenon of human trafficking, the author argues, is another way that ______ is used against women.

A) authority
B) institutionalized power
C) coercive power
D) emasculation

Question 18

Many women who practice Islam feel that the hijab _______.

A) is a tool of oppression
B) shields them from harassment
C) allows them to work outside the home
D) is rewarded by their society

Question 19

_______is the perspective that encourages us to view other cultures through their own lens rather than through our own.

A) Ethnocentrism
B) Social inclusivity
C) Cultural relativism
D) Normative tolerance

Question 20

What we usually think of as government, the set of institutions that set laws and govern life within a set of geographical boundaries, is also known as the ______.

A) nation-state
B) state
C) nation
D) institution

Question 21

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

A) women
B) mothers
C) gay men
D) transgender people

Question 22

Karen is unable to determine the gender of a sales clerk at her local department store. When she asks, the associate responds that they are non-binary. Karen then posts a picture of them on Twitter, without their permission, reiterating her thoughts about the naturalness of the male-female binary and heterosexuality. Karen's reaction is an example of a(n) _______.

A) identity-based ideology
B) gender panic
C) gender breakdown
D) homoeroticism

Question 23

For most of the history of the United States, the political elite has been composed of ______.

A) men
B) women
C) people of color
D) immigrants

Question 24

The only two countries in which the percentage of women in parliament exceeds fifty percent are ______ and ______.

A) The United States, England
B) Sweden, Australia
C) The United States, France
D) Rwanda, Bolivia

Question 25

The extent to which the members of a particular group represent the interests of that group when they are elected is known as_______.

A) Numerical representation
B) Descriptive representation
C) Gendered representation
D) Substantive representation

Question 26

According to survey research, citizens of Peru see women mayors as ________.

A) corrupt and authoritarian
B) more efficient than men
C) dangerous and unreliable
D) loyal and sensitive to human issues

Question 27

Exposure to European gender ideology through colonization ______ the levels of gender inequality in many colonies.

A) increased
B) decreased
C) did not affect
D) eradicated

Question 28

The process by which people learn what is expected of them in their particular political system is known as:

A) Political efficacy
B) Political power
C) Political socialization
D) Politicization

Question 29

No women were included in the five-person panel at a 2012 hearing by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on birth control access. This demonstrates that even when women have descriptive representation, they lack ______ representation.

A) feminine
B) health care
C) gender
D) substantive

Question 30

The "ethic of ______" is used to describe women's greater likelihood of expressing concerns about not helping others.

A) care
B) justice
C) anxiety
D) empathy

Question 31

_______ refers to government activities specifically meant to advance women's status and rights.

A) Equal Rights Act
B) State feminism
C) Gender equity
D) Women's liberation

Question 32

Parents and teachers have coercive power over children and students.

Question 33

Kimmel argues that most men feel powerless because of the way masculinity is constructed as an identity.

Question 34

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

Question 35

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.

Question 36

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

Question 37

In rape-prone cultures, sexual aggression receives social disapproval and is severely punished.

Question 38

Identity-based ideologies assume a natural, male-female binary that can be objectibely measured by chromosomes, genitalia, or hormones.

Question 39

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

Question 40

The economic disadvantage of female-headed households relative to male-headed or couple-headed households is known as "single-mother deprivation."

Question 41

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.

Question 42

Descriptive representation refers to the number of members of a particular group.

Question 43

Women have historically been more active in social movements and civic organizations than as elected officials.

Question 44

Where there is democracy, there are more women in politics.

Question 45

Even in governments with relatively numerous women elected officials, women are often excluded from political conversations.

Question 46

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'.

Question 47

Discuss the history of sexual assault and gender discrimination on college campuses. Explore the efficacy of coercive power through the lens of social learning theory.

Question 48

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

Question 49

Define human trafficking, coercive power, and the feminization of poverty. What do these factors suggest about the state of gender today?

Question 50

Explain Kimmel's argument that men might not actually feel very powerful. Explain hegemonic masculinity and emasculation in addressing which men might not feel powerful. What is the relationship between violence and emasculation?

Question 51

Explain the geography of fear. How does it enforce the gendered nature of the private-public split?