Deck 28: Doing Gender, Determining Gender: Transgender People, Gender Panics, and the Maintenance of the Sex/gender/sexuality System

Question 1

The court's ruling in Littleton v. Prange (1999) was based on Christie's ______.

A) chromosomes
B) divorce
C) identity
D) genitalia

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What typically subdues gender panic?

A) Sexuality-segregated spaces
B) Identity-based determination
C) Gender naturalization
D) Gender attribution

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The social process of authenticating another person's gender identity is known as ______.

A) gender fluidity
B) ideological collusion
C) transgender identity
D) determining gender

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In which situation would biology-based criteria for determining gender most likely be used?

A) An office meeting
B) A business conference
C) A cocktail party
D) A wrestling match

Question 5

Face-to-face interactions rely on implicitly ______ agreed upon criteria; whereas, imagined interactions demand more explicit ______ defined criteria.

A) culturally; officially
B) legally; medically
C) officially; culturally
D) medically; legally

Question 6

Data in the study come from an analysis of ______.

A) UCR statistics
B) blind surveys
C) newspaper coverage
D) in-person interviews

Question 7

According to research presented in the reading, which person would be the most influenced by a negative news story about a transgender adult who allegedly commits a crime?

A) An expert on transgender studies
B) A data analysist who has had little exposure to transgender issues
C) A transgender individual
D) A white, college-educated male married to a cis-gender female

Question 8

The reading included cases in all of the following social milieus except ______.

A) sports
B) employment
C) the family unit
D) government documents

Question 9

In the sex/gender/sexuality system, all bodies are presumed to be ______.

A) male
B) female
C) heterosexual
D) homosexual

Question 10

What is the primary determinant of gender in all three of the cases presented in the reading?

A) chromosomes
B) hormones
C) identity
D) genitalia

Question 11

Discuss the effect of the IOC's explicit criteria for appropriate transgender bodies on determining gender.

Question 12

Define the term gender panic and provide an example.

Question 13

According to the IOC Medical Commission, what are the criteria for appropriate transgender bodies?

Question 14

The authors suggest that the sex/gender/sexuality system is slowly changing and has shifted away from pure biological determinism. Do you agree? Include reasons for your opinion.

Question 15

How do ideologies about womanhood temper institutional validation of identity-based determination of gender?